In case anyone wonders how sharp Bryan Breeden's knives are !!!

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Went out with Mrs Pit today......things started out well~

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Decided to see if I could light some tinder fungus using my Breeden Bugaboo and the tiny worn out firesteel on my car keys~

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Found out the hard way how sharp Bryan's knives are !!!

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Damn finger was pouring, Mrs Pit thinks it will need a few stitches but I'm hoping I can get away without !
 
Ouch. Problem is going to be keeping it closed without sutures due to the location on your finger. Steri strips may be a viable option.
 
Put one good stitch in the middle of it. Be sure to make it deep so it won't pull out. If you are right handed, you may have to get her to do it for you. I've sewn my right knuckle back on with my left, but it took quite a while to get the stitches right.
 
I'm sure it's not the first time and it won't be the last, but I'm sorry you got cut. Hope it heals fast.

Bryan's knives are seriously sharp. Even my chopper that Bryan says is not "that" sharp is actually very sharp, so I can only imagine just how sharp is your Bugaboo. At least you got a "clean," precise cut, so it should heal well.
 
Rule #1:Always try to be sharper than the tools you are working with.
 
protourist said:
Rule #1:Always try to be sharper than the tools you are working with.
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Dead right, what I did was just retarded.....I thought after that I didn't even need to take the knife outta the sheath as I could have used the spine on the handle !
 
We've all done similar things. I have learned that rule from much trial and error. I rarely go to a store without buying bandaids.
 
For this very reason; just about every other year I cut something of value on my person, I started carrying a tube of superglue in my hunting pack. Hope it heals quickly.

Now I will try to avoid the Jinxmaster 2011 I just added to my trip this week.
 
+ 1 on packing along a little super glue. stings / burns a tad, but I have had to use it a couple times.
 
I was headed home from school on my road bike two months ago when my front tire blew. I was doing about 24 mph. I had dialed my brakes a few days before to account for slick conditions, and the flat tire grabbed the brake pads. I got catapulted headfirst into concrete-two front teeth felt a little funny, wound up with about a square foot of road rash on my arm and wrist, scuffed my G Shok and lacerated my forehead. On the laceration, they used skin glue-took a silver dollar sized flap of skin hanging on by a thread, scrubbed it out and glued it back in place. Instead of a gaping hole in my forehead, there's a little half-crescent scar. After about a week, the glue flaked off and the skin was healing. Skin glue is incredible stuff, it's a good suggestion. That said, I don't know how many of us actually carry full FAK's on afternoon strolls.

Quality of life on your island looks really high.
 
RWT said:
For this very reason; just about every other year I cut something of value on my person, I started carrying a tube of superglue in my hunting pack. Hope it heals quickly.

Now I will try to avoid the Jinxmaster 2011 I just added to my trip this week.
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+1 on the super glue!

Good luck healing the finger Pit!
 
At the time I used a little Bush treatment and lathered the wound in Balsam sap, it was bleading too much for the sap to seal the wound though. Once home I covered it in Cayenne pepper and reaplied a bandaid....it's holding up so far !
 
Put a Mora 840 through my finger a few weeks ago trying to carve the eye out of my Wetterlings. Tip first through the top of the meat between the first and second knuckles on my pointer finger. Lots of TP got it to clot, though it obviously needed stitches. It's kind of an ugly scar but I think I saved myself some money to spend on kit :) Back in the Mountain Man days they didn't have urgent care. Damn those Moras....
 
That doesn't prove its sharp! I want to see cuts made in the same place on other fingers with other knives and then we can look at the depth and length and compare sharpness. Make sure you use the same amount of pressure and cut in the same direction!

Seriously, hope it heals quick and clean!
 
Yep, Bryan puts a wicked edge on his blades, worst cut I ever gave myself from a knife was from one of his, sounds like it was doing the same thing you were, using the spine to strike a fire steel. A little slip equaled a nice chunk of missing skin and lots of blood. I use a dedicated striker now to avoid having a sharp edge flailing around unnecessarily.

Hope ya heal up quick, wouldn't want to put a damper on the holiday festivities:thumbup:
 
A couple things come to mind.....

1) I'm glad you didn't cut a vein or other such large capillary.... (i cut a vein in my index finger - bled and bled and bled - should've gone for stitches...)
2) I *hope* you didn't cut into any tendon/ligament there - that's really bad

If the cut is deep, i'd encourage a trip to a doc/PA just to ensure nothing serious was cut into

In larger cuts in areas which are always flexing, i've learned that a splint and full taping help the healing (i've too much experience with this.....)

Congrats on Bryan for making wicked-sharp knives!!! Hat's off to him!
 
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