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Worst cut you have ever sustained from a blade?
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Clay
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I had a good one happen a few months back.
I was working 3rd shift at the time. During lunch I always did (and still do) a Balisong workout in my dark office.
So, this one night I'm goin' to town, flippin' like a mad man....... in the dark. I start working my aerial switches....... in the dark.
For those of you that don't know what THAT is, it basically consists of spin/throwing a Balisong into the air and catching it open with the opposite hand. Like throwing a circular saw blade, if you will. I'm actually pretty good at this. Don't let the story fool ya'
A trucker looking to make a pick up, unexpectedly hit the (locked) door to the office, just as I made the throw.
Now I'm distracted, and my timing is thrown off for a split second. I don't feel the Balisong hit my hand when it's supposed to, and I panic........ because I don't want my Bali to hit the floor, of course.
So naturally, and instinctively I swipe my left leg forward into what I hope is the path of the falling Balisong, to cushion the fall........ because I don't want my Bali to hit the floor, of course.
Well, mission accomplished. The Balisong didn't hit the floor, because it stuck into my shin! YEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWW!
And MAN did the blood pour out!!!!
You should have seen the look on that drivers face when I clicked on the lights and he saw the blood on my shoes, and socks, and the blood trail across the office floor.
Hahahah......... another one of my shining moments! I still have to laugh every time I look down at that scar on my leg.
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Clay
www.balisongxtreme.com
Because......
getting 'em open
is half the fun!
I was working 3rd shift at the time. During lunch I always did (and still do) a Balisong workout in my dark office.
So, this one night I'm goin' to town, flippin' like a mad man....... in the dark. I start working my aerial switches....... in the dark.
For those of you that don't know what THAT is, it basically consists of spin/throwing a Balisong into the air and catching it open with the opposite hand. Like throwing a circular saw blade, if you will. I'm actually pretty good at this. Don't let the story fool ya'
A trucker looking to make a pick up, unexpectedly hit the (locked) door to the office, just as I made the throw.
Now I'm distracted, and my timing is thrown off for a split second. I don't feel the Balisong hit my hand when it's supposed to, and I panic........ because I don't want my Bali to hit the floor, of course.
So naturally, and instinctively I swipe my left leg forward into what I hope is the path of the falling Balisong, to cushion the fall........ because I don't want my Bali to hit the floor, of course.
Well, mission accomplished. The Balisong didn't hit the floor, because it stuck into my shin! YEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWW!
And MAN did the blood pour out!!!!
You should have seen the look on that drivers face when I clicked on the lights and he saw the blood on my shoes, and socks, and the blood trail across the office floor.
Hahahah......... another one of my shining moments! I still have to laugh every time I look down at that scar on my leg.
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Clay
www.balisongxtreme.com
Because......
getting 'em open
is half the fun!
This isn't my story, but I watched it happen. A friend of mine bought a G-10 Harpy and a Merlin from me that I had laying around. I set up the Merlin for lefty carry for him. He has seen me open my BF native lefty many times and I opened the Merlin for him as well. I put the tip of my thumb in the hole and give it a quick push and it flicks into position. Well, he thought that looked pretty easy, so he tried it with the Merlin. His thumb slipped though and the tip caught him. He had a real nice gash about 3/4" long right in the center of his thumb. After a few expletives, he commented on how sharp it was. Till he got back to his apartment, his hand was covered in blood. Five days later, it was almost healed. Nice clean cut. I felt sorry for him, but I laugh at him all the time.
As for me, I haven't cut myself seriously since I was about 12. I'll have the occasional little nick, but no gushers in the last 7 years. I should shut up now, or it'll happen soon!!
As for me, I haven't cut myself seriously since I was about 12. I'll have the occasional little nick, but no gushers in the last 7 years. I should shut up now, or it'll happen soon!!
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Owning a bunch of large bayonets and machetes in the past I've had many sharpening accidents. Typically I've been using a file or a long hand-held garden tool hone when one of my strokes extends into the blade. Many gashed fingers.
There was another time when I had knocked down a dove with my home made blowgun. It fell into a neighbors yard. I climbed over a fence and wanted to dispatch the bird before I had to explain my presence. I was carrying a homemade double-edged dagger in a shoulder sheath. It had a heavy knuckle-duster handle. I tried to throw it from the blade. It sliced the hell out of a couple fingers. Need I mention that I always keep my knives shaving sharp? I got the bird though.
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There was another time when I had knocked down a dove with my home made blowgun. It fell into a neighbors yard. I climbed over a fence and wanted to dispatch the bird before I had to explain my presence. I was carrying a homemade double-edged dagger in a shoulder sheath. It had a heavy knuckle-duster handle. I tried to throw it from the blade. It sliced the hell out of a couple fingers. Need I mention that I always keep my knives shaving sharp? I got the bird though.
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One Friday night it was last Fall, it was almost midnight. I was a bit bored thinking I should go to bed, but instead I started playing with my Ka- Bar which I keep by my bed. I brought it to the kitchen and started flipping it from front to reverse grip. Everything went well until I lost grip and dropped it. I felt the edge against my right index finger as jumped away so it wouldn't hit my feet. The knife cut the tip of the finger to the bone and there were blood all over the kitchen. On the walls, floor, ceiling, window well everywhere.
So I went to the emergency room to have it stitched. As this was a low priority case it took until 4 a.m. before I was home again. I was also a bit embarrassed when the doctor asked me what had happened.
From now on I'm a lot more careful because this was a total waste of time and money. I still can't feel the tip of my finger.
One interesting note is that the doctor that stitched me up was American.
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So I went to the emergency room to have it stitched. As this was a low priority case it took until 4 a.m. before I was home again. I was also a bit embarrassed when the doctor asked me what had happened.
From now on I'm a lot more careful because this was a total waste of time and money. I still can't feel the tip of my finger.
One interesting note is that the doctor that stitched me up was American.
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Funny you should ask. Two days ago I was inspecting empty bulk rail cars for contamination. The top covers all still had the metal strip type seals in place. I was cutting the seals with my mini-AFCK. I guess they cut a little easier than expected as the knife traveled up and sliced a two inch gash across my palm at the thumb joint. OUCH! Clean, deep slice with no pain but a **** load of blood. Live and learn.
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It's only a mistake if you fail to learn from it!
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It's only a mistake if you fail to learn from it!
The worst thing I have ever seen happen is one
of my fellow McDonald's managers not respecting
rule no1 when handling kives: Cut AWAY from the body.
That particular person didn't and the result
was a patch of skin hanging off her forearm. Tuck a
truckload of stitches to get fixed and still doesn't
look pretty. Of course, it also bled as hell, as she
had severed a small artery (evil trick - I took
a plastic one-way gauntlet, and an artery clamp
from the 1st aid kit and found the spurting critter
fast enough. Since the clamp wasn't sterile, I quickly
dipped it into disinfectant, ran over to the coffee
machine and rinsed it with hot tea water - was
probably good enough).
She has a healthy respect for Boeker knives now, though.
of my fellow McDonald's managers not respecting
rule no1 when handling kives: Cut AWAY from the body.
That particular person didn't and the result
was a patch of skin hanging off her forearm. Tuck a
truckload of stitches to get fixed and still doesn't
look pretty. Of course, it also bled as hell, as she
had severed a small artery (evil trick - I took
a plastic one-way gauntlet, and an artery clamp
from the 1st aid kit and found the spurting critter
fast enough. Since the clamp wasn't sterile, I quickly
dipped it into disinfectant, ran over to the coffee
machine and rinsed it with hot tea water - was
probably good enough).
She has a healthy respect for Boeker knives now, though.
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I was closing my S&W SWAT and I wasn't looking (I got distracted) and I didn't realize that the reason the blade didn't go in was because my thumb was caught in the serrations, so I continued to push the blade in. It felt a little weird, no pain at first, just noticed that 3/32nds of an inch was cut off the tip of my right thumb.
-Chang the Asian Janitorial Apparatus
-Chang the Asian Janitorial Apparatus
Well, what do you do when you have to spend a few liesurely minutes in the restroom? Play with your knives, of course!
So here I am, admiring my new BM Stryker, when I decide to dismantle an empty toilet paper roll. To make a long story short, I ended up with the serrated portion about a 1/4" into the fleshy part of my left palm.
Man, I had a hard time getting out of there! I managed to make through the rest of the work day without anyone noticing the big wad of paper towels in my hand.
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Brad Mixon-
Flick, Click, Snap!
Flick, Click, Snap!
Flick, Click, OUCH!!!!!!
So here I am, admiring my new BM Stryker, when I decide to dismantle an empty toilet paper roll. To make a long story short, I ended up with the serrated portion about a 1/4" into the fleshy part of my left palm.
Man, I had a hard time getting out of there! I managed to make through the rest of the work day without anyone noticing the big wad of paper towels in my hand.
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Brad Mixon-
Flick, Click, Snap!
Flick, Click, Snap!
Flick, Click, OUCH!!!!!!
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I had a 12 in bowie blade in a vice that was just sharpened. I walked into it . My arm had
a large gash in it.
4 inches by DEEP hehehe
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a large gash in it.
4 inches by DEEP hehehe
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I cut my thumb closing my Sebenza. I really was not paying attention, as I was over my friend house and we were playing video games. The game was starting so I had to close it in a hurry, well it put a pretty deep cut into my thumb. No more video games for that day.
-Johnny
-Johnny
I had a friend who worked in a mall knife shop. The cooking knives are held to the wall with magnets. During an earhtquake, one of his coworkers let his instinct get the better of him, and reached out, trying to catch some of the falling knives. Unfortunately for him, he did. About 40 stitches later, I got to see the scars, and a reenactment of the event.
Dave
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I was 14 years old, working the hell out of my bali-song while watching an episode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Guess I was paying too much attention to the TV...next thing I know the bali is flippin' thru the air and my right deck shoe felt a bit squishy. Put a nice 1" by 3/8" gash on my ankle. I tried to run to the bathroom to hide it from my parents, but it didn't work. Eleven years later....my dad still has my bali-song! hehe Once I got the courage to ask for it back, he had pretty well trashed it cutting a boatload of fiberglass insulation...so I never even wanted it back.
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I threw a throwing knife at a tree several years ago. I was about twenty feet from the tree, the knife bounced off the tree, and came right back at me. Frozen, I watched in horror as the knife stuck perfectly in my right thigh, just above my knee.
I'm not sure exactly how long I stood there just staring at it, but by the time I'd come back to reality, there was blood running all the way down my leg.
My mother called a friend of the family who is a Doctor. A couple stitches later I was back at it. Eventually I killed that tree, after sticking that same throwing knife into it enough times that the bark fell off in sheets.
Moral of the story? The scar on my knee is barely visible, while the tree is dead. Never stab me and leave me alive. I will exact my revenge
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"I can go over to your mama's house, and start a small fire in her panties." -G. Busey
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I'm not sure exactly how long I stood there just staring at it, but by the time I'd come back to reality, there was blood running all the way down my leg.
My mother called a friend of the family who is a Doctor. A couple stitches later I was back at it. Eventually I killed that tree, after sticking that same throwing knife into it enough times that the bark fell off in sheets.
Moral of the story? The scar on my knee is barely visible, while the tree is dead. Never stab me and leave me alive. I will exact my revenge
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"I can go over to your mama's house, and start a small fire in her panties." -G. Busey
[This message has been edited by SycoticSamurai (edited 03-12-2000).]
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Not exactly a "blade", but...My cousins were doing archery practise when one let loose an arrow while the other one was retrieving an arrow. One cousin had his hand nailed to the target. They tried to treat it themselves, but mom spotted the mess. She thought they were awfully dumb to try and handle the wound on their own. Their dad is a doctor.
A friend of mine was using vice grips to pull the blade out of the wooden handle of an icepick. To get more leverage he started pulling with the tools between his legs. When the pick came out he rammed it full force into the inside of his thigh. Luckily he missed the artery, but he sure did bleed.
A friend of mine was using vice grips to pull the blade out of the wooden handle of an icepick. To get more leverage he started pulling with the tools between his legs. When the pick came out he rammed it full force into the inside of his thigh. Luckily he missed the artery, but he sure did bleed.
This happened to a friend, he was throwing a knife at a tree in asafe area in a mine field the knife glanced off the tree and off the trail that was roped off when he stepped down to pick up the knife he stepped on a mine it blew off his foot. He took my place on the mine clearing team.
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Back in 92 I had my right thumb operated on and it didn't turn out so good. I lost the feeling from the the tip of the thumb to the first knuckle or joint. After my thumb healed from the surgery I got a new one hand opening knife, don't remember what knife it was though, too long ago and my memory isn't as sharp as it used to be. But, anyway, I was showing off the knife with a buddy of mine on how I could open and close it with only one hand (my bad hand) and when I was closing it the blade came down and took off the tip of my right thumb. If it weren't for the fact that I don't have feeling in that thumb anymore, that would have surely smarted!! Blead like there was no tomorrow though! Needless to say, I am much more carefull now when closing my one handed knives, especially with that hand and thumb. I don't need my buddy laughing at me like that again because I was really full of
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