Unlucky incidents involving your knife

[Nathan Temple]

I tried to catch a falling fixed blade in a store. That was a gut reaction and cut myself really badly. It was not fun. But I lived to catch another knife or make another stupid move. Next time I will let it hit the floor.

Did you at least buy it afterwards?

 

[ponykid]

Surely everyone must have a story or two to tell. I'll start off:

Had to take a really huge dump last week in the office. Typically, I'd empty my pockets before even getting on the toilet bowl, but this stomachache was really bad and I didn't have the time do so.

Was finishing up when by some sheer luck, my SAK, keys and stored value public transport card fell out from my pocket into the you-know-where. And all I could think was "Oh " (pun fully intended).

Even now, after countless washings with lots of water and dishwashing liquid, the SAK still feels kinda soiled. And it's probably psychological, but I don't think the stink can ever be truly cleaned off.

that's a shitty story dude!!

 

[22-rimfire]

Did you at least buy it afterwards?

Yep. I own that knife.

 

[ponykid]

Back in ‘15 I put a Buck 110 clean through my hand/wrist severing all 4 tendons of the fingers on my right hand. It was a freak accident where I pulled the knife from some wood and bumped my elbow into rubber mats behind me sending my arm forward again plunging the knife in my hand. There was hardly any pain but the damage was significant. I was in surgery for hours. My hand’s fine now but it took over a year and extensive therapy to get all functionality back. Here’s some pics. The top portion of the S shaped scar is the original injury. The other section is what the surgeon had to open up:

Here’s where the blade came out the other side (small scar in the center of my wrist):

how did the point end up reversed and pointing at your arm when you pulled the knife out by the handle? I cant fathom this one. But damn that's the worst I have ever seen for injuries during use of a knife!!

 

[19-3ben]

While some of these are bad luck, some are also just carelessness coming back to bite the knife owner.

Kind of reminds of the old "Hall of Meat" thread. Warning- For those who click the link, that thread has plenty of graphic gory pics.

 

[Todd21969]

Back in the late 70's early 80's I was unlucky enough to play stretch with cousins who couldn't throw worth a darn. Does that count?

 

[Ashevillain]

Gotta share this one. So it was Thursday and I had an mma fight that weekend. I'm fondling my blackjack 1-7 and set it down on the top of my bed while I'm watching tv. Go to stand up, somehow shift the blankets and it falls point first into the middle of my foot! You can't fight with stitches in, so with some quick clot and tape away I went. Still managed to win looking like bloodsport with my feet wrapped up lol

 

[NetshadeX]

how did the point end up reversed and pointing at your arm when you pulled the knife out by the handle? I cant fathom this one. But damn that's the worst I have ever seen for injuries during use of a knife!!

I was unloading a truck, cutting straps. At some point I plunged the knife into a wooden plate that was standing upright inside the back of the truck to free up my hands. On the opposite side were rubber mats
The knife was stuck in that wood pretty good so I placed my right hand next to it to get more leverage. I grabbed the 110 in a sabergrip and yanked it hard. When it came loose my arm/elbow hit those soft rubbery mats and launched forward again just far enough to stab my right arm. The point hit my hand, just above wrist and it went through effortlessly. As you can tell by the scar on the inside of my wrist the edge of the knife was towards my fingers.

 

[22-rimfire]

Gotta share this one. So it was Thursday and I had an mma fight that weekend. I'm fondling my blackjack 1-7 and set it down on the top of my bed while I'm watching tv. Go to stand up, somehow shift the blankets and it falls point first into the middle of my foot! You can't fight with stitches in, so with some quick clot and tape away I went. Still managed to win looking like bloodsport with my feet wrapped up lol

I have a 1-7. That would hurt big time. Read your post again; now I understand the fighting reference.

 

[TheEdge01]

I tried to catch a falling fixed blade in a store. That was a gut reaction and cut myself really badly. It was not fun. But I lived to catch another knife or make another stupid move. Next time I will let it hit the floor.

I read a statement on here a while back that said “A falling knife has no handle”. It’s a reflex action to attempt to catch it though, I would have done the same thing with the same result.