Metal Splinters?

[go mike]

The only problem is that I found it the morning after it was lodged in, and it was already past the layer of skin. When I tried pushing it out, it went deeper, and now I only see a piece of it. I saw other small pieces (1/64 of an inch?) come off before, and now I think it's down to about 1/8 inch now.

 

[PIndelicato]

I've heard of using a file 'cutting' the the opposite direction of how it went in, but I've never been able to confirm if it works or not.

 

[atakach]

After awhile you just get use to them. QUOTE]


and after a long while, the skin gets so thick on your fingers, they hardly even get in there very deep. add to it being a bricklayer, and a smith, and the skin gets reallly thick

 

[pso]

I use a nail clipper to "excavate" a small portion of the skin around the wood or metal sliver. Sometimes, this pulls the whole thing out. Other times, it exposes enough that I can use the corner of the clipper to pull the sliver out. It is easier to work accurately with it in my left hand (I am right-handed) than any of the tools mentioned so far.

Phil

 

[JTknives]

I just dig em out with a knife...

thats what i do. but i am the kind of person that stitches him self up after bad cuts. the pain of cutting into skin does not realy bother me that much.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Well, a two hour soak in FC will dissolve the splinter......

But most of the time I dig it out with the tip of a knife or scalpel.

(and I was just kidding about the FC soak)

Stacy

 

[Luke Sheridan]

I use calipers too, or a set of tweezers I sharpened and ground flat if the calipers are too big.

or just get an mri!

 

[Raymond Richard]

They will eventually work there way out. I was snorkel diving down in Mexico in 1970. The area we were at was surrounded by low cliffs and rocks that were covered with spiny sea urchins. After I had enough of diving getting out was pretty tricky. A swell pushed me into the urchins and I must have gotten at least a half dozen spines in me. I'd thought I got them all out until about 2 years later when one came out on its own.