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Well, it finially happened. After collecting knives for 20 something years and recently starting to make knives, I cut myself.
Oddly enough, I cut myself while tying a lanyard to a freshly sharpened knife that was still in the sheath. I was pulling on the lanyard and not really paying attention, when the knife came out of the kydex sheath and cut me at the first knuckle on my index finger down to the bone.
Lots of blood...everywhere. I've never cut myself like that before, so all of the blood was a bit of a shock. The cut was clean, so it only took 3 stitches. No major damage. Doctor said I should be OK. I can bend my finger fine, so nothing too serious. It certainly hurts though! Coedine helps a bit, but it's still sore. It's pretty hard not to bend your finger all day!
Needless to say, I won't be making knives for a while. I've contacted all my customers who have orders, to let them know about the setback. I hate to make people wait, but sometimes things come up.
I guess the moral of the story is to be careful! Hopefully this will be the first and last time I do this to myself. I still can't beleive that I did this tying a lanyard. I'm still pretty pissed about the whole thing. I don't even feel like looking at a knife right now.
Be careful out there guys!
Oddly enough, I cut myself while tying a lanyard to a freshly sharpened knife that was still in the sheath. I was pulling on the lanyard and not really paying attention, when the knife came out of the kydex sheath and cut me at the first knuckle on my index finger down to the bone.
Lots of blood...everywhere. I've never cut myself like that before, so all of the blood was a bit of a shock. The cut was clean, so it only took 3 stitches. No major damage. Doctor said I should be OK. I can bend my finger fine, so nothing too serious. It certainly hurts though! Coedine helps a bit, but it's still sore. It's pretty hard not to bend your finger all day!
Needless to say, I won't be making knives for a while. I've contacted all my customers who have orders, to let them know about the setback. I hate to make people wait, but sometimes things come up.
I guess the moral of the story is to be careful! Hopefully this will be the first and last time I do this to myself. I still can't beleive that I did this tying a lanyard. I'm still pretty pissed about the whole thing. I don't even feel like looking at a knife right now.
Be careful out there guys!
. I've cut myself so many times over the years while using knives, I've lost count. Usually it's because I'm so engrossed in what I'm doing that I don't realize I'm about to do something stupid. I had a cut just like your about a year and a half ago. The doc told me that he'd have just taped it up rather than come in for stitches, but I felt the knife bottom out on the bone and felt better about having it stitched. I have had other clean cuts to the bone that I just put pressure on and let them close up. The worst part is cleaning the cut. I just consider it penance for cutting myself in the first place.
