First Blood Stories?

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swede79

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After reading the safety thread (ouch!), just wondering if anyone had any good first blood stories, or has this been thrashed over enough already?

I successfully sharpened my first HI khukuri (kids in bed, wife out slummin'), so I thought, "What the hell?" I cheated and dug out my Edgepro and started drinking beer. Strike one.

Well, for those of you not well acquainted with Edgepro, it really makes it easy for an imbecile like me to put a hair-popping edge on most any piece of steel, given enough time. There are various grits of stones, from 80 to 600 or so. In addition, if you REALLY feel froggy, there is some 3000 grit tape that will give a pucker factor of 9.9 on your edge.

Back to the tale. Well, as I was working up (or down) the stones, the blade was getting sharper, and the edge more and more polished. I was midway through beer number 3 (ok, Sven, it was a local bitter :p ), and I was looking at the 3000 tape, and thought, "What the hell?" Strike two.

After another hour of hard labor (those beers get HEAVY), I had the edge that I wanted. Arm hairs just jumped at the sight of that Malla coming at them... I scratched an itch on my cheek, and felt razor stubble, and thought (repeat after me) "What the hell?" Strike three.

Fast forward to stumbling up the stairs, heading for the bathroom, and breaking out the Edge foam. Run the hot water, lather up, and unbelieveably, the cheeks are pretty easy to scrape clean. Now for the chin. Stay with me here, this is where it gets interesting. I'm working on the toughest part of my beard with an 18 inch Malla, keeping one eye closed to maintain focus, just starting the downward stroke, and I hear my wife behind me holler, "What the HELL?".

Beer and sharpening just don't friggin mix. Don't try this at home kids!:eek: :eek: :rolleyes:
 
Not necessarily a safety thing, but more superstitious. Ive been bit by two kris in my possession. Both show signs that they had seen much battle.

Well while polishing them on two different occasions I got bit while my hands were not near the edge at all. On one, I wasnt even working on the edge, but on the dull guard porsion (ive touched it many times its as smooth and un-sharp as could be, in actuality your hand is supposed to rest on it). Both times it was strange, almost as if the spirit of the blade leaped the distance from the edge to my hand to protest my ownership of them. Its said that a blade away from its proper owner will be more prone to bite. Perhaps the spirits are unhappy at being in such a distant land from their origins.
 
Originally posted by swede79
Fast forward to stumbling up the stairs, heading for the bathroom, and breaking out the Edge foam. Run the hot water, lather up, and unbelieveably, the cheeks are pretty easy to scrape clean. Now for the chin. Stay with me here, this is where it gets interesting. I'm working on the toughest part of my beard with an 18 inch Malla, keeping one eye closed to maintain focus, just starting the downward stroke, and I hear my wife behind me holler, "What the HELL?".

Beer and sharpening just don't friggin mix. Don't try this at home kids!:eek: :eek: :rolleyes:
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So Swede, tell me. Do you still have your chin or have you joined the ranks of, well never mind.:p:rolleyes: :eek: :D LMRRAO!!!!!!!
That one earned you the sacred seven exclamation points!!!!!!!:rolleyes: :D
 
Swede,
You are now nominated for the "Village idiot" award!:D
Well, then again ,But then again you can use a WW2!it's not your fault! You "ONLY"shave with a BAS!
It's gotta be Koz's fault,after all he is, the safety advisor!:cool:
jim
 
...Tsimi has a "first blood" story, but I've heard he can tell a good "tendon and gristle" tale :eek: :D
 
ooouch, you really should be more carefull ... and lock the bathroom door.
Since I have been down the whole week with the flew my beard is ready for shaving... and I have a BAS :D
 
Sven, if you're gonna shave wit a BAS, wrap a big towel around your neck...it will help absorb any mistakes :rolleyes: And...you might duct-tape it in place, to help the medics with their "re-attachment" efforts in case it is a really big mistake :eek:

If Harry wasn't lost in a cave, he could come up with these really neat-o safety tips :p
 
Guys allow me to put my 2 cents,
When you do this kind of things, make sure that the person(s) around you is(are) not affected by the sight of blood.
Years ago, while working on a tanker, I managed to slice open the top of my right index finger for about 1 1/2". I went to the Captain for some assistance and the "old man" fainted instead of helping me with the first aid kit!
Fausto
 
I've been bit so many times I've lost count but never anything bad. But I don't shave with a khukuri!!! I think Terry Sisco may hold the record for worst accidental cut with a khukuri. Nasty!!
 
Shaving with a Khuk!!!!:eek:

Thats nearly as bad as when I opened a box on Christmas day with one of them Aitor bolo bladed sheath knives, ( White Dragon model-7inch blade ). I tell you, those Spaniards know how to sharpen a knife. The humped edge of the blade went sliding through the card-and my thumb-like a shark fin through water. Just about removed the tip of the thumb. I should have went to the ER to have it stiched back on, but well, it was Christmas day and I had better things to do, so I improvised with some plasters and a bandage. Still have this funny lump on the end of my thumb to remind me that it is best not to hold something where it is being cut through.

Then of course there was the time I was trying to notch a length of bamboo with my Cold Steel Mini Outdoorsman, ( trying to open the bathroom window you see, since I'd locked myself out ). Well, them Cold Steel knives are sharp. Sliced down through six inches of bamboo-and one index finger to the bone-in one easy motion. I did go to the ER for that one, waiting five hours for the wound to start to heal so the doctor could pull it apart again :eek: That hurt more than the damn cut.

I wont go into SAK tales of folding blades on fingers, or when I filleted a finger with a boot knife while trying to stop the hound lying down in some other K9's crap.

Funnily enough, I tend to be quite carefull with my Khuks.

But then I am typing this message with a stick attached to my nose;)

P.S.
Federico,

I saw several old kris when I was in Indonesia earlier this year. If you want to placate them them light up an incense stick and run the smoke up and down the underside of the blade ( they like to be fed, and it better than your blood ). Some of them like flowers as well, though I can't remember which kinds. Cant go wrong with the incense I think.
 
White Dragon model-7inch blade
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Do you still have the knife? I have never heard of this Aitor model.

I'm working on the toughest part of my beard with an 18 inch Malla, keeping one eye closed to maintain focus, just starting the downward stroke, and I hear my wife behind me holler, "What the HELL?".
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Well you always wanted a dimpled chin like Kirk Douglas. :D

n2s
 
'Fraid not. It must be 14 years since I sold it on to a friend.

It's currently called the 'Oso Blanco'-has a bolo blade, clip point, serrations on the back of the blade and a plastic handle. Think I paid £30 for it and it was well worth the money-probably my first quality knife. Ah, memories.

Funnily enough, I just remembered it was one of their, ( Aitor ), boot knives that I did my finger with. Assorted Gerbers left me relatively unscathed, ( God knows how with the Guardian sheath! ), which isnt bad considering how sharp those things were:eek:

For Spanish made knives I am quite partial to the Muela companies products. I also have my eye on some traditional handmade models and one of the huge folders, ( which name escapes me at the moment. Got a hankering for one of them after seeing that film with Carrie Grant, Frank Sinatra and Sophia Loren ).
 
Hehehe Ive taken good care of my kris, both physically and spiritually. But they were not made for me. If tradition goes right, I am not there true owner, since if they were battle field pickups they could be considered stolen. Also certain blade can become cursed. Or more accurately their spirit is turned evil from to much blood thereby becoming blood-thirsty blades. Superstition aside them kris bites took a long time to heal, much longer than other cuts Ive had.
 
Swede,
I as a young man,had to be the dumbest,I have since graduated to just dumb,Started shaving with a straight razor,macho right? Wrong just young ,immortal & stupid! Thought all straight razors were the same,started with one that barbers use to cut hair,cut me to pieces,I now use a German straight & never cut myself!Maybe I'll try with my M43!:D
 
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Hi Jim,
funny you talk about dump people, I just gave blood to my BAS trying to sharpen it, to make it sharp enough to shave :D just kidding.
I had it in my hand and turned it to sharpen it with my steel when it bit me.
I was kind of absent minded and it looks like my little beauty want´s to be the one and only in my mind ;)
 
I started shaving with a straight razor simply because I had nothing else available. I quickly earned the nickname of scarface.
 
Knew a guy once, nicknamed "Flash"....tried to rinse his Norelco under the faucet :rolleyes:
 
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