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I wasn't the one with the knife!
Ohhhh! I misunderstood...sorry! ;-) I guess I'm a little slloooowwww today! <wink> Forgive me.
I wasn't the one with the knife!
Get well soon BG !!
P.S. - at least you did not just about burn your house down like I did a short time ago.
Welcome to the "I cut myself with my new knife" club! Glad you are going to be okay.
If you really want to freak people out, on the day you're supposed to get the stitches out, do it yourself, in front of a group of people. The expressions are priceless.
This summer my dad gave me his 8OT to sharpen. It looked like it hadn't been sharpened since he bought it in the 70s. I sharpened it up and gave it back to him when he came over to go fishing with the kids and I. I had just gotten my son a new pole, so when I ran into the gas station to buy the bait my dad tried to cut off the tags. He wasn't expecting how fast it would cut and he buried the clip blade into the pad under his thumb. I came out to find him with a diaper wrapped around his hand (it was the only thing he could find in my truck to stop the bleeding). We ended up in the ER and he got 5 stitches. I felt like a total jerk because I probably should have stressed how much sharper it was a little bit more. I warned him, but just in passing. We never got out fishing, and we were stuck in the ER long enough that the kids and I were late to the Open House at the school where the kids got to see their classrooms for this year and meet their teachers for the first time. We had to go straight to the school from the hospital, so Dad had to come along. His hand was wrapped up like a mummy and he had blood all over his clothes. He made quite the impression at the grade school. We do get a lot of good laughs about it now.
Mine would be when I pushed the blade of my lockblade trapper into my palm in the meaty part below my pinky when I was cleaning a squirrel. I still have a lump and scares on both sides. Went to med check but they would not stitch it so I went home and used some CA glue to close the wound..
I have a habit off cutting my thumb or finger when I why down a blade. Just a moment of inattention.
Dave
I will vouch for Cory's skills sharpening up a blade. The vintage 8OT he sent me was shiveringly sharp. I keep all of my knives incredibly sharp, but I barely put my finger on the edge to test its keenness and a small bloom of blood welled up from a new cut I had no idea I had made I have made a note to myself that if I am ever lucky enough to handle another knife that has passed through his hands...I'm testing it with a sheet of paper, not my own little piggies
Most embarrassing traditional knife boo-boo still has to be when I got my Scout Knife in Cub Scouts for selling however much popcorn it required. We had a presentation ceremony. I was given the knife in a box and got my picture taken giving the scout handshake with a senior scoutmaster etc. We were driving home in my dad's old Chevy Scottsdale. This was back in the days when trucks didn't have back seats. It was my dad and mom on either side of me, and of course, I was fondling my new knife. It was the second time my dad had told me not to mess with it since we were sitting in a cramped truck. Being about 8 years old at the time meant that I didn't listen to him at all and kept fiddling with the knife checking out the blades and tools.
We hit a nice size pothole and the spear blade slams shut on the on the meat of my middle finger. I let out a silent scream which does nothing to stop the profuse ebbing of blood. Mom was to the rescue with some napkins from the glovebox and my dad gave me a much deserved I-told-you-so talk before taking my knife away from me until we got home.
I've cut myself SO many times, but that one still lives on in my memory. Instant Karma for not listening to my dad. I will say, those old Scout Knives (I don't remember who made them for the Boy Scouts back in the mid-80's) came razor sharp
My goodness, that is a wicked cut, I hope you have it bandaged up after that photo? Quick healing too !!
I've not gotten too messed up with cuts from traditional knives, well I didn't take photos afterwards about the only time I remember letting some blood leak out was with my Opinel Slim's while I was setting up for this photo, I had some tacky stuff holding the knives in place and at least twice the back of my hands rubbed against the blades and they were RAzOrs so they cut me to the quick!
The Slim #8's in Ebony and Olivewood, pocket razors...
G2
That had to have hurt!!!
Not when it went into the skin. Sharp knife, it was more like dang look at the knife sticking through my palm. Cleaning the wound and ca (super glue) stung more.
Dave
It was Thanksgiving and my brother, who has the Irish virus, wanted to impress his new girlfriend by carving the turkey. He was sitting down probably because he had too much to drink. A piece of turkey slid off the bird onto his thigh and started to slide off onto the floor. With cat like reflexes he stabbed that piece of meat and saved it from falling to the floor. Within seconds everyone was in the kitchen to see why he was screaming.
It was my brother not me, honest!