So what's the worst cut you've received?

It's a toss up between:

Someone bumped me while sharpening my machete - cut the snot out of my left index finger with a very raggedy edge.

or

Cut the end (1/2") almost clean off of my left thumb while cutting lemons with a fillet knife.
 
Here's one I just remembered,I had just got my hands on a Ka-Bar about six years ago and was "flipping" it (going from a regular grip to a reverse grip) and thinking "wow this handel sucks a bit" when it slipped and poked me in the side of my right knee..bled like hell but I just patched it up and went on ;)
 
I'm typing this with one hand at the moment, because I wasn't paying attention when I was closing my Manix a few minutes ago. It caught me right on the tip of my finger. It went down pretty deep, but it's not so bad that it needs stitches.

And I was doing so well not getting cut...
 
There's alot of talk about stitches, superglue and duct tape, but where are all the John Rambo's out there with stories of cauterizations?

-Lindey
 
I cauterize ticks when they get on me. I get a wooden match, light it up, get it really close to the tick, blow it out, and jab it on the tick and the area. The skin usually blisters up almost instantly and the tick falls out easily.

I've heard this makes them puke all of their juices inside of you, but I think plucking them out with tweezers would do the same thing. Haven't caught any diseases yet.

I hate ticks.
 
talonturbo said:
The injury is thanks to a Spyderco Ronin. An overtightened sheath screw made removal difficult when I received it, and when I finally succeeded, my left pinkie had wandered into harm's way./QUOTE]

My Spyderco SPOT arrived today, and I had your post in mind when taking it out of the sheath. Again, very tight sheath screw, and had to pull really hard to get it out. It would have been very easy to have a repeat of your incident if I hadn't read your post and been mindful of maintaining a good amount of finger clearance.

Before anyone tells me, yes I am now aware that you remove the SPOT from the sheath with a thumb push, not by yanking it out. However, I'll bet I'm not the only one that doesn't stop to read the directions before pulling my new knife out of the sheath by whatever means necessary so I can play with it first.
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MikeH said:
worst cut I ever received? "Let's just be friends."
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I am familiar with that one.

Cut the tip of my middle finger to the bone - wrapped it but did not go to the hospital - it still hurts when I press on it months later.

When I was younger and rasher I punched through a window to get at somone on the other side - a current forumite :eek: . My hands were pretty cut up, but less than they should have been. The other guy got glass all over his face/eyes, but was miraculously (and in respect thankfully) completely unharmed.
 
I cut all of the skin off the tip of my middle finger with a hatchet when I was 11. They couldn't pull the skin close enough together to stitch it, so the wrapped gauze around it. It was huge! It looked like when Fred Flintstone would hit his thumb with something.
When I was 13, I accidently stabbed myself in the knee. It made a hole the size of a quarter and I could see my knee cap. 6 stitches for that one.
 
About seven years ago I was re-sheathing a CS Master Tanto while camping and ended up sticking it behind the sheath instead of into it. It was so sharp all I felt was a little sting. I thought I just poked myself until about two seconds later my shoe felt warm as it was soaked in blood. I ended up sticking the knife in to my side about two inches and that stinging feeling was the tip stopping on my hip bone. As I was camping I couldn't get it fixed right away so I attempted to bandage it up. None of my bandages stopped the bleeding, so I threw on some gauze and then wrapped duct tape around my stomach. When I made it to the docter, she was amazed that I missed my kidney. It took thirteen stitches and I have a horrible scar to this day but I have been allot more attentive with my blades since.
 
Well, about a year ago, I was in my car, I had just gotten a Tom Mayo damascus TnT in the mail, opened it in my car right there in the post office parking lot, and was testing the lock to see if there was any blade play, I admit, I was putting a lot of force rocking the blade up and down to see if there was any vertical movement, well, at one point, I guess the knife slipped in my hand and I managed to stick the knife in one swift motion right through the center of my hand! It just about came out the other side and left a truly gaping wound which was bleeding much faster than I could possibly stop it, it was like a bad horror movie, I'm pretty sure I would have bled to death if I hadn't called 911 and had them come and take me to the ER. Yes, I felt like a dumbass, but, I will say that before I called them, I carefully wiped the blood off the knife so it wouldn't rust. :)

I think it took about 10 stitches or so, unfortunately, I did lose all feeling in the middle finger of that hand.

If anybody ever doubted, let me tell you, even Tom's damascus knives are sharp! :)

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Mine is going to pale in comparison to the above story :eek: , but I have 2. I Was being foolish, practicing forms with a live machete, and cut the back of my thumb really bad. And about a week ago, I was using a SAK saw to cut some masonite, and I was rushing it, and cut a 1" long kerf into my thumb.
 
My best is probably a blade I was nearly done with and foolishly drilling a hole in the tang for while hand-holding it down rather than using a vice......the blade was not sharp, but then the bit caught it. it spun the blade like a huge, scary death-pinwheel and caught me in the palm. it left a perfect arc from the ceter of my palm to my finger, and flayed open pretty good. I butterflied it closed and it healed weird, and now when i really extend my hand, it hurts as the scar stretches. Ive been meaning to cut it back open and let it heal right, but i dont have the guts to flay myself on purpose.
 
I unpacked my new Camillus D2 Arclite about 2 hrs. ago. Within 5 minutes I was on my way to the doctor to get 5 stitches in my index finger.

Never try to do a cord wrap without taping the blade. The knife WILL come out of the sheath!
 
TikTock said:
Ive been meaning to cut it back open and let it heal right, but i dont have the guts to flay myself on purpose.
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You may want to consider going with a qualified surgeon before you try any more do-it-yourselfers.
 
Took delivery of my new D'allara yesterday,cut my thumb in 10 minutes.Repeat after me class,"dont check a knifes sharpness with your finger".What a dummy.
 
No one got cut by a sword huh?
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Does a wakizashi count?

I was checking to see how tight the habai was grabbing the saya of my bugei shobu zukuri wakizashi, by holding it by the saya and letting the tsuka point toward the ground. It seemed to be holding, so, like an idiot, I gave it a shake. Before I knew what was happening my right had was grabbing the falling blade, and I sliced up 3 fingers on my right hand. Luckily, the cuts weren't too bad, as I managed to let go of the blade and let it fall. My ring finger got the worst cut, less than a quarter inch long, but deep enough I could see the fat and tissue underneath. The cuts didn't hurt at all, just itched a little bit... thats proof enough for me that this sword is damn sharp. I'm pretty lucky I didn't sever the tendons in the fingers, that shobu wakizashi is a mean, mean little cutter.
 
Worst cut for me was last year deer season. I was skinning and cleaning up the head for an antler mount and my Buck Alpha Hunter folder slipped and the point got the top of my first joint in my thumb but good. I needed 6 stitches to sew it up. It never hurt. But, with that location, stitches were required to hold the wound closed as it was right on top of a joint.

Scott
 
So many to choose from---Either the time I was spinning my Viking Raider Axe and it hit the ceiling fan and left a 3" slice in my right cheek or when I was putting a fancy wrap on a friend's 20" KELGIN short sword. It slid out of the newspaper I had wrapped the blade in and put a 1-1/2" slice between the base of my left thumb and the wrist. Only 5 stitches at the time, the fun part was 3 weeks later when I was opening a jar of ice cream topping (Hershey's Classic Carmel) and the nearly severed tendon let go. 2 hour surgery the next day, off my Buell for 3 months, and a revision to my personal pain scale. Note: The excellent military sturgeon said it was good that the blade had been so sharp.
 
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