Ill start buy saying what i did was stupid and dumd and funny thing is i know better. I am working on finishing a blade from 01. i sharpened it up to test it and cuts like no tomorrow. well instead of dulling the blade back up i started working on the handle and i know u can guess what happened next. Yep my thumb barely glanced the blade and ended up with a cut to my bone. I know i should have dulled the blade and it was even my plan but it got skipped along the way. so how many of u have done something simliar?? peroxide and ca glue kick ass for fixing cuts if any of u didnt know.
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Rookie move gets me cut
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You can just put masking tape on the edge to keep from being cut. That way you won't have to redo the edge. You just have to clean it up after. You still have to be careful of the tip as it can still stab you.
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Where's the pics?
No posting safety stories without graphic images to show us the error of your ways...
No posting safety stories without graphic images to show us the error of your ways...
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I tape the edge all the way to the tip.
thanks guys for the tips on covering the edge i hadnt thought of that i just hit it with a file real quick to dull it but covering it will save me resharpen time. Howie no pics sry was an emt for 6 years and deal with cuts pretty fast i had it closed up and sealed in under a minute.
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As well as tapping the edge, or leaving it dull until after the handle, you can make a number of handle shaping gigs depending on imajination. One of my favourites is a 50mm x 25mm rectandle tube. You weld a flat end on one end
Bolt that end to a flate metal which is vertical from the vice. That alows the tube to rotate 360 and lock in place.
The blade is inside the tube with the handle sticking out a layer of rubber either side with a nut welded to the outer of the tube and a hole through so you can tighten a flate plate covered in rubber onto the blade to hold it.
With that set up you can get the shoe shine action going with emmery or rasp or file at any angle.
That is just one of many ways.
Your not the first to cut yourself that way and will not be the last. It is a good reminder for new blokes. You did well to let us know.
Bolt that end to a flate metal which is vertical from the vice. That alows the tube to rotate 360 and lock in place.
The blade is inside the tube with the handle sticking out a layer of rubber either side with a nut welded to the outer of the tube and a hole through so you can tighten a flate plate covered in rubber onto the blade to hold it.
With that set up you can get the shoe shine action going with emmery or rasp or file at any angle.
That is just one of many ways.
Your not the first to cut yourself that way and will not be the last. It is a good reminder for new blokes. You did well to let us know.
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I cover the whole blade in cardboard (rigged cardboard sheath) and tape it up.
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miden said:Sorry about your mishap Dakota11 but I cannot seem to sharpen a knife worth s**t.
I would be jumping with joy if one of my blades cut me to the bone so easily.
No, No , No, You've got it wrong! You're blades are "equipped with the latest safety technology" (anti-accidental-cut blades).
I use duct tape on the edges, hasn't failed me yet.
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3M blue painters tape.I cover the edge and then the whole blade.NO cuts on me,NO scratches on the blade.
Ok, since you've admitted it, I will go ahead and spill. I did basically the same thing, except at the last moment I decided that the thong of my handle needed a hole in it. I was drilling the hole. As the bit came through the other side, it got stuck, wrenched the knife out of my hands (ya, I know I should have had it in a vise, but I had just put this really pretty shine on the blade, bolster and handle). At any rate, it gave me what looks like an appendix scar that's 6cm long, and required 22 stiches to close. See if I ever make that mistake again.
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normally I sharpen the blade just before I etch my mark..
I have used masking tape to cover the whole blade but I find it's a pain to mess with cleaning up and I feel unnecessary.. and I've in the past taped just the edge too,not that it's wrong but if it's on a mirror polish you'll get crap up close to the tape edge causing an abrasion there that you'll have to clean up causing more work too,, Now,
if I have to rework or touch up the handle after I've finished the blade
I wrap the blade in paper towel fold the end over just right to help protect you more from the point and then use masking tape over the paper towel.
it makes a nice soft temporary sheath for it, when done just slip it off, a little exposed tape by the recarso < spelling will hold it on if it won't stay it self, depending the blade style you have.. it's just another way but it works best for me so far..you can do the same to the handle if you are going to bead blast the blade for a satin finish..
still, be very careful around the buffers, a very sharp knife will cut right though the P/T and tape if caught just right still..
WELL ,
mine will anyway
I have used masking tape to cover the whole blade but I find it's a pain to mess with cleaning up and I feel unnecessary.. and I've in the past taped just the edge too,not that it's wrong but if it's on a mirror polish you'll get crap up close to the tape edge causing an abrasion there that you'll have to clean up causing more work too,, Now,
if I have to rework or touch up the handle after I've finished the blade
I wrap the blade in paper towel fold the end over just right to help protect you more from the point and then use masking tape over the paper towel.
it makes a nice soft temporary sheath for it, when done just slip it off, a little exposed tape by the recarso < spelling will hold it on if it won't stay it self, depending the blade style you have.. it's just another way but it works best for me so far..you can do the same to the handle if you are going to bead blast the blade for a satin finish..
still, be very careful around the buffers, a very sharp knife will cut right though the P/T and tape if caught just right still..
WELL ,
mine will anyway
I am in the habit of completing the entire knife including the sheath before I finally shapen the knife. Sharpening is the last thing I do before selling it or displaying it. That way I still have all my fingers and toes.
Sometimes the edge gets pretty sharp during the final finishing steps, so I place tape on the edge when this happens.
Think safety first.:thumbup: Then count em 10 fingers and 10 toes.
What only 9 when there was ten? Just follow the blood trail, it will conveniently lead you to that lost member.
Sometimes the edge gets pretty sharp during the final finishing steps, so I place tape on the edge when this happens.
Think safety first.:thumbup: Then count em 10 fingers and 10 toes.
What only 9 when there was ten? Just follow the blood trail, it will conveniently lead you to that lost member.
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I wasn't gonna tell this, but.......... A week ago I was showing my brother in law a near completed bowie. I had just taped the "very sharp" blade with three rounds of blue masking tape (didn't want to cut my little fingers you know).
I dropped the damned thing from about waist high. I picked it up and thats when I noticed that about an inch and a half of the blue tape had been sliced through and peeled back slightly.
I just happened to look down at my shoe, and sure enough, it had a slice through the top of it........... Something told me not to take the shoe off, but I did and.............. another slice through the old sock........
Now I was getting nervous. I slipped the sock off, and there was a nice slice in the top of the old foot. I never felt a thing. We hosed her down with peroxide and did a little bandaid closing........... Fine now, but you gotta really be careful.
At least the blue tape did keep the blade from getting scratched when it finally hit the floor.
I dropped the damned thing from about waist high. I picked it up and thats when I noticed that about an inch and a half of the blue tape had been sliced through and peeled back slightly.
I just happened to look down at my shoe, and sure enough, it had a slice through the top of it........... Something told me not to take the shoe off, but I did and.............. another slice through the old sock........
Now I was getting nervous. I slipped the sock off, and there was a nice slice in the top of the old foot. I never felt a thing. We hosed her down with peroxide and did a little bandaid closing........... Fine now, but you gotta really be careful.
At least the blue tape did keep the blade from getting scratched when it finally hit the floor.
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as well you should be ashamed of yourself and not said anything
no pictures either
you guys are getting soft
shop wounds and grinder scars is what we want to see guys,, just put load of sugar in the wounds to slow the bleeding down and grab that camera guys...
this place is like the races,,, who goes to watch them go round and round
you need a good accident to get the place jumping..
oh BTW... be safe guys
no pictures either
you guys are getting soft shop wounds and grinder scars is what we want to see guys,, just put load of sugar in the wounds to slow the bleeding down and grab that camera guys...
this place is like the races,,, who goes to watch them go round and round
you need a good accident to get the place jumping..
oh BTW... be safe guys
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Since we're talking about stupid shop wounds, one of the dumbest I got happened a few years ago while shearing material from a 1-inch wide 1095 coil (don't recall exact thickness, but it was thin enough to pop through with an old (heavy duty) hand-operated paper shear.)
Well, I was poppin out pieces of a set length and, you guessed it, I managed to get my thumb in the mix. Sliced about 5/16 down from the tip right across the nail. Really ugly-looking wound. Sorry, wasn't in the mood for pictures at the time, but I'll try to remember for next time ... wait a minute ....
Well, I was poppin out pieces of a set length and, you guessed it, I managed to get my thumb in the mix. Sliced about 5/16 down from the tip right across the nail. Really ugly-looking wound. Sorry, wasn't in the mood for pictures at the time, but I'll try to remember for next time ... wait a minute ....
