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Hagar

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I know the buffer is the most dangerous tool in the shop, but,
Finishing up a knife today and was buffing off the wire edge. Did not notice that the buffer was running backwards.
The knlfe took off straight up, giving me a VERY lose look at it, cutting the back of my hand( hardly more than a scratch), bounced off the ceiling and back down to the bench.
Only a little scratch on the handle.
Dont get complacent about the equipment!!
I feel it was nothing short of a miracle that the knife was not imbeded in my head.
Pay attention to what you are doing!

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There is no such thing as "good enough", either your work is good or it is not. How is your work?
SGT BLADES www.therockies.com/hagar/
 
Hager,
I've always said and will continue to say that the buffer is THE most dangerous piece of equipment in a knife shop. Be careful, guys.
Glad you didn't get hurt bad, and I imagine it will be a lesson not soon forgotten.
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Did ya wet yer pants Garth?
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Here's a shop tip I stumbled across. Back when I started knifemaking I made my own buffer which I am still using today. Because I didn't know any better, I mounted the motor so that the buffing wheel runs backwards. All the buffing is done with the blade on the very top of the wheel with edge facing away from you. I had a brain-fart once and started buffing with the edge facing me and consequently it was ripped out of my hands in the blink of an eye but it only harmlessly put a dent in the wall behind my workbench. I was thinking this "backwards" method may alleviate somewhat the "blender-effect" of the blade travelling up the front of your torso and face.

Hugh

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King of all that rhymes with Orange!!!
 
This is a prime example of why you need to wear a face shield anytime you're using a buffer. I took one and rigged it on a plastic hard hat so my entire head is protected. Hard as it might be, it's no match for flying steel.

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Take care!! Michael
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Always think of your fellow knife makers as partners in the search for the perfect blade, not as people trying to compete with you and your work!
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Buzzards gotta eat, same as worms!!!
 
Hi Hugh!
Did not wet my pants, but it is a lesson the will stick in my mind for a while.
I was mostly concerned with the knife, my 3 yr old daughter came in the shop and pointed out the blood on my hand, and kindly went and got me a band-aid.

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There is no such thing as "good enough", either your work is good or it is not. How is your work?
SGT BLADES www.therockies.com/hagar/
 

Not even Wrigley the hell hound is allowed in my shop while I am buffing...

As much as this dog is a beligerant and obnoxious beast, if he got hurt it would bother me enough that I wouldn't be able to take my Saturday afternoon nap as normal and the folks around here know how grumpy I am without my afternoon snooze! So actually, I am doing it for their sake, not his!
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!#@ handle material eatin' dog!

C Wilkins
 
There is a guy in New York called Morty the knife man,he sells leather aprons sandwiched over chain mail.Various lenghts.Would be xlnt protection.His contact info=516/491-5764 or 1-800-247-2511.

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MIKE
 
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