Knife accidents

After thinking about all the times I've cut myself, most of it was just carelessness or being in a hurry (too big of a cut).

Also, many of my accidents happened when I was cutting towards myself and not away like I had been taught early on.
And, some of the cuts were because I should have been using some sort of cutting board or pad to cut on, but didn't use one and ended up inadvertently cutting myself instead. (e.g. object moved, slipped, or something similar and I ended up being the cutting board)...
 
Roger999 said:
it took about an hour to stop the bleeding, I had cut directly on a blood vessel,
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You cut a vessel and it took only ONE HOUR for it to stop bleeding?

This took ~22 hours to stop bleeding:

http://s161.photobucket.com/albums/t201/THGpix/BladeForumsRandom/injury/

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Me and my big mouth. The torrential rains combined with a rock jammed in my french drain's outlet combined to put water again in my basement. Thankfully, just the garage/shop side, not the den. My 30yr old Craptsman 16 gal wet/dry vac was put on the street lats spring - and my 10 yr old 2 gal Shop Vac bit the dust quickly - off to Lowes for a decent one this evening. They are a lot more quiet than they once were - I'm not. I slipped cutting the caster blocks from their tree - punctured my hand - recalled those salty phrases from my Navy days - loudly, and with emphasis. It just looks like another kitty puncture now. I have to have some sleep - I'll get up in another hour to suck up some more.

We have herr hare living in our yard somewhere - some kid probably plugged that french drain exit hole thinking it was his home. Jerk.

Stainz
 
worst ive gotten was the first tim i opened and closed my Leek the ridiculously pointy tip bit into my palm and left a V shaped bite about a quarter inch in each side of the point of the V, the tip was so sharp i didnt notice untill little red dots started showing up on the floor
 
small folders and what not i dont have a problem with cuts cause i only mess with them when i have to open a box or something simple like that. i always wear gloves when using bigger fixed blades etc
 
I think slipjoints and stiff locking knives are just accidents looking for places to happen. My only serious problems have been with the former. When I was 13, I was cutting a piece of wood with my Boy Scout knife and the blade became lodged in the wood. While trying to extract it, I pulled too hard and the damn thing snapped shut on my thumb. I've never cared for slipjoint knives since.

I have a Buck 110 and it was a bit stiff, but I've never had a problem with it. Still, anything that doesn't move smoothly can create problems, especially if they have sharp edges.
 
We had a famous murder trial here in No. CA where the husband claimed that his wife died by falling down the stairs while holding the family steak knife set...

Haven't been that clumsy, but every cut I've ever given myself has been due to carelessness. When I hold my thumbs together, I have scars that form a "V" from separate kitchen accidents. Both cut to the bone.

Luckily, I have prevented severe injuries in the outdoors from careless knife & ax handling by taking basic precautions like proper stance so a slipped blade doesn't contact human. All precautions need to be taken when tired.
 
I'd say I average about four or five cuts a year too. Only two in my entire life have sent me to the ER for stitches, though, so I should probably consider myself lucky.

For me, it's usually a case of the knife being too sharp, rather than too dull. That S30V can get pretty wicked. I've learned that I need to put on my Kevlar gloves when I'm polishing the brass on those knives.

And this is gonna sound stupid, but no getting drunk and then handling the knives. Yep, that's how the two trips to the emergency room happened. Knives and booze are a BAD combination.
 
I used to keep my Emerson CQC7 with a nice smooth opening in the same pocket as my wallet.

You can guess the rest..............multiple cuts of differing depths and lengths on different fingers, gravitys a bitch.......
 
95% of my knife cuts have been inflicted while I'm cleaning a kitchen knife, usually a slice type wound.
Never cut myself while sharpening.
 
tapedeck74 said:
95% of my knife cuts have been inflicted while I'm cleaning a kitchen knife, usually a slice type wound.
Never cut myself while sharpening.
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My one and only was about 4 years ago while wiping an oiled cloth down a Katana I just got ...a small cut but it sure changed the way I wipe marks off blades ...from the spine, not the sharp side. :o
 
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