If the lock mechanism on my pocket knife breaks or fails while using the knife will my fingers be cut off?

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David Mary said:
Doubtful. I had a Cold Steel XL Voyager Tanto close on my index finger once. It cut the skin. Bandaid, and back to work, pretty much healed in a week or so. I know it was user error, but I can't remember exactly what I was doing. Maybe if I lost a finger I would remember. Pretty sure I just tried to close one handed while also distracted by something else.
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David Mary David Mary , I knew there was something I liked about you (other than your amazing work, and the great conversation). I did the same thing with a Cold Steel XL Voyager Tanto earlier this year. Right across the knuckle on my right index finger. Pretty sure I nicked a vein or something. Let's just say a small mess was made. Took longer than a week to heal up, and longer than that for me to get feeling all the way back. But it wasn't a lock failure. It was 100% user error.
 
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I knew this thread had a chance, but it's not quite epic...yet

I had a fake SAK close on my fingers while trying open a can of C rats...why I didn't use the can opener is a mystery to me. At last count I still got all my fingers.
 
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jideta said:
I knew this thread had a chance, but it's not quite epic...yet

I had a fake SAK close on my fingers while trying open a can of C rats...why I didn't use the can opener is a mystery to me. At last count I still got all my fingers.
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I cut my thumb pretty badly with a SAK. One Christmas as a kid I got one from my dad, first thing I did was open the big blade, somehow I closed it with my thumb in the way. Very embarrassing since my dad had just told me to be careful. :oops:
 
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You know, I have often found that with many people, the instant you tell them "be careful", or "slow down" or "hang on a second", their actions immediately speed up, often in proportion to the urgency with which the admonition is given.
 
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What about carbon fiber tubes for knife making? I've given those away as straws before. ;)
 
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I will say, most of my serious cuts have been fixed blades.

I've had stitches 4 or 5 times at least. Only one was a folder (slipjoint equal end...I was closing the blade without looking.....pushed o the wrong side)...not paying attention.

I've had stitches from fixed blades about three times.


Once I got stitches from a large rusty cowbell across the bridge of my nose. That one also gave me a concussion....and a lot of laughs from the Dr's and nurses.


I'm able to hurt my self with all kinds of things.
 
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