Stupid is as stupid does....

[Kragnut]

I was too lazy to move my truck and drag out the table saw so I decided to score and break 2in off my last fence board to get it to fit in nicely. Managed to slice about 2mm off the top of my pinky, clean. Note to self....use a relatively dull blade for this next time, not one the Lansky kit just made sharp enough to shave with.

 

[grybsh7]

You'll be alright Forrest!

 

[Mr.Wizard]

Three words: Moist Wound Healing. Don't let that dry out, use a hydrocolloid gel or dressing.

 

[Eli Chaps]

With all due respect friend, I think the lesson you took from this is the wrong one. Heel up and be safe.

 

[TheEdge01]

Ouch!!!!! If it’s any consolation, I’ve filleted myself a time or two.

 

[Kragnut]

Hey, I got the fence board cut didnt I?

 

[22-rimfire]

Happens to the best of us. Heal up.

 

[Hivoltage]

Hey man I put a 124g FMJ through my hand and have full use of it. I think you’ll live.

 

[Hickory n steel]

Just imagine how much harder you'd need to work and how much less clean the will be next time if you do use a " relatively dull blade " next time.

I'd say you're lucky it was that sharp.

 

[fishface5]

Yuuup sharper is almost always better, and especially for wounds!! I'll take a cut in my body over a tear any day!

 

[gazz98]

 

[DocJD]

use a relatively dull blade for this next time

This is hopefully a joke .

Dull is dangerous .

 

[hhmoore]

Should have left the bandaid on... might still have gotten a cut (maybe only a bruise, depending on just how sharp the knife was); but you'd probably still have had a flap to cover the wound.

 

[Eversion]

Here's a scar I got from a very similar injury. I'd expect yours to look similar

 

[GIRLYmann]

get well soon...
adopt safety first!
prevention is better than cure
every knife user could do with one

 

[paulhilborn]

Had an ER doctor tell me mine was one of the cleanest cuts he'd had seen, I beamed with joy

 

[Mr.Wizard]

Here's a scar I got from a very similar injury. I'd expect yours to look similarView attachment 1343249

Less likely if he followed my advice.

 

[Korean Hog]

It's no fun being a knife guy with no "war stories" of minor-moderate knife related injuries anyway
I'm glad it wasn't worse because a missing finger sounds much worse no matter who you are.
I chuckle a little bit at gun & knife shows when I see display cases with band aids next to them.

I've cut myself pretty decent before, twice with a knife and once with a drill bit. Eventually you catch on and learn to think about
"hey man if this thing slips??..." or "once this thing goes through, where's it gonna go??"
You'll find yourself quite a few times attempting a dangerous cut you used to think nothing of not realizing how close to the "edge"
you really were. I'm an advocate of minor to moderate cuts like this every now and again because it makes a much safer knife user in the
long run. Hope you heal well Keep it clean and keep ointment on it

 

[Eversion]

Less likely if he followed my advice.

I actually did keep it moist during the healing process. However, I personally do scar quite easily.

 

[Mr.Wizard]

Eversion That's unfortunate. If you can recall did you use a hydrogel or a petroleum ointment?