Lost a knuckle

David Schott

David Schott

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Just took my knuckle off when I slipped during hand sanding. Blade is a scandi grind and was SCARY sharp....took the whle knuckle clean off, leaving a nice hunk on the blade. Cut deep enough to be totally white (muscle?) before erupting in blood. I stained my table, shirt, floor and bathroom heading to the sink.....awaiting my GF who went out for bandages...

Nothing there to close up, so its just a constant drip...soaking up a gauze pad, then dripping off the pad....

Im such an idiot.

Price on this knife just went up 20$! hahaha

How do i stop bleeding when theres nothing to press together???
 
Empty a tube on super glue on it. I am serious. It will stop the bleeding
Next time dont sharpen it untill your done hand sanding.
 
Clean both the graft and the cut with a disinfectant and then put the graft back on then glue it.It will heal much faster this way.However this needs to be done in the first couple of minutes.Sorry for your pain.

Ps. where the hell are the pics:eek:
 
This thread is worthless without pics. Mr. Schott, as an aspiring knifemaker surely you realize we folk addicted to this craft are also here for the gore? MUST HAVE GORE! :D

Superglue. Michelle Kanter is dead on about that. It works.
 
the 7 stiches i got @ the kitchen table the other night hapend like this. knife in vice, (point out) (chest high) my lab burst in chasing a mouse, i turned to see the camotion and drove the point into my arm. guess what stopped it. you guessed it, my elbow bone. owcheeeeeeeeee

john
 
I did about the same thing sharpening a 9" chefs knife for my mom. Finishing touches, holding the stone in my free hand and took the top of the last knuckle off of my middle finger. Grabbed some paper towels and tried to hide it from her but that didn't work out, and she got all upset when she found out your run of the mill 1/2" wide bandage wasn't going to do the trick.
The cut was so clean, it just wouldn't stop bleeding. I guess the body doesn't register enough trauma and doesn't shut stuff down when you get cut on something that sharp.
The only way to calm my mom down was to agree to go to the emergency room, and of course I wasn't allowed to drive (in fairness I probably would have hit the gas station for some super glue and then grabbed a burger so I didn't get back home too soon) and my uncle got drug into the mix:rolleyes: I soaked through 2 handfuls of gauze in the waiting room, before they finally took me back.
The nurse unwrapped it and threw the bandages away. Then proclaimed that I was definitely missing a peice. I had stuck the peice back on before I wrapped it up, and told her so, and before I could protest she proceeded to dig it out of the trash can and stick it to her clipboard like a hunk of chewing gum :eek: I was ready to leave at that point, because I would sooner cut the rest of my finger off then let them get that hunk of skin near it again.....but luckily the doctor showed up and said to throw it out again.
Long story short they dumped iodine on it to stop the bleeding and put a splint on my finger I was supposed to wear for 2 weeks or something. That lasted about a day and a half and then I was back to a couple band aids, supplemented with electrical tape when I was in the shop.

I guess the point I'm getting at is that iodine will stop the bleeding (I think its because the initial shock also temporarily stops your heart......).
 
Don't you hate it when there's not enough flesh to be able to stitch it together. I've never cut myself that bad with a knife. Did however take the top off a finger off with scissors (that eventually stopped bleeding) and took a piece out my toe once. That one was cauterised without anaesthetic. That hurt. A lot. Wish I'd known about super glue back then.

At least clean cuts generally heal well and with little or no scarring.
 
Haha!

Yep....ive gone throughan entire roll of gauze so far. My GF made me throw out the hunk because the sight of it was making her dry heave...

My damn camera is at work! This just isnt going to look as cool tomorrow.

When i blot it with a paper towel, it beads and runs off my finger before i can get it covered.

Fun stuff....weird thing is there is NO pain whatsoever. None....i didnt even feel the cut until i saw my flesh on the blade....

Fun stories and comments, though!
 
you soulc use superglue it will burn though...i like that though its how u know its fixing you...another thing to think about it that pack of white powder they use in the army to make you stop bleeding...it works for people that lost arms...well to a point...and it will work on you...the name ran away from me but i have seen it for a few bucks at army supply stores and at fairs.....good luck with that..because that sucks....
 
Tiktoc, sorry to hear of your "slip". The white you see is tendon and be glad you did not cut that. I had a knife in a sanding fixture and the tip was getting a good edge on it. A yellow jacket flew at me and I swatted it and slashed my finger open very deep and got stung. I am not sure if I was more pissed at myself or the yellow jacket, the cut and the sting both hurt like a mother #$%^.
 
Go out to the car, push in the cigarette lighter, when it pops out cauterise it!! :eek:

It will stop the bleeding and dininfect it!! Might hurt a bit though. :D
 
OUCH. When the bleeding is controlled, use Neosporin to kill the pain and help it heal. Good stuff.
 
haha...still bleeding...but its slowed down....itll be stopped by morning!

Thanks on the lemon juice advice....but i'll pass!!!
 
I'm assuming you are elevating it, but in case you aren't... that's what you want to do. Keep it raised up above your head. And you rinsed it and stuff, right? (Although with that much blood, it's probably cleaned itself.)

Aren't you in IT? Aren't your benefits good enough that you can go to the emergency room...? ;) (Of course, I probably wouldn't go either... though maybe a missing hunk of knuckle would convince me to go...)
 
If you can see tendon, you need a Dr. Don't screw with your tendons. If it's damaged at all and you don't get it attended to properly, you could be in for a lot more pain and perhaps reduced function in that digit.
 
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