The sharpmaker is no friggin joke.

cchu518

cchu518

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I had just sharpened my edc with the Spyderco Sharpmaker, it's a very thin bladed Rough Rider Mini Barlow lockback that takes an incredible edge. It's about the size of a Case peanut.

Anyhow I had to work late tonight and my wife asked me to carve my pumpkin, but I had happened to get a new Kershaw Blur in Elmax in today that I had been waiting in the mail. I got the Kershaw out of the box, sharpened it with the Sharpmaker, back bevel and all and immediately deassisted like the geek that I am to see if I would like it even more than I had when I got it in hand. It's a pretty quick thing for me once I get a knife in hand I can immediately tell if I will keep it or trade it. Even though the Blur has a bunch of negatives like a detent that will rip your thumb open it has so many awesome qualities as a user.

Anyway I was using my mini Barlow which I just put an incredible edge on it. It's my EDC and the soft 440a steel takes on a scalpel like sharpness after a few minutes on the Sharpmaker. Anyhow while cutting my pumpkin with my weaker hand (I'm ambidextrous but write with my left hand, apparently not ambidextrous enough though!) the little Barlow slipped past the spot where I wanted it to land through a few more inches of pumpkin and then right through my thumb. If it went any higher it would have sliced a chunk of my thumb clean off. I may wait a little longer in between sharpenenings next time or be more mindful about what I'm doing in the moment.

I was actually distracted as I didn't like the blue deassisted and was going to put the torsion bar right back on after carving my pumpkin. Anyhow here are the obligatory pics.





and here's the little *&^%$^&* that bit me
 
Whoops, unfortunately I didn't get SliCed up today while carving a pumpkin. Sorry about the cut, I had one about 3-4 months ago that looked like that, maybe a tad deeper, I constantly kept putting alcohol and pressure on it. It bled for about 35-40 minutes. I've only bought the Sharpmaker so far, and I love it. You can get the edge very sharp with just those two stones. I picked up the diamonds, and I hope to get the ultra fine stones for christmas, so I can get an even better edge. Some day I'll graduate to classic free hand, the Sharpmaker is the best place to start out for that probably.

PS I hope the Kizer is working out for you :)
 
With the proper care, it should take 3 or 4 weeks to heal up completely, with minimal scarring. I suggest using butterfly closures or steri-strips to keep the wound closed, then put breathable surgical tape around it, or fabric band-aids to keep the closures from peeling off prematurely throughout the day.
 
Glad you didn't loose your thumb...

I might suggest the proper tools for the job next time
 
The little bank was definitely the proper tool. It's a scalpel. I misjudged how sharp it was and how easy it would slice through a pumpkin. I should have used a sawing motion vs just yanking up on it I've how I did. It's healing back up nicely. Reminder to myself to pay more attention when using cutting instrument!
 
Where is the picture of the wound? Just take care of it, since the knife was that sharp it should be a nice clean cut at least:)
 
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