This is why you should wear a glove when whittling

JR88FAN said:
Been there a few times and it's not fun.
Those cuts are deep and take a while to heal...

Use sharp tools enough you'll eventually cut yourself. (Use them not-so-often and you will cut yourself more)
Just takes one small mistake or a lapse in concentration.

We're humans, not robots, not every movement we make with our hands will be perfect.

Which knife where you using to whittle?
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Well said, so true. Usually it's the silliest thing that causes a wound too. I was carelessly inspecting the lockbar on my XM-18 without first locking the blade in place and it closed itself down on my finger, made a nice gash. I've been handling/using knives for 15+ years so just goes to show why we call them "accidents."
 
SevenOfNine said:
Well said, so true. Usually it's the silliest thing that causes a wound too. I was carelessly inspecting the lockbar on my XM-18 without first locking the blade in place and it closed itself down on my finger, made a nice gash. I've been handling/using knives for 15+ years so just goes to show why we call them "accidents."
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It's like driving...

It doesn't matter how many million miles you've been behind the wheel accident free, one small error can change all that and all those miles guarantee nothing.

Really wonder what knife he was using to Whittle though, sometimes that can be the issue.
 
Being nice to each other instead of teasing like kindergarteners might keep a few more threads open. Ease way back on the insults or spend your time in Whine & Cheese.
 
JR88FAN said:
It's like driving...

It doesn't matter how many million miles you've been behind the wheel accident free, one small error can change all that and all those miles guarantee nothing.

Really wonder what knife he was using to Whittle though, sometimes that can be the issue.
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Yeah exactly. Wondering that myself, that'll shed a lot more light on things & open up the potential for some tips & advice to be offered for his next attempt.
 
I personally would not wear gloves. In my opinion whittiling with the precision you would want to be achieving you dont want to cover your sensitivity in your fingers with gloves. At least for me it would be an impairment. I think what is important is maintaining a good damage free edge and reading something multiple times before attempting anything complicated. Mistakes will happen. But many many "accidents" can be avoided. Still I think the only person who will ever know the truth of if this event could have been avoided is the op. Whether that means he knows it now or will eventually learn enough to have that 20/20 hindsight we always talk about.
 
Even though I haven't cut myself in a long time and think I have a very good idea of how to handle a knife (I use my knife everyday) I know it will happen eventually.

I just won't tell anyone!
 
SevenOfNine said:
Yeah exactly. Wondering that myself, that'll shed a lot more light on things & open up the potential for some tips & advice to be offered for his next attempt.
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That's why I wish he wouldn't have started this thread and disappeared?!

There is a very specific type of knife and edge I would want to use for whittling.

For all we know he grabbed a piece of wood and a ZT.....
Nothing against ZT's (just using them as an example) but there isn't a knife they make that I would want to Whittle with safely.

Just to be clear before I get flogged for using ZT as an example, we are talking about whittling, not taking some chunks outta some wood...I am talking about precise wood work with a knife.
 
JR88FAN said:
That's why I wish he wouldn't have started this thread and disappeared?!

There is a very specific type of knife and edge I would want to use for whittling.

For all we know he grabbed a piece of wood and a ZT.....
Nothing against ZT's (just using them as an example) but there isn't a knife they make that I would want to Whittle with safely.
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Lol, exactly. Even the best technique can be useless with the wrong blade. Hopefully he'll be back to check his own thread some time because now I'm curious.
 
SevenOfNine said:
No I don't agree with your post.
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Which part of it? :confused:

I agree with the post you made after this one, knowing how the knife closed on the bach of his middle finger while whittling might allow us to give some tips and tricks on avoiding it, which may have not been covered in his new book.
 
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JR88FAN said:
That's why I wish he wouldn't have started this thread and disappeared?!

There is a very specific type of knife and edge I would want to use for whittling.

For all we know he grabbed a piece of wood and a ZT.....
Nothing against ZT's (just using them as an example) but there isn't a knife they make that I would want to Whittle with safely.

Just to be clear before I get flogged for using ZT as an example, we are talking about whittling, not taking some chunks outta some wood...I am talking about precise wood work with a knife.
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Well, if it closed on his finger, I would imagine it wasnt a folder with a lock...
 
Hell, this is just every other Wednesday at my house. I've almost always got something bandaged, stitched or super glued.

Often it's from stamped piece of equipment at work with a burr on it, but sometimes it's from a knife. Just one of those things. If you ride a bike, you will crash. If you play with fire, you'll get burned. And if you play with knives, eventually you'll get cut.

It can be avoided when care is taken, and I suggest you take care next time, but mistakes do happen. Eat your veggies and heal up. I still wanna see the finished piece.
 
Don't wear gloves when you're whittling just because you cut your finger. :rolleyes:

That would be like wearing a face shield while fishing because you tried to set the hook and slapped yourself in the face with your fishing pole, or wearing a styrofoam helmet while cooking because you banged your head on an open cabinet door.
 
marcinek said:
Which part of it? :confused:

I agree with the post you made after this one, knowing how the knife closed on the bach of his middle finger while whittling might allow us to give some tips and tricks on avoiding it, which may have not been covered in his new book.
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If I recall correctly it was a slipjoint Case of some sort.

If I were to bet on it, I'd say he was backing out of a cut at some point and either hit the spine on his workpiece or was gouging out a bit of material and didn't maintain forward pressure on the cutting edge.

I did it a number of times as a kid. Still can't feel much past the middle knuckle on my right index finger.
 
Mecha said:
Don't wear gloves when you're whittling just because you cut your finger. :rolleyes:

That would be like wearing a face shield while fishing because you tried to set the hook and slapped yourself in the face with your fishing pole, or wearing a styrofoam helmet while cooking because you banged your head on an open cabinet door.
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I always wonder about a road crew paving a highway and wearing hard hats... What the hell could possibly fall on your head besides some bird dirt?
 
Mecha said:
Don't wear gloves when you're whittling just because you cut your finger. :rolleyes:

That would be like wearing a face shield while fishing because you tried to set the hook and slapped yourself in the face with your fishing pole, or wearing a styrofoam helmet while cooking because you banged your head on an open cabinet door.
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True...its not an inherently dangerous knife application like, for example, five finger fillet.

It has been done for a long time without needing gloves.
 
marcinek said:
Well, if it closed on his finger, I would imagine it wasnt a folder with a lock...
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The knife he was gifted with his whittling book was a blue bone case stockman, so I'd imagine it was what he was using.
Weather the knife had a lock means nothing though , as it's the improper technique that caused the injury . I'll bet that were this injury caused by a failed locking mechanism the injury would be a lot worse.
 
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