How often do your knives bite you

I usually only get bit when I'm breaking in a new knife. And 10 times out of 10 it's user error. Most of the time I get hit on the top of my right thumb where I get a little sassy with the new knife and close it a little faster then I can get my thumb (that just disengaged the lockbar) out of the way. Takes a clean nick of skin right off the top of my thumb, no blood, just skin. Haha- I'm laughing because I still see the last nick from my new Curtiss F3.
 
Since I stopped playing with balisongs, very very rarely.

I'm a knife collecting swordfighter, but I only bleed from stupid things. Like the zipper on my pillow.

Pillows are more dangerous than knives in my house.
 
I'm not sure how often it happens but know that the last couple of times have been from a hatchet not a knife. Most recently when I was using a small hatchet to drive tent stakes. I had the stakes in one hand and the hatchet in the other with the poll side facing down. In the process of moving a stake from one hand to the other I touched the knuckle of my index finger on the edge of the hatchet. Not a serious cut but it bled like one.
 
A few weeks ago I smacked my hand into the SE blade on my multitools, but that is it for the last year or so. The time before that I caught an Old Hickory butcher's knife, which did some damage...
 
Not very often; in fact, it's pretty rare nowadays because I've learned to respect the steel.

But when they do bite, they mean business...

 
I usually get a minor nick every couple of months but have only had two serious cuts that I can remember in my lifetime. I've found that if you use extremely sharp knives after more then 2-3 beers bad things tend to happen:D
 
Maybe a couple times a year, almost always during food prep. Got bitten by one of my folders this spring, nice clean slice. Healed right up.
 
A couple of times a year, and usually while being stupid, like trying to slice a hair in half with the ZDP Delica and accidentally nicking my thumbnail in the process.
 
Blade Rash from knife sharpness testing on legs + kitchen food prep nicks - frequently.
Major cuts thank God rarely.
One was while back, with big ass fixed blade, I miscalculated were point was in regard to my leg while sitting, no stiches but long clean slash right above my left kneecap.

Recently, Axis/Arc lock bit me deep on the thumb, those suckers not only fly open lighting quick but even faster fly close, gravity is a bitch! If you pull & hold lock open there is nothing to slow down blade from swinging!

Top Tip!!!! DO NOT flick Axis/Arc lock knives in the total darkness, where you can't see where your fingers or moving blade is!!!!
 
Quiet said:
As I use and respect knives as tools and not toys, I don't tend to get cut. I can't remember the last time it happened.
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Same here. Once every couple years when I do something really stupid with a knife.

Maybe we are not being stupid enough! :D We're doing it all wrong!
 
Every now and then but I always seem to get bit by folders and not fixed blades. Whats that saying I see on here from time to time " A folding knife is a bleeding finger..." yet I still carry a folder every day.
 
Not often, once a year or so.

But I also wondered about this... as blade enthusiasts, is it "bad" that we still cut ourselves? Like a master carpenter smashing a thumb with a hammer, or painter slopping paint and thinner all over the place.. is it just something that occurs with our hobby, or are we "beyond that" as we tend to be more accustomed to using knives and bladed weapons and tools than your average person?

Last Christmas my brother gave me a new 50th anniv. Buck 110, I cut my thumb pretty bad within seconds as the blade sprung closed on me... I never had handled a 110 before (my dad had always had fixed blade Bucks), and I was not prepared for how strong that blade spring was.

All I could think was, "Man, if the guys and gals on bladeforums.com knew about this, I'd get made fun of for sure!"
 
No bites since last year. Hope to keep it that way too. Had a lot of bites from stupid handling, I have since corrected that.
 
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A few months ago at work, last time I buy a cheap Chinese knife made of pot metal for work, went right through kevlar gloves
 
In spite of my user name, not very often, maybe once every year or two. Usually with kitchen knives. Never required medical attention.
 
Knock wood, but it's rare. Very rare.

I use a very simple technique, one that has also allowed me to remain safe with firearms and on motorcycles for decades--I purposely cultivate a fear of my edges. And I work to maintain that fear any time I notice it going away. I want to fear my knives. It breeds a ton of respect for them.

That's right, I keep myself scared of my knives. I've posted this before in here. Makes me extremely cautious. Be scared of your knife and you'll cut yourself a lot less. If you aren't fearful of your edges beware....a wound may be on the way.

It's the number one thing I attribute to remaining relatively accident free for a lonngg time. Very simple and painless to do. :)

Now watch....I'll be posting in the "got me" threads within the week..... *knocks wood again*
 
Quite rarely. Maybe once every few years (3-5)?

I got a fairly decent cut around age 10, which I guess had kept me pretty cautious. I also wasn't "into" knives for about 10 years, which probably helped me mature/respect them more. Since then only two real cuts worth mentioning, and still, no ER visits. They are all because of operator stupidity, quick keeps reminding me to be smarter than my knife.
 
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