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NEVER cut yourself???? (Warning - a few graphic pics)

I had a bad cut about 25 years ago, only a couple of minor nicks since. I'm a lot more prone to cut myself on random things in my workshop or doing some woodworking. I worked as a mechanic for 6 years so I'm no stranger to cuts and abrasions. These days I see mechanics frequently wearing gloves, when I was a mechanic that was unheard of and even now I only wear gloves for certain things.
 
I'm ashamed to say - probably weekly. I'm constantly working with, or working on, knives. Honestly, I buy bandaids by the case, not the box.
 
I have no idea how many times I been cut accidentally (never intentionally, BTW) over the last 60 years. I never kept track. I believe the last time I accidentally cut myself was a couple years ago, closing a Cold Steel Kudu with a extra strong spring. (stiffer than my other Kudu and Eland, anyhow.) They've never bit me, and I've had and used them longer.
 
Yep. Cut on cuts on cuts. Used knives in pretty much every environment available to me from super wet and cold to dry as bones and hot as the desert and everything in between. There is always a chance to put a blade to skin. I used to say if the knife didn’t get you it wasn’t really your knife.
 
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Spyderco Military.
 
I was recently trying to select among the many blade options available for a Microtech UTX-70 and decided that the risk of accidental injury imposed by the double edge options outweighed their ‘cool factor’.
 
GAGL said:
there is a guy out there that never cut himself.
we call him daywalker.
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Daywalker huh? Is that a real person or am I missing the joke?

DangerZone98 said:
If you're the tactical kind of knife guy, don't train with live blades, especially with Karambits. Invest in a good quality training knife.
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Excellent advice that I won’t take until I cut myself while training with a live blade - I’ve already apologized to my wife in advance for one day probably having to drive me to the hospital with one of my fingers in a bag of ice...

Monofletch said:
Any time there is a zip tie involved......
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Lol - yes. One of my friends stabbed a folder about 2” into her arm cutting zip ties. I see a zip tie, I slow WAY DOWN.
 
scdub said:
I just realized I made an assumption and wanted to fact-check it.

I assumed that within a fairly short time of beginning to be interested in and using knives, virtually ALL “knife people” would eventually cut themselves accidentally.

I’ve probably cut myself enough to bleed (never enough to need stitches - knock wood) a couple of dozen times, in about 38 years of using/playing with knives on a regular basis, and I figured that was probably pretty common.

So, am I right? Is this an inevitable part of the knife hobby or are there folks out there that have NEVER been cut...?
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I've been cut more doing knife maintenance than using a knife as intended. Either while putting one back together (because I'm too lazy to tape the blade) or during the sharpening process. Usually because I've got the stones or whatever too close to the actual workspace and end up glancing the blade while reaching for something.

Those injuries aside, I still probably give myself a minor cut at least once a year while just doing basic tasks. When you've got kids, dogs and other variables flying around basic knife safety is bound to escape you eventually.
 
scdub said:
Lol - yes. One of my friends stabbed a folder about 2” into her arm cutting zip ties. I see a zip tie, I slow WAY DOWN.
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I've been petitioning Leatherman to make a smaller multitool with wire snips as the main tool instead of pliers or scissors for years now. Specifically for zip ties.

We use them constantly at work, but I rarely have use for pliers. The scissors on something like the Micra aren't quite up for the task. If they made a juice or a skeletool with a good a set of snips I'd carry it 7 days a week.
 
Oh yeah, mid 70s. I had a Gerber FSIII. If I snapped it open with some force, the lock would jam, and the knife was very difficult to close afterward. I got in the habit if flipping the knife around and tapping the lock on my boot heel to unlock it. One time I came to the aid of a damsel in distress. I whipped out my knife, cut open a package. flipped the knife around to close it, and stabbed myself in the back of the thigh.

Yes, I'm that cool.
 
scdub said:
Daywalker huh? Is that a real person or am I missing the joke?



Excellent advice that I won’t take until I cut myself while training with a live blade - I’ve already apologized to my wife in advance for one day probably having to drive me to the hospital with one of my fingers in a bag of ice...



Lol - yes. One of my friends stabbed a folder about 2” into her arm cutting zip ties. I see a zip tie, I slow WAY DOWN.
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Don’t hurt yourself too bad man, lol. Stay safe. Karambits in particular are [expletive, deleted] vicious.
 
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I have managed to get the job done with knives and other tools. I am glad that I do not suffer from hemophilia.
 
I opened a packet of smoked salmon with my Luzon while driving and stabbed myself bigly in the finger joint.

The smoked salmon was marvellous, the Luzon is very stabby and my finger hurts. I swear I felt the knife point touch the bone, I think it's infected.
 
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