Injuring yourself with a knife - was it SHARP or DULL?

In my yout' I could slap a blister on a mule's butt with my bare hand - not now.

All my self-inflicted knife wounds have been with sharp knives..so far.
 
Had not had a knife accident in over a decade. Joined this forum and have cut myself 3 times in the last 6 weeks. Coincidence? You decide. ;)

But every cut that I have ever had was from a sharp knife.
 
Got my Cold Steel Espada XL today, finally. Was checking the edge for sharpness, and yes, it bit me. Very sharp. Yes. ;-)
 
Took a chunk out of my thumb with my Cold Steel GI Tanto. Went straight to the bone and chipped my proximal phalanx. Now I have 4 stitches and likely some permanent nerve damage.

Didn't have time to take pics when it happened since I was gushing blood all over the place but here's a later look:

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This one was not too bad and the doc glued it back together since it was done with a very sharp, newly reprofiled blade. Still tingles a year later but it didn't hurt since it was such a clean slice.

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I've been cutting potatoes with a dull kitchen knife and had to put a lot of pressure onto the knife, along with my bad form, I cut my finger because the knife went in a horizontal direction rather than straight vertical.
 
mkjellgren said:
I rarely cut myself with a dull knife, but I suppose I rarely cut myself in general. When I do though, it's usually an accidental graze of my knuckle with a kitchen knife. I keep all of my knives absolutely as sharp as possible, including my kitchen knives. I cook professionally and as such, I use a knife a lot, and often VERY quickly. When fast chopping something like a large onion, where you need to bring the blade quite high off the cutting board to get through the product, you can come awfully close to your knuckles at times (keep in mind that proper vegetable chopping and slicing technique keeps your knuckles in contact with the side of the blade at all times which act as a guide for your cuts). In reality though, there are only two ways to cut yourself with a kitchen knife, improper technique (which would include improper sharpening in my mind), and lack of attention. For me it's usually a distraction that causes me to look up and BAM. Do it right and pay attention and you'll never cut yourself.
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just leave the knuckles in there for a little exotic taste right?HAHAHA
 
I have gotten more cuts from graving razor sharp blades. I have had more close calls than I care to admit with dull blades.
 
Took a Spyderco Szabo to the knee when I was trying to close it one handed. It was my first time messing with a compression lock and the blade with stiff. Surprisingly the CF was slippery enough for it to slip out of my hand. Strangely enough, all of my knife accidents are with sharp knives and inattentiveness.
 
My worst knife injury yet ( still a minor one) was with a dull knife. I was about 11, playing around with my SAK. I observed that the small blade was extremely dull, and my kid mind immediately went to attempting to open the blade. By pushing slowly on the edge. It went ok, until the blade snapped open. Then I got a cut that bled for a couple hours straight. I didn't want to tell my parents, because I knew it was stupid. So I put a bandaid on it and called it a day. It healed well. And I don't even have a scar.
 
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