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george tichbourne

george tichbourne

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How long does it take fingerprints to grow back? I have been sanding handles for the last 10 hours and the tips of all my fingers are bald.
 
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Attention...That is a Homeland Security Violation.....Please turn yourself in to the nearest internment camp !

We're just trying to keep you safe !

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Well, I burned a bunch of little lines across my thumb and index finger working on a pair of spurs about a week and a half ago. They are still there, just now starting to go away. I'd say ya got a good two weeks to go on a crime spree :footinmou
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Maybe this could be a new angle for answering the old "how long does it take to make a knife?" question.
This one here took 3 burns 2 scars, and time enough for 4 finger prints to re-appear.
That one was a thumbnail, 2 ground knuckles (you never can get just one!), and split belt knockout punch.
 
Oh....I forgot you were in Canada George. You're OK ....eah! :footinmou
If they haven't grown back in a week, email me. I'll send you some of my spares! :rolleyes:
 
Many years back,when I was doing Gvmt. work,I had to go in for routine clearance review (crypto).I had a new set of fingerprints taken.I had been doing a lot of woodworking at that time and had no fingerprints at all on some fingers,the rest were so marked up with little cuts they looked like screening.They were so bad that they retook them three times,because the security guys couldn't get them cataloged into the data base.Finally they gave up.
SA
 
Yes I did and I've done it....and it hurts to think about it. The only thing worse is to get a cut under my fingernail and get Acetone in it! :barf:
 
At this time of year,with 12 hour days at the jewelry shop,and 3-4 hours in the knife shop,my fingers are cracked and bleeding for about three weeks straight.They will heal by mid January.I use Attack and acetone all the time.Burns like he!!.Sometimes I just rub IG's HT relish on em and it destroys the nerve endings.That numbs them for a couple of days.
SA
 
This reminds me of when my little brother got sulfer on a popped burn- blister from a school project. He almost stuck his thumb in his mouth.
 
bladsmth said:
At this time of year,with 12 hour days at the jewelry shop,and 3-4 hours in the knife shop,my fingers are cracked and bleeding for about three weeks straight.They will heal by mid January.I use Attack and acetone all the time.Burns like he!!.Sometimes I just rub IG's HT relish on em and it destroys the nerve endings.That numbs them for a couple of days.
SA
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Stacy: My relish burns allot more than acetone in a cut or any-other open orifice. :eek: :D
 
What I am finding is that with the heat resistant layer on my finger tips my fingers are more sensitive to heat while buffing the micarta handles back to high gloss and I am dropping a lot more knives than usual. Sunday I fine sanded 30 handles and yesteday I polished 33 handles, only 12 more to hand sand and polish today. That leaves a whole week to finish my Christmas orders.

This business started on November 30 when Carol bounced out into the shop to announce that she had sold 40 Christmas baskets that each contained a kitchen knife that had to be delivered on the 15th....Could I make 40 knives in two weeks?
 
There is an answer to those minor wounds. If your too busy to get a bandaid and some tape, just put a drop of super glue, hot stuff, cyanoacrilate on your wound and then spray it with a shot of accelerator. The initial shock of the glue is followed by an intense burn from the heated accelerater, but then when it cools off, you have a tough, hard coating on which to test your abrasives and edges. The chunk usually works off in about a day.
They used to have some stuff called "new skin" for that (didn't burn as bad), but it wasn't as hard as cyano...
 
Lab Safety Supply can sell you a box of 100 nitrile surgical gloves. I use them for everything, from keeping stabilizing liquids from stabilizing my fingers, to keeping the slivers and crud off my hands when I'm lubing ways and cleaning my equipment. But one of my favorite uses is while hand-sanding. They are pretty tough - like an additional layer of skin. It helps keep the skin on my fingers, and when they wear through, just replace them with another pair. I've gotten used to using them for a lot of things, and now I can't live without them.
 
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