EDC XIII Which knife or knives are you carrying today?

RLB0414 said:
Hate little man needs a field bandage.
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It's part of the job, unfortunately. Lots of stamped sheet metal, conduit thread burrs, BX sheathing, even the copper wire ends can cut you a nasty one. After a while of working a trade, your hands harden up, but it isn't a guarantee: sometimes, I go home with a cut that I cannot figure out when or how it happened.

Some people think that gloves are a magic solution to this, and they help, but when you're trying to put a 6-32 1/2" ground screw in the back of a single receptacle box that you cannot see, the gloves come off real quick because skin-to-metal is the only way to tell when you've got it right. Meanwhile, there may be a razor-sharp edge on that box that you won't find until it finds you.

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Shorttime said:
It's part of the job, unfortunately. Lots of stamped sheet metal, conduit thread burrs, BX sheathing, even the copper wire ends can cut you a nasty one. After a while of working a trade, your hands harden up, but it isn't a guarantee: sometimes, I go home with a cut that I cannot figure out when or how it happened.

Some people think that gloves are a magic solution to this, and they help, but when you're trying to put a 6-32 1/2" ground screw in the back of a single receptacle box that you cannot see, the gloves come off real quick because skin-to-metal is the only way to tell when you've got it right. Meanwhile, there may be a razor-sharp edge on that box that you won't find until it finds you.

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Totally agree. My hands show it as well. Gloves are not the answer all the time. Even the best gloves are not always the answer. By the time little man can legally enter the work force he most likely will have tough hands.
 
RLB0414 said:
Totally agree. My hands show it as well. Gloves are not the answer all the time. Even the best gloves are not always the answer. By the time little man can legally enter the work force he most likely will have tough hands.
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He'll be the most competent apprentice his co-workers have ever seen. Somebody will hand him a left-handed drill bit and he'll tell them to go do it themselves.
 
Wolverine666 said:
Wow , looks beautiful. How far up in Canada?
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Not really too far. I’m in Ontario, north of the 45th parallel. They call it “the north,” but it’s nothing like the territories.

We get a ton of snow every year and temps in the -30° to -40°‘s. Got another 6”+ last night. Seems like deja vu this morning. Haha.

Beautiful blue skies and a nice white blanket this morning.
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Shorttime said:
It's part of the job, unfortunately. Lots of stamped sheet metal, conduit thread burrs, BX sheathing, even the copper wire ends can cut you a nasty one. After a while of working a trade, your hands harden up, but it isn't a guarantee: sometimes, I go home with a cut that I cannot figure out when or how it happened.

Some people think that gloves are a magic solution to this, and they help, but when you're trying to put a 6-32 1/2" ground screw in the back of a single receptacle box that you cannot see, the gloves come off real quick because skin-to-metal is the only way to tell when you've got it right. Meanwhile, there may be a razor-sharp edge on that box that you won't find until it finds you.

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Ah, yes, the good ol’ electrical tape “bandaid?”
 
Ed G said:
marking tape never stuck well enough for my first aid needs … I’m a Scotch 33 man.
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I make my employer get Scotch 33 from the get-go, because some of the cables are exposed to rain and mud, and I'm not ordering a special tape for insulating connections! They have a facility in nearly every country in the world, they can jolly well pop for the "expensive" stuff!

The tape works better, IMO, unless you get one that's got real good blood flow. And, it's what I have in my bag....
 
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