Fixtures..,be careful!!!

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Gary W. Graley

Gary W. Graley

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Well, I was always super careful when using it as the blade is exposed and you could get cut very easily and tonight it happened I hadn’t used it for a while and decided to use it on this folder
I clamped the blade in and then I reached upwards for something on my bench and RAN MY HAND across the length of the sharp edge!

https://flic.kr/p/2ogjBsn

https://flic.kr/p/2ogeK3e

6 stitches across the back of my right hand pinky and ring finger just one

I won’t be using that anymore as I had gone back to bench stone sharpening anyway but it was not a great night!

G2
 
Oh no!
I guess it's a good thing you got away with just some stitches. Glad it wasn't any worse than it was. That sounds well bad enough.

This is why I like the old apex pro design. No clamp, you had to hold the knife on the plate. More work, but less chance of something unfortunate like that happening.
 
And I was tired when I went down to the shop I should’ve just left it alone as it was already shaving sharp I just wanted to level up the factory bevels
Thanks guys
G2
 
I feel your pain, Gary. In late July, 2021 I had a golok slip partially from its sheath as I was maneuvering around my dog to put it away after some yard work.

I ended up with six stitches in my right pinky and seven in the ring finger. While I have complete motor use of both fingers, I have lost some sensation in each. Could have been worse, I suppose.

Heal quickly, my friend.
 
Tired and sharp is a formula for an accident waiting to happen.
I remember RJ Martin telling me about when he slit his forearm pretty badly, he had a knife sticking out of a bench drawer with the blade up and at that angle it was not visible and he reached down and it sliced into his forearm before he knew what was happening. It was a very deep long cut. I visited him and saw his shop and it was a tight area to work in
Fortunately I can still use the stones but once cut I’ve learned my lesson and won’t use the fixture anymore
thanks and of course my family will get a kick out of me getting cut but of course wish me a speedy recovery too
😇
G2
 
I keep thinking about those kind of fixrures.
And I keep thinking I'd hurt myself the same.....

I guess I'll stick with my wonky bevels, and sharpening stones.

Glad it wasn't worse for you
 
Gary W. Graley said:
Well, I was always super careful when using it as the blade is exposed and you could get cut very easily and tonight it happened I hadn’t used it for a while and decided to use it on this folder
I clamped the blade in and then I reached upwards for something on my bench and RAN MY HAND across the length of the sharp edge!

6 stitches across the back of my right hand pinky and ring finger just one

I won’t be using that anymore as I had gone back to bench stone sharpening anyway but it was not a great night!

G2
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I had almost exactly this injury recently, except I was more of an idiot than you. I had a Chinese cleaver clamped into my Hapstone, and postponed the actual sharpening for a couple of days, leaving the cleaver in the clamps (idiot alert). At one point, I was reaching for something else on the bench, and my right forefinger hit the cleaver, making a deep right-angle cut, two sides of a rectangle, about 1/2" x 1/3'.

Probably should have gone to ER, but that is tedious, and I do have supplies laid in. I washed it, used a kind of little bandage that has staples in it, to catch on the skin and hold. That worked on the wide side, but would not hold on the short side -- too close to the nail, which the staple can't attach to. So instead I ladled on some sort of blood stop powder that forms a polymer bandage. Then I laid on three layers of bandage to waterproof and cushion the whole thing. Didn't change the bandage for 6 days, on the advice of the staple-bandage makers. After that, I started changing the bandages every couple of days.

It all worked pretty well. Everything sealed up nicely, no infections. Now I just have a sort of numb spot on my fingertip, that experience tells me is likely to get better, but slowly.
 
Sorry for your pain!
I did a similar thing on my KME a few months ago.
I rarely use the KME so I told myself numerous times to be careful of the blade as I moved around.
It felt like I jinxed myself by planting the idea in my own head or something because I nicked myself twice before I cut myself good!

Water stones don't bite as hard so now I stick to those.

Wishing you a quick recovery!
 
Maybe 777 Edge could design some safety covers of some sort to go over the sharp edge, for various sharpeners when not actively in use.

One reason I have never bought a Wicked Edge is that the upturned edge just seems like an accident waiting to happen.
 
A friend of mine has a wicked edge and sliced his thumb to the bone TWICE said he probably should have gotten stitches as it took forever to heal

So yep about any system that has a blade clamped down you can end up getting cut
G2
 
Thanks guys I removed the bandages today and was glad to see the stitches were still in place as I was working on a repair project for a fellow that sent me a folder sheath he got from eBay and it needed a bit of work and I felt that I might have made some involuntary tension that might have caused damage to the stitches
G2
 
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