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Do you guys get cuts?
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A while back, I bought a Case 5-blade Sowbelly stockman off the 'bay. It came in an attractive 'Display Tin'. The tin had the usual molded insert inside, covered in the nice (and yet cheap feeling) velvety stuff. The knife was 'displayed' in the molded insert with 3 of the 5 blades open. As is generally the case with these types of displays, a couple of the blades were 'opened' to about 45 degrees or so. Both of them happened to share the same backspring. Now, I'm betting anybody who's ever handled a multi-blade slippie before, already knows that partially opening two blades on the same backspring is NOT a good thing. The spring is flexed at both ends, so there's double the strain on it (can you see where this is going?).
One of the two blades was a small clip. It had been 'fitted' into the molded insert in a recess that was actually molded for the small pen blade. Didn't quite fit like it was supposed to (again, see where this is going?). It was somewhat wedged in place.
When I went to remove the knife from the insert (of course, not yet knowing that it was wedged), I placed my index and middle finger on the handle, nicely positioned over the slot for the small clip blade (here it comes). I gave the thing a little extra 'tug', and the knife had just partially freed itself from the molded insert, just enough for the small clip blade to SNAP shut.
Being that tips of the first two fingers of my right hand were PERFECTLY positioned over the slot for the small clip blade, I became immediately aware of some 'mild discomfort'. As I dropped the knife and the tin (while simultaneously unleashing a forceful stream of expletives), I saw at the periphery of my vision, a little fragment of something which I later identified as a flap of my own skin falling to the floor with the knife and tin. I'd managed to slice a flap of skin (roughly 1/4" round) from the tips of my index and middle fingers, just in front of the nail. The one piece hit the floor, the other was still attached to my other finger by just a tiny bit of skin. Both bled like stuck pigs, of course. Ended up with two bandaids on each finger, one wrapped over the tip, the other to hold it in place.
I met a friend at a local steakhouse for dinner that evening. Felt like an idiot trying to cut a steak with the bandaged (and still oozing) fingers of my dominant hand. It's amazing how a couple of relatively minor cuts, in just the right place, can render a fellow almost non-functional.
I've decided I'm not very fond of knife display tins anymore.
One of the two blades was a small clip. It had been 'fitted' into the molded insert in a recess that was actually molded for the small pen blade. Didn't quite fit like it was supposed to (again, see where this is going?). It was somewhat wedged in place.
When I went to remove the knife from the insert (of course, not yet knowing that it was wedged), I placed my index and middle finger on the handle, nicely positioned over the slot for the small clip blade (here it comes). I gave the thing a little extra 'tug', and the knife had just partially freed itself from the molded insert, just enough for the small clip blade to SNAP shut.
Being that tips of the first two fingers of my right hand were PERFECTLY positioned over the slot for the small clip blade, I became immediately aware of some 'mild discomfort'. As I dropped the knife and the tin (while simultaneously unleashing a forceful stream of expletives), I saw at the periphery of my vision, a little fragment of something which I later identified as a flap of my own skin falling to the floor with the knife and tin. I'd managed to slice a flap of skin (roughly 1/4" round) from the tips of my index and middle fingers, just in front of the nail. The one piece hit the floor, the other was still attached to my other finger by just a tiny bit of skin. Both bled like stuck pigs, of course. Ended up with two bandaids on each finger, one wrapped over the tip, the other to hold it in place.
I met a friend at a local steakhouse for dinner that evening. Felt like an idiot trying to cut a steak with the bandaged (and still oozing) fingers of my dominant hand. It's amazing how a couple of relatively minor cuts, in just the right place, can render a fellow almost non-functional.
I've decided I'm not very fond of knife display tins anymore.
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I get the occasional cut or two. Nothing ever too serious or bad enough to be stitched. You are not truly one with your blade until it has drawn forth part of your life-force. 
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I have cut myself a few times whittling. Usually because I'm not keeping the blade sharpened enough. A few weeks ago I cut myself pretty good and let a profanity fly. My wife was in another room and didn't even ask what happened. She just said, "Do you need stitches?"
That being said, I just got a tin of awesome pirate bandaids the other day, so I'm kind of looking forward to my next cut.
That being said, I just got a tin of awesome pirate bandaids the other day, so I'm kind of looking forward to my next cut.
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Lately I've got few cuts (fnger tip and above the nail ) and both time I never felt a thing, except hours later when I felt bit tingling sensation, they never bled but where straight cuts and I both time were using Busse Game Warden, which is convexed and sharpened with 2000 grit sandpaper then stropped. Its sharp.
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I've cut myself a few times throwing knives (actually cheapo steak knives that you buy in a set of 12).
To this day I have a scar on my thumb from fooling around with old style razor blades, you know the flat removables ones, not the safety razors we have today. The wound healed just fine but my thumb prints don't line up properly.
My worst injury was when I nearly blew my fingers off fooling around with a crushed up model rocket engine. Anyone who knows what I'm talking about should realise that it isn't easy at all to set these things off but I had a crowd to impress (high school) and I got stupider and stupider until voom! Big clowd of smoke and flash of white hot heat on my left hand. Had a beauty of a time trying to explain that one to Mum.
To this day I have a scar on my thumb from fooling around with old style razor blades, you know the flat removables ones, not the safety razors we have today. The wound healed just fine but my thumb prints don't line up properly.
My worst injury was when I nearly blew my fingers off fooling around with a crushed up model rocket engine. Anyone who knows what I'm talking about should realise that it isn't easy at all to set these things off but I had a crowd to impress (high school) and I got stupider and stupider until voom! Big clowd of smoke and flash of white hot heat on my left hand. Had a beauty of a time trying to explain that one to Mum.
I cut my wife yesterday. Well, stabbed is more accurate. Well, she actually stabbed herself but the knife was in my hand. She really got lucky, just a pinprick on the back of her thumb. It was my CRKT C/K Dragon and it has a wickedly fine point. I seem to remember something about to many chefs in the kitchen. Maybe this is how the old saying came about.
I haven't cut myself since I was 17 and opened a balisong holding the wrong handle.
I haven't cut myself since I was 17 and opened a balisong holding the wrong handle.
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I've cut myself with my knives a few times, nothing major though.
One on the top of my left index finger from cutting a branch with a SAK, my hand was off to the side on one of the smaller limbs so I thought it was safe even though I was cutting in that direction, when the knife slipped it went directly to my finger like I was aiming for it. I cut myself with a chisel the same way, I thought my hand was out of the path of the chisel even though I was cutting in that direction, but of course it slipped and went right into the same finger, just on the bottom this time. I don't do that anymore but unfortunately it took two slips and a few stitches to teach me my lesson.
I also cut my thumb from the side through the skin and into my nail when handling a new and very sharp puukko.
There might have been a few more here and there but those are the only ones that left scars. I haven't cut myself in a long time now so I guess I've wised up some. Just don't cut towards yourself, that's the easiest way to stop getting cut, though I do whittle sometimes so I cut towards myself then but I do it very carefully.
One on the top of my left index finger from cutting a branch with a SAK, my hand was off to the side on one of the smaller limbs so I thought it was safe even though I was cutting in that direction, when the knife slipped it went directly to my finger like I was aiming for it. I cut myself with a chisel the same way, I thought my hand was out of the path of the chisel even though I was cutting in that direction, but of course it slipped and went right into the same finger, just on the bottom this time. I don't do that anymore but unfortunately it took two slips and a few stitches to teach me my lesson.
I also cut my thumb from the side through the skin and into my nail when handling a new and very sharp puukko.
There might have been a few more here and there but those are the only ones that left scars. I haven't cut myself in a long time now so I guess I've wised up some. Just don't cut towards yourself, that's the easiest way to stop getting cut, though I do whittle sometimes so I cut towards myself then but I do it very carefully.
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I haven't cut myself with a knife in something like 10 years now. Accordingly, I can still cross my fingers that this won't happen in the future.
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I'm ashamed to say that I do get cut now and then... I get careless occasionally.
Last month while doing some wood carving with a golok kelapa, I sliced the thumb I was holding the wood with.
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Now if I had some kind of rig to clamp the piece to at the proper angle, it wouldn't have happened. But no, I had to chop dangerously close to my digits.
But that's probably one of the worst accidental cuts I've ever gotten. I'm pretty lucky for someone that uses big blades this much. The thing coulda taken off the whole thumb, or hand if I had been careless enough!
Edit: A few weeks ago I re-opened the same damn cut while sharpening a scythe blade.
Last month while doing some wood carving with a golok kelapa, I sliced the thumb I was holding the wood with.
[youtube]4cNTSyRHf5M[/youtube]
Now if I had some kind of rig to clamp the piece to at the proper angle, it wouldn't have happened. But no, I had to chop dangerously close to my digits.
But that's probably one of the worst accidental cuts I've ever gotten. I'm pretty lucky for someone that uses big blades this much. The thing coulda taken off the whole thumb, or hand if I had been careless enough!
Edit: A few weeks ago I re-opened the same damn cut while sharpening a scythe blade.
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Yep. Here's the thing. I find myself getting cut (never had a bad one) much more often when not actually using the knife...e.g. sharpening, cleaning or oiling, during construction of a new sheath...that kind of thing. I think one may let down one's guard a bit.
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I using some gorilla glue the other day and got some on my thumb, all the little tiny nicks that i didn't even know i had stood out because of the dirt that got in the glue in the tiny little cuts, i estimated around fifty.
Also a conversation similar to this came up the other day at work, i have about fifteen or so scars on my left hand (four that criss-cross the same exact spot), and only one scar on my right (can you guess which is my dominant hand?).
I too often gat paper cuts from cardboard at work, those are the worst.
Also a conversation similar to this came up the other day at work, i have about fifteen or so scars on my left hand (four that criss-cross the same exact spot), and only one scar on my right (can you guess which is my dominant hand?).
I too often gat paper cuts from cardboard at work, those are the worst.
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Lol, same here. I was holding my umnumzaan in the kitchen and my gf wanted to grab something. She cut herself on my knife.. she passed out too after seeing the blood.
I cut myself every now and then. Play with knives, have a cut you will
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Occasionally I come close except for last year when a flat ground Endura bit me quite deep, the annoying part was about 3 seconds earlier I was thinking, "what yer doing, might hurt". (Cleaning the tang area with a folded tissue).
Other than that, as a butcher I used to work 60+ hours a week in my Dad's shop and between him and I, we would wound ourselves around once each every 8 years or so (roughly). Since my last boo-boo, it was over 15 years at least that a knife bit me.
However, like Yablanowitz, I come home at least once a week bleeding from just plain living life. About every 8 months I can burn myself grinding knives if I get careless.
Other than that, as a butcher I used to work 60+ hours a week in my Dad's shop and between him and I, we would wound ourselves around once each every 8 years or so (roughly). Since my last boo-boo, it was over 15 years at least that a knife bit me.
However, like Yablanowitz, I come home at least once a week bleeding from just plain living life. About every 8 months I can burn myself grinding knives if I get careless.