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Kdarmy

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I was just dorking around with my CS Vaquaro Grande that I keep here at my desk, when I went to close it and WHAM! I closed it up on my Index finger at the first knuckle. Felt like it went to the bone, but it was a nice clean cut....While going to the first aid kit (I go there often) to get a band aid, I remembered the post's going awhile back about using super glue to seal a cut.

Well I stopped the blood, kept my finger straight, ran a line of glue across it and Presto! Doesnt even feel like I cut it. And the best part...Not having to answer those stupid questions when she gets home! What knife did you cut yourself with? how'd ya do it? blah, blah, blah...
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~Keith~
"War to the knife and knife to the hilt"



[This message has been edited by Kdarmy (edited 20 December 1999).]
 
I have never heard of that before. Did it burn? Seems like there might be some ingredients in Super Glue that maybe shouldn't get in your blood stream, but what do I know. Let us know how it turns out.
 
Hey man becareful with those blades! A guy could get hurt. I hope everything is well. Do you do your own stitches (shades of Rambo?). I hope its not serious. This super glue thing has me curious (be sure and follow the single red thin line starting from your cut). Let us know how its going.
 
Did you first superglue your tendon back together?

I cut myself a good one and had to have the tendon tied back up, still can't bend it all the way. I was helping someone on their machine, balanced on top of this casepacker while it was running, stupid, but as I was trying to cut hard plastic with a short drop point knife, a small butterfly by Ken Largin, one of his older models, the curved edge slipped off the plastic and into my index finger of my left hand! Right to the bone pretty darn easy, flicked the knife away, wrapped my hand with my right hand and jumped down off the machine, the fellow said `Let's try this next' I just looked down and there were four crimson columns between my fingers, he about fainted! Much fun, guess that's why I'm partial to Wharncliff type blades now.

G2

Becareful with those things!

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there are only dangerous men."
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G2 Leatherworks

Gillett, PA.
 
Super glue works great for that. Methinks there may be some stuff that should not get in your bloodstream too, but it does work well.

-Bart
 
You'd have to do a search and find the thread on it, but I do remember that it said don't get it into the wound...Only use it on clean cuts that can be pressed back together. It worked great, no sting or nothing...after the first layer dried I put on an extra coat just to make sure (sounds like a $99.99 Earl Shives paint job).

I'll just wait for the glue to wear off. I havent tried my own stiches yet, Im pretty good at taking em out though.

I'm going to keep some super glue on hand from now on! BTW...Which works better the regular or the gel type?
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~Keith~
"War to the knife and knife to the hilt"



[This message has been edited by Kdarmy (edited 20 December 1999).]
 
A CS VG at your desk?
You must get some "BIG" letters.


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Cleverly Disguised As A Responsible Adult
 
Super-glue?! The exact same thing happened to me, but the use of superglue never crossed my mind. After closing a BM eclipse on my right-index finger-knuckle, I mumbled a string of 4-letter words, swabbed it with iodine (followed by another 4-letter word session), wrapped a bandage tight around the wound, and attached a popsicle stick to keep my finger straight. I don't think I would have been willing to put a substance that has sealed my fingers together many a time.
 
I am an L.P.N. and was an E.M.T. Superglue does in fact work. Some surgeries are now finished with a purified version of superglue. Reports are that wounds heal better, faster than those using sutures. BTW, when I was in the service, we used masking tape to bind small cuts. After a day the wound was clean and closed, what a deal.
Remember, if it's stupid and it works, it's not stupid.
 
The active ingredient in super glue is Aceto Cyanoacrylate Ester (I hope I spelled that right). Cyano means cyanide. It is true that forms of super glue are used for emergency medicine and for surgury. But, those are exceptional situations. Super Glue is not intended for routine use treating minor injuries.

The reason it is sold for household use in those cute (if annoying) little tubes is so that if a child gets ahold if it, they won't eat a fatal dose.



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Chuck
Balisongs -- because it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing!
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Ummm... just out of curiosity... how much would you have to eat to be considered fatal? Just enough to seal that cut between your nose and your chin?

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Hey guys, womens fingernail polish remover works great for removing super glue too.

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Jake Evans.. Member of the HORDE


 
Sounds like Kdarmy is right guaging from Fudo's responses. Quicker sealing=bigger knives--sounds right to me
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