Just got bitten, *hard* (injury)

Gassy said:
Guaranteed there would have been no stitches required with leather gloves on. Maybe a bruise. I'm talking from experience and lessons learned.
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That's a guarantee I'll be unlikely to test. I've seen too many of my blades go quite cleanly through leather to rely on it, though it's a nice precaution.
 
Insipid Moniker said:
That's a guarantee I'll be unlikely to test. I've seen too many of my blades go quite cleanly through leather to rely on it, though it's a nice precaution.
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Unfortunately I have tested it. Obviously by accident, but I do agree, circumstance plays a part. I also wear them to avoid splinters. I've found the older you get the wiser you become. For me it's about self preservation. I could see my 5 though slicing right through a glove for sure.
 
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a good reason to have medical supplies as part of a survival kit. In reality I need bandages more than I need a fire kit.
Ive cut myself and almost cut myself a lot since I started dabbling in knives.
 
Chris Larrikin said:
During a first aid course I was told that a clean cut causes blood vessels to initially contract and restrict the bleeding, until they relax again shortly afterwards. A jagged cut or tear doesn't allow the vessels to constrict so just bleeds from the outset.
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That explains why when I put a CS tomahawk through my foot it never bled. I keep it sharp. And I was wearing thick leather boots.

Zieg
 
Yes, definitely going to add a good thick pair of leather gloves to my wood chopping kit, going to rely more on a prop branch to support the log for the initial cut, and will rely more on batoning

If I continued batoning yesterday, instead of that I'll-fated and illogical chop attempt, I would not have injured myself, this injury was solely due to my own stupidity....

On the upside, since the blade was so sharp, it should heal quickly and scarring should be minimal, heck, the doctor doing the stitching commented on how clean the cut was, she asked how I cut myself, and when I said chopping wood with a camp knife, she asked what kind of knife, so I told her about the BK4...
 
I've got an almost identical scar on my right index finger(I'm left handed) from my BK9! Glad you're okay!
 
damn brother, I really hope that heals up quick. It could have been a lot worse.

Thanks for sharing, these kind of posts remind us all that it can happen anytime.

Hope you're alright, thankfully it wasn't any worse.

Another bad-ass scar to show off later at least.
 
Well, the good news is that you didn't fully commit when you tried to get a bite. You are lucky you still have 10 fingers! You part Irish?

Maybe just setting the edge on the log before you baton would be better. That's usually what I do. Minimizing risk can be pretty important I think. This makes me want to tell a funny story...

So way out in BFE OR, I have an awesome friend that is ready to hit the woods when the SHTF. Well, he's a little paranoid so he would usually tell us he was headed to the woods probably every other month. We'd talk him down and basically tell him he was "loosing it" and needed to get a grip. Well one day, we have this conversation and I tell him he'd die in the woods by himself. I tell him, "Look bro, you'd go out there and break an ankle and die. Done. Game over man. You'd trip on a rock and it would kill you. Here lies %&(#*$, killed by a damn rock." He gets a little but hurt, drinks a few more beers, and then invites me over to help work on his cabin a bit on the 'morrow. "Sure," I says. "See you tomorrow."

Tomorrow comes and at about 4pm, after working on his cabin for about 7 hours, he falls off of his ladder from the 2nd step up, breaks his elbow in three places, and cuts his head wide open. So I stop the bleeding on his dome, rip down a curtain, and tie his arm to his body to keep the arm from moving much. I stick him in his car and take him to the hospital in K Falls that was about 45 minutes away and still make it home for dinner at around 10pm. The next day, I go to pick him up and he tells me, "Bro, I've been thinking a lot about what you said...I would totally die if I went into the woods alone." HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! So classic.

I'm not sure why I wanted to share that now but I hope it entertained someone.

Survivormind
 
Glad you still got all you fingers and it should heal well enough.

As for chopping wood, I leave that to my hacket and axes.
 
I've nipped myself a few times in the past and most of us learn from it. As Ethan said I believe, sticks can be holding tools to keep the sharp bits away from the skin. My last nips were self induced from laziness. I didn't put hatchet covers back on out of shear laziness and brushed an edge a couple of times, for a few small cuts. I got what I deserved.
 
One thing I forgot to add to the original post....

When the injury happened, my niece (11 YO) was visiting, watching me chopping the wood, she saw the injury first hand

Normally she's a bit timid about injuries involving blood, but she stepped up to the plate admirably on this one, she ran to get my mother who was down in our pond, about an acre away, so she could drive me to the hospital, by the time they got back to the house, I had the gash wrapped up with an impromptu bandage, keeping it elevated, and rode with us to the hospital

Her running to get mom prevented the situation from worsening, as me driving myself would have been inadvisable

She was there when they picked me up to go home as well, I thanked her for her efforts in helping out, telling her she really stepped up to the bat and I was very proud of her....

I think I may just have to pick her up her own BK-11 and some color paracord as a thank-you gift, as well as a reminder to be extremely careful with it, she has a nice starter collection of knives, including a KaBar Little Finn, so she's familiar with small fixed blades, but a Becker she can customize would be really nice
 
MacTech said:
I think I may just have to pick her up her own BK-11 and some color paracord as a thank-you gift, as well as a reminder to be extremely careful with it, she has a nice starter collection of knives, including a KaBar Little Finn, so she's familiar with small fixed blades, but a Becker she can customize would be really nice
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That would be brilliant, I sure she would love it. And after what you've just told us, deservedly so.
 
beckerbrain said:
damn brother, I really hope that heals up quick. It could have been a lot worse.

Thanks for sharing, these kind of posts remind us all that it can happen anytime.
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+1. I used to frequent motorcycle forums some years ago (still have the bike, but like this place better) and every now and then someone would post a reality check accidents video. Carry on and get your niece that 11, BKs rule!
 
I've had 2 very similar injuries in the past couple years. One was caused my bk14 jumping out of the sheath while I was doing a paracord wrap. The other was when I used a power tool to remove screws on my bk9, turning it into a whirling blade 'o death. So, I can honestly say I feel your pain, lol. The thought "did I really just do something that stupid?" Went through my head on both occasions. Especially the second one. Oh well, live and learn I guess.

Hope it heals quickly!
 
whirling BK9 sounds like a good zombie removal weapon :thumbup:
 
The Zieg said:
That explains why when I put a CS tomahawk through my foot it never bled. I keep it sharp. And I was wearing thick leather boots.

Zieg
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Yeah, the doc stitching me up commented on the cleanness of my wound, too. I pulled the stone from my pocket to show him why.

Zieg
 
I cut my left hand in the same place down to bone , with a cold steel large voyager , fully serrated , while very drunk one NYE. There was white tissue coming out and all . My mate raced me to the hospital ( literally he owns a 5.7l v8) then the poor bastard got a migraine in the emergency room
 
I have been bit, but nothing like that. It will be a nice scar to show off and as a reminder.
 
After perusing the "Becker Bites" thread' I realize this could have been a *LOT* worse...

The gash is healing well, took the last two stitches out yesterday (did it myself), and keeping the wound neosporined and covered up, looks like scarring should be minimal, mainly thanks to the scary sharp edge I put on it that day
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