how embarrassing - cut myself with my Victorinox Huntsman .... I'm getting old

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I tried to explain the difference between a folder with a locking blade and a non-locking blade to my wife - took my Victorinox Huntsman out of the pocket, and when demonstrating my "expertise" with a "powerful push" to demonstrate how easily the non-locking blade of the Huntsman folds back into the knife ...... it "folded" back into my middle finger ....after all these years .... I'm getting old 😀 😟😃...
 
BigW said:
I tried to explain the difference between a folder with a locking blade and a non-locking blade to my wife - took my Victorinox Huntsman out of the pocket, and when demonstrating my "expertise" with a "powerful push" to demonstrate how easily the non-locking blade of the Huntsman folds back into the knife ...... it "folded" back into my middle finger ....after all these years .... I'm getting old 😀 😟😃...
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Nah , It wasn't you . You were doing fine .
I think some women are more . . . what's the word (?) . . . than others . She merely used her telekinetic powers to bring the demonstration to an end (they all have it and will use it ; almost subconsciously , when stressed (and I know talking about knives drives mine up the freekin' wall , because she has told me so ). . .

where was I ?

Oh yes ; don't ever talk to her about sheet that drives her to distraction and you will , once again , be safe and in control .
Of course I am asking the impossible !
But it still must be said .
 
You’re not a knife guy if you don’t cut yourself from time to time 🤣. I’ve let blades fall shut on my thumb so many times that it doesn’t even hurt when I do it now. Not trying to brag I’m completely aware that I’m an idiot. You figure eventually I would learn my lesson.
 
ChiefTJS said:
Worst cuts of my life have been
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When I was talking to someone else passionately (and not in the good way ) while I was cutting stuff.
Just once while preparing dinner and arguing with a master at pulling my chain . She's long gone .
Good thing my thumb has a finger nail or I would have cut the end off .
Super sharp Japanese vegetable knife I was testing out before giving as a wedding present to a coworker and his wife .
It cut VERY WELL !

Learned that lesson REAL QUICK .
Use a knife OR argue don't do both at the same time.
(wait , that didn't come out quite right but . . . )
 
Railsplitter said:
Yeah, I hate that. You try to show somebody something like you know what the heck you’re talking about and WHAM, it all falls apart while everybody anticipates the “expert’s” advice.

I wouldn’t have minded if it happened to me less often than it has.
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My master , repeat performance that hopefully I have finally, finally , finally , left FAR behind me is taking a knife with a wave opener out of my knife wallet and then demonstrating how the hook works by drawing it out of my pocket . . .
without fail there is already a five hundred dollar , out of production , titanium knife with a grit blasted finish clipped in my pocket and I scratch it .
😞:(😖:mad:
 
BigW said:
I tried to explain the difference between a folder with a locking blade and a non-locking blade to my wife - took my Victorinox Huntsman out of the pocket, and when demonstrating my "expertise" with a "powerful push" to demonstrate how easily the non-locking blade of the Huntsman folds back into the knife ...... it "folded" back into my middle finger ....after all these years .... I'm getting old 😀 😟😃...
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Been there, done that 😁
 
Unpopular opinion maybe, but this is the reason I’m not a fan of “non-locking” blades. That initial resistance when pushing the blade closed makes me nervous every time. This is made especially worse on the smaller SAKs where you don’t even have a lot of real estate to grab onto the handle.

My Dad has a Victorinox that requires quite a bit of force to close. Never seen him carry it and he prefers fixed blades or Spydercos.

Locking blades (of any type really) feel more predictable and easier to open/close.
 
One of the worst cuts I ever had was as a boy scout weaving baskets.

I took out my SAK to cut some reeds, put the blade on the reeds, put my finger on the back of the blade to rock it through, and promptly folded the blade into my finger tip (as it turns out I picked up the knife and held it upside down, edge up and spine on the reeds).

Worried about losing a corner of my totin' chip I pulled the blade out, folded it up, stuck it in my pocket, held my finger as hard as I could and walked back to camp to wrap it in duct tape and gauze.

One of the adults saw me trying to take care of myself and properly bandaged my finger without asking what I had done. Some washing up, a couple of butterflies, and a finger splint later I made it back to finish my basket.
 
I think everyone has gotten a bite from a mishandled traditional once or twice.

I remember earning a Scout knife in Cub scouts. They handed out the knives at a meeting boxes and ready to go. My dad told me not to mess with it until we got home. I couldn't help myself and started fiddling with the main blade while we made the drive back to the house. I sold a lot of popcorn to earn that knife. The back spring was pretty heavy I guess when *snap* the blade slammed shut on my finger. Instant cut. Instant carnage.

I look up and in the dim unlit single bench seat cab of my dad's truck, he was none the wiser. I clamped my finger in my other hand and stemmed the flow of blood long enough to get home and doctor myself. Even at the age of 7, I knew that it was better to suffer a moderately bleeding slice than to let your old man know you had cut yourself within 10 minutes of receiving your knife after he told you not to play with it.

Of course my old man knew I had cut myself. The audible snap followed by the sharp gasp was enough to clue him in. He helped me dress it when we got home and told me he hoped I learned my lesson.

Trying to hide things from him? Yes. Cutting myself with knives? Nearly 40 years later....no.
 
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