Liquid bandage is wonderful stuff

t1mpani

t1mpani

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...seeing as how my FSH (probably since it hasn't been allowed to feed on any targets for a couple of weeks) decided to repay my neglect with a little bit of a love bite this afternoon, as I was cleaning some things up. I don't know if it was just a temporary motor response failure or what, but my right hand just freakin' let go of it while I was doing a little work with a kitchen steel. Not wanting to see the potentially horrible results of this knife's edge striking a (sigh) cutting board, my left hand self-sacrificingly darted to intervene and managed to put two of its fingers in the way--index and middle. The index took only a marginal hit, whereas the middle absorbed most of the impact. Nice DEEP cut which somehow managed to completely miss the tendon, but may have hit the bone--I really don't know. I do know that once the bleeding stopped, my index finger snuggled happily into a little bandaid and seems good as new, whereas the middle is turning all sorts of interesting hues--simple bruising, I think. Cut looked kind of meaty but I called a friend over to administer the magic superglue and it seems to be holding together. The last time I had a deep flesh wound of this type I went to the emergency room, and was charged $260.00 for a doctor to look at it, say "Yep, you cut yourself." and then have a nurse glue it closed and wrap it---so I figured I had all the expertise I needed. :)

Anyway, the wisdom I offer--and it's truly the kind of deep insight which can only come from experience--is when a sharp and massively heavy knife is falling and about to strike a wooden board whose sole purpose in life is to absorb descending knife blades...go ahead and let it fall. :cool:
 
Hard to turn off the "grabbit" instinct.

Had a customer do that at the table once. Took a few minutes to get the blood stopped.

Hope it doesn't turn into anything too bad bro. :thumbup:
 
I just cut myself really bad friday night on a RAT, so I share your pain, I pulled it out of its sheath not paying attention to my index finger and I pulled quick and hard and well, to the bone it went threw the meat of my finger. I had to get 4 stiches cuz lol when the dock pulled it back to look we could see white, it was painful, and typing this i use my right hand. Doc says I was lucky it wasnt on a joint or it woulda been realy bad.

Here's to bleedin for what you love!
 
Barrabas74's beats mine. :eek: I don't think it's that bad, really--for the most part, the color has returned to a sort of angry red, which is mainly swelling. So far, it bends and manipulates just fine. But I promise, if it starts stiffening up, or developing any interesting odors, I'll go and let somebody in a white coat overcharge me. ;)

I appreciate the sharing of pain--it actually didn't really hurt when it happened, but since then the fingers have caught on to the fact the something ain't right... :D
 
Warren and Barrabas,
I'm glad that you guys are okay. (at least you are able to type your posts so all is well, right ? ;) )

Along that same line, don't ever try to "break the fall" of the knife by using your foot :eek: If you are using the HOFSH, you might pin yourself to the floor ;)

:D:D
 
Add me to the list too. :o :D

I was doing some testing on my EU-17 Magnum now that the edge has been ground down to 20-30 degrees inclusive and very sharp. Before you ask, I did take about 15-20 pics of the process but am having problems uploading them onto the computer so I will post them later tonight, hopefully. As you can imagine, this thing now slices very well. It cleaved some smaller brush in half with no effort, just on the swing. And chopped and splitted some wood that had been seasoning for about two years. Well, as I was washing the wood and dirt from the blade (Which was still very sharp :thumbup: ) I accidently took my finger accross the blade. About a minute later I realized I was dripping blood all over the counter. :D

And yes, liquid bandage is good stuff. :thumbup:
 
Yikes you guys! My wife is always asking me how I can handle my knives like I do and not cut myself (came close to a bad cut over Labor day on my shin, but thankfully I didn't follow through).

Worst cut for me so far is where I tried (and succeeded) to open my left arm up with a retractable utility knife working in the garden when I was in middle school.

Warren - so does this match your foot? Didn't you manage to step on an axe in your bedroom or am I thinking of someone else this happened to about a year and a half ago? :eek:
 
Actually I have stopped a knife from falling and it went into my palm and the edge poking slightly out. That was a BITCH, and I have never since tried to stop one from falling. I couldnt use my hand for weeks, and amazingly it slid between my pinkey and 4th finger bones, and didnt do permanent damage, amazingly. I still have my stiches in for my finger lol but I can still type. I have cut through a boot with a grainsford, but it didnt cut my foot, thank god. I aint very old and I already feel like the only thing holdin my hands together is twine ;)
 
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