Who has actually hit themselves with an axe/hatchet/tomahawk?

I can remember when I was a young boy loving going with my Dad in his truck to the wood yard (doesn't exist anymore), big wooden buildings with stacked planked wood & big machinery, it was run by two brothers and I was fascinated by the fact they both had fingers missing....... Apparently it was just considered a down side of the job for big circular saw users at one time!
A friend of mine now has a thumb that's only to the first joint, half the normal length, I'd known him for quite some time before I felt comfortable to ask what happened, he said he was using a vertical router (the kind like a pillar drill), if anyone knows these machines the cutter runs so fast you can't see it........... you can imagine the rest.....😳
 
hhmoore said:
Harnessing your inner ninja? 28" is katana length. Where do you live that such a tool is practical? I didn't even know they made machetes that long - I've got no need for such a thing; but I'll admit to being intrigued enough to start internet shopping.
Pictures?? (Please don't disappoint me with an 18" typo)
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I have an old Collins Legitimus machete that is 28-3/4" OAL
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But my big USN Legitimus is 31.25" OAL. Big machetes are out there.
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When i was in my 20s I was drunk at a friend's house and decided to make kindling well the short of it is I took an 1/8" off the top left side of my pointer finger no bone was hit. I don't use hatchets anymore. I guess after missing the wood I shouldn't have held onto it. It's not the first time cutting wood abd getting hurt I tried to chop a branch with a survival knife my hand was too close got all 4 fingers they have a scar across the back of then that line up when bent right.
 
I severed my left thumb with my gransfors bruk small forest axe a few years ago, luckily they were able to reattach my thumb. I got distracted while splitting kindling, and didn't move the hand holding the wood in time. Needless to say I use a different technique now days.
 
Travinc said:
I severed my left thumb with my gransfors bruk small forest axe a few years ago, luckily they were able to reattach my thumb. I got distracted while splitting kindling, and didn't move the hand holding the wood in time. Needless to say I use a different technique now days.
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Glad it worked out. Thanks for sharing your story.
 
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