Punctured elbow with a Matriarch 2. Just a reminder to be safe and stay aware when "fidgeting"! Maintain awareness. Have you ever got a silly cut?

Most recent dumb cut: I’ve recently been going through my girlfriend’s late fathers knives (a few gallons worth), and found one that he actually carried and used. A Case Trapper in carbon steel.

After sharpening it on the Sharpmaker I decided to oil the blade and joint. Put a couple drops of oil on the blade, and then proceeded to rub it around to spread it…including that razor sharp edge. Fortunately the oil on my finger seemed to hold the blood back, but man was that dumb.

My two worst cuts involved 1) removing clothing from the washer, and 2) using a mandoline slicer. But those aren’t knives and I wasn’t fidgeting so I don’t know whether they belong in this thread?
 
I was demonstrating the sharpness of my recently reground Kershaw Bump fresh back from Tom Krein. Using a carrot. Held in my left hand. Yeah, you can see where this is going. So it's lopping off bits from the end, as you would imagine, and I somehow managed to embed the tip into my middle finger which had wandered a bit into the path.

Didn't lose much blood because I was quick to pinch down on it a had a bandage on in less than a minute, but was too afraid to look at the wound until I knew it had begun to heal. Still a bit numb after at least a decade and is a nice little half-moon scar.
 
I looked up this thread because I just remembered a silly cut I got from back when I was a student chef over a decade ago.

I sliced off the tip of my index finger with a cleaver, sideways, a big chunk. I was just laughing out loud because it was so funny that it did NOT bleed😅

Good memories
 
I disagree that it comes with the territory. Our goal should be zero mishaps. That being said accidents can and do happen me included. Lets not forget these are very sharp tools and should be treated with respect.

One example of a couple of close mishaps (shame on me) happened with the AD20.5. The action is so smooth and easy to operate that a tight grip on the handle is not necessary so I wound up casually gripping it less and less tightly over time until that time/times I learned that there is actually too loose a grip and it just fell from my hand when the blade opened and hit the stop pin.

i was once stabbed in the leg by the tip a butterfly knife (about 1/2 inch deep) that only fell from a height of less than 6 inches (reclining on a bed.)

It shouldn't happen. I would suggest practicing very slowly and deliberately even with the easiest actions (like the shark lock) and even when you find you can confidently do it fast after a lot of practice. It helps train motor skill and makes it easy to evaluate and improve your technique, grip positions etc....

It can be very easy to forget these are not toys when they look very nice and handle smoothly and easily.
 
I had one last night. Still not sure how it happened. I was cooking out over the fire pit and holding my Spyderco GB2 in one hand and a stick in the other and all of a sudden my right thumb was gushing blood. I’m blaming the stick and not the knife.
 
Back in high school, I was whirling a friend's butterfly knife and didn't realize he had sharpened the false edge. Yeah, I bled a little bit that time.
 
celticrogues said:
I had one last night. Still not sure how it happened. I was cooking out over the fire pit and holding my Spyderco GB2 in one hand and a stick in the other and all of a sudden my right thumb was gushing blood. I’m blaming the stick and not the knife.
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It was coming right for ya...
TheArab said:
I looked up this thread because I just remembered a silly cut I got from back when I was a student chef over a decade ago.

I sliced off the tip of my index finger with a cleaver, sideways, a big chunk. I was just laughing out loud because it was so funny that it did NOT bleed😅

Good memories
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Did you get the chunk re-attached??

G greater Oh yeah, it comes with the territory insomuch that... near everyone you can meet, knows what it is like to be nicked with a knife. I think, with handling a knife from a child, yes, with some exceptions, a single neglectful cut or glance, does kind of just come with handling a knife. Not enough to go to the hospital, but, I just think "a nick" is truly unavoidable, probably a learning experience, but you're right that it shouldn't be, like, celebrated.

No, no, it's more like an experience others can learn from, as well as be entertained by.
 
Hashishiin said:
It was coming right for ya...

Did you get the chunk re-attached??

G greater Oh yeah, it comes with the territory insomuch that... near everyone you can meet, knows what it is like to be nicked with a knife. I think, with handling a knife from a child, yes, with some exceptions, a single neglectful cut or glance, does kind of just come with handling a knife. Not enough to go to the hospital, but, I just think "a nick" is truly unavoidable, probably a learning experience, but you're right that it shouldn't be, like, celebrated.

No, no, it's more like an experience others can learn from, as well as be entertained by.
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haha, no it wasn't that bad, mostly skin I guess & so it didn't bleed & "grew back".. 😅
 
When I was probably 15 I opened up my Butterly knife the wrong way and chopped my knuckles probably a dozen times before I realize it. Blood everywhere!
 
Box cutters are my nemesis.

All cuts with recreational knives have been small, mostly resulting from trimming hang-nails and cuticles with pocket folders.

I’ve cut myself pretty bad on several occasions with box cutters though. The most memorable occurred when I was in my early 20’s, doing 60+ hour weeks in metalfab. Was working to tidy-up some vacuum hoses on a freshly installed Webber 32/36 during my lunch break. Just dumb and tired.
 
Worst cut ever was when I was a kid with my Cub Scout knife, doing something stupid (of course) it folded up and almost took off my pinky. That was well over 50 years ago, and the scar is still visible. Worst nick as an adult was some years ago and actually with a vegetable shredder - took whatever I was shredding down a little too far and took a nice chunk out of my middle finger on the knuckle. That one is still plain to see, too. I think the worst part was that I ruined a whole lot of shredded veggies.
 
Danny Linguini said:
Worst cut ever was when I was a kid with my Cub Scout knife, doing something stupid (of course) it folded up and almost took off my pinky. That was well over 50 years ago, and the scar is still visible. Worst nick as an adult was some years ago and actually with a vegetable shredder - took whatever I was shredding down a little too far and took a nice chunk out of my middle finger on the knuckle. That one is still plain to see, too. I think the worst part was that I ruined a whole lot of shredded veggies.
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veggies need iron to be nutritious.

I'm surprised you didn't know that.
 
Danny Linguini said:
Worst cut ever was when I was a kid with my Cub Scout knife, doing something stupid (of course) it folded up and almost took off my pinky. That was well over 50 years ago, and the scar is still visible. Worst nick as an adult was some years ago and actually with a vegetable shredder - took whatever I was shredding down a little too far and took a nice chunk out of my middle finger on the knuckle. That one is still plain to see, too. I think the worst part was that I ruined a whole lot of shredded veggies.
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They weren't ruined: just "specially seasoned"...
 
I nicked the middle of my lip, just like a little split lip, with my beloved wharncliffe Dragonfly as I was using it as my eating utensil, cutting cheese and apples on a plate, then sticking it and biting it. I let the blade slip in a little too far and it just perfectly glided past the skin on the lip. My first thought was wonderment at how sharp the K390 was - I registered the cut, but it must have not/hardly bled, because no blood was upon my finger.

Danny Linguini said:
Worst cut ever was when I was a kid with my Cub Scout knife, doing something stupid (of course) it folded up and almost took off my pinky. That was well over 50 years ago, and the scar is still visible. Worst nick as an adult was some years ago and actually with a vegetable shredder - took whatever I was shredding down a little too far and took a nice chunk out of my middle finger on the knuckle. That one is still plain to see, too. I think the worst part was that I ruined a whole lot of shredded veggies.
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Whoa, glad you got out with your pinky intact! Man, this is the thing that makes me think... most kids do get lucky under this "Give them a slipjoint to teach them respect for the knife" line of thinking and only get a little bite, but something big enough and sharp enough could take a digit. Maybe a fixed blade is the best starting knife? I don't rightly know myself.
Bob Denman said:
They weren't ruined: just "specially seasoned"...
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You beat me to it, this is exactly what I had coming down the pipe 😂
 
Mister_Punchy said:
Almost pierced my belly two (2) times while fidgeting with my Reate EXO in my bed. Please don't be as dumb as me ...
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How? Like, from dropping them downwards onto you? I'm just wondering what you were doing to make this happen, haha.

Glad you're being safer though, don't do seppuku to make your YouTube reviews go above and beyond 😁
 
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