Nathan the Machinist
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I wear thin knit kevlar gloves when I think I have a fair chance of cutting myself. Though not on sharp metal that needs deburred, the knit tents to snag. I wear them when I'm working with a sharp blade to prevent little accidental nicks and whatnot.
When I got my first pair, years ago, I put them on a tennis ball and cut it with a razor. It cut through to the ball. So, they're not cut proof, just resistant. So I wear them when I'm at risk, but then I behave as if I weren't wearing kevlar. This has gone on for years.
Before I glue scales to a tang, I take a thin sharp little knife with a belly on it and cut out little scallops in the liner. This gives the epoxy areas where it can be thick that can't be seen from the edge. Epoxy likes to be thick. So, I wear my goofy little yellow gloves when I do this because I have my scalloping knife so near to my fingers. I've done this for years without mishap. I'm sure the gloves have protected me from little nicks like when handling a sharp knife by the blade to wax the scales etc. But tonight they protected my left thumb and index finger from what would certainly have been a very nasty cut. I slipped and it likely would have split the tip of my thumb to the bone. It actually tingles a little, as I'm typing this, from the wack it received, but it is fine. Not a scratch. The glove performed better than I thought it would.
I'm mentioning this here because the gloves are an inexpensive way to prevent nuisance cuts, and can occasionally prevent a very unpleasant accident.
Keep them away from rotating machinery, they tend snag on stuff really bad. Not puncture proof either, though in my case it, surprisingly, did work against the tip of the knife.
Hope this is helpful to some of you.
Nathan
When I got my first pair, years ago, I put them on a tennis ball and cut it with a razor. It cut through to the ball. So, they're not cut proof, just resistant. So I wear them when I'm at risk, but then I behave as if I weren't wearing kevlar. This has gone on for years.
Before I glue scales to a tang, I take a thin sharp little knife with a belly on it and cut out little scallops in the liner. This gives the epoxy areas where it can be thick that can't be seen from the edge. Epoxy likes to be thick. So, I wear my goofy little yellow gloves when I do this because I have my scalloping knife so near to my fingers. I've done this for years without mishap. I'm sure the gloves have protected me from little nicks like when handling a sharp knife by the blade to wax the scales etc. But tonight they protected my left thumb and index finger from what would certainly have been a very nasty cut. I slipped and it likely would have split the tip of my thumb to the bone. It actually tingles a little, as I'm typing this, from the wack it received, but it is fine. Not a scratch. The glove performed better than I thought it would.
I'm mentioning this here because the gloves are an inexpensive way to prevent nuisance cuts, and can occasionally prevent a very unpleasant accident.
Keep them away from rotating machinery, they tend snag on stuff really bad. Not puncture proof either, though in my case it, surprisingly, did work against the tip of the knife.
Hope this is helpful to some of you.
Nathan
