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just wondering after my really recent blister that i have while typing this it is from chopping with a knife. have you ever gotten a blister from knives, machetes, ect. i know i should have been wearing gloves but i wasn't. how do you prevent from getting blisters?
 
I used to get blisters from my kitchen knives, all on my pointing finger.

As for chopping, blisters is what they call cushion. I think you're suppose to enjoy getting blisters no?
 
Not so much from knives but plenty from shovels, axes, picks, hoes, brush cutters as I got older they pretty much just disappeared into the callouses on my palms. I don't get them much anymore, too many years of hard work with my hands.
 
spidermade said:
just wondering after my really recent blister that i have while typing this it is from chopping with a knife. have you ever gotten a blister from knives, machetes, ect. i know i should have been wearing gloves but i wasn't. how do you prevent from getting blisters?
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By using a good knife that is actually designed to chop with. Preferably designed by someone who has actually chopped. What knife are you using? Nubby or ribbed handle?
 
Scrap yard RES-C handles are fantastic, but even they will cause blisters when used hard. If it's a quickie job it's okay, but if I know I'm going to be putting in some serious work I wear gloves.
 
For chopping, get a bigger knife with a more comfortable handle.
 
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No blisters, but have torn the skin on my thumb from the constant flipping of a knife whose pivot I had tightened. Happened more than once because I tend to tighten pivots, guess it's an ocd thing. Now my thumb has sorta callused a bit and this doesn't happen.
 
I cut up a butternut squash with my Opinel paring knife. It's razor sharp, but the handle is small for a tough job like that. After the final cut, the base of my index finger had a serious hot spot that filled with fluid. That Opinel still kicks butt, though.
 
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Cs true flight thrower not made for chopping
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So. You are chopping with a knife not meant for chopping (not meant for anything actually....certainly not for holding for an extended period), and it doesn't work well, and gave you blisters. Who woulda seen that coming.

So what do you think this all tells you?
 
marcinek said:
Nubby or ribbed handle?
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Ah! Paracord wrapped.

Look at a classic, time-proven chopper...a khukuri.

Handle? Smooth. Balance? Heavily toward the tip. It chops easily (and hence comfortably) and doesn't cause blisters. It actually slides in your hand a bit. It doesn't grip on your skin and cause blisters.

To chop at all using that thrower, I'm sure you had to grip that paracord for for dear life and wail away like a monkey on crack. (And I'm sure the soft, tough steel used in that and all throwers blunted almost immediately, too).

How do you avoid blisters if you don't have "cricketdavian" callused hands? Simple. Use the right tool.
 
The blister thing is what caused me to start a search for a machete that I actually am comfortable using and doesn't result in a blister after 15 minutes use. I ended up with a few Condor products (golok and the golok type handle design) and have been very satisfied since. The handle and the ease that the blade cuts (meaning how much force you have to apply) are important.

My advice, wear gloves unless it is minimal chopping regardless of how well the handle feels. You will notice on some of the survival shows that these guys often wear gloves. It's important to protect your hands.
 
I got a blister from endlessly fiddling with and flipping my first 0561. It was my first knife that cost more than $120 and also the first bearing flipper I had handled. I must have flipped that thing 200 times in the first three hours...
 
ka-bar dozier gave my thumb a blister from the thumb stud. My solution keep using it till my skin toughened up to handle it.
 
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