Knife Injuries?

[Gondor]

When it comes to bushcraft not a lot of people mentions how often they've been injured trying to craft something. A few days ago while trying to carve a new handle for my firesteel, knife slipped and I almost sliced my forefinger in half. Couldn't stop the bleeding for 5 minutes.

[Barney]

I hope your finger is healing properly. God only knows how many cuts and scrapes I had, not only from tools but from materials as well. It's just another part of bushcrafting routine.

[wvbreamfisherman]

I never take on a project, be it bushcraft, auto repair, home improvement, etc. without figuring on at least one bloodletting injury. I could probably slice an artery painting the bedroom....

[CozInCowtown]

Originally Posted by wvbreamfisherman

I never take on a project, be it bushcraft, auto repair, home improvement, etc. without figuring on at least one bloodletting injury. I could probably slice an artery painting the bedroom....

Whew, I am not alone in that catagory!!

[Bojib]

I have a nice little scar at the base of my left thumb from a slight slipping stabbing incident. I don't even remember what I was working on now, I do however remember the the pain and blood from having a knife reach the bone. I'm sure I used some colorful language with that too.

When I do any mechanical work I've learned to just keep the black tape and paper towels handy. It won't be long before I'm bandaging a wound.

[Hikenhunter]

Originally Posted by Bojib

I have a nice little scar at the base of my left thumb from a slight slipping stabbing incident. I don't even remember what I was working on now, I do however remember the the pain and blood from having a knife reach the bone. I'm sure I used some colorful language with that too.

When I do any mechanical work I've learned to just keep the black tape and paper towels handy. It won't be long before I'm bandaging a wound.

I hear that except instead of black tape I keep duct tape handy

[Barney]

Once, after a smal annoying cut I was so frustrated about it that in anger I punched the wooden board leaned against the wall beside me. It had a rather big nail sticking out which left me a huge scar latter on.

[ChadTower]

I nearly lost an eye cleaning up after I did some wiring work in my bathroom. It wasn't doing the stupid work. It was picking up the tools afterwards. I had some romex still sticking out of the wall waiting for fixtures, bent over to pick up a measuring tape, and stuck my damn eye right down on the freshly cut wire. Just barely missed surgery and it took 4 months to really heal. I never did regain full sight in that eye, going from 20/15 to 20/50.

[Pathfinder1]

Originally Posted by ChadTower

I nearly lost an eye cleaning up after I did some wiring work in my bathroom. It wasn't doing the stupid work. It was picking up the tools afterwards. I had some romex still sticking out of the wall waiting for fixtures, bent over to pick up a measuring tape, and stuck my damn eye right down on the freshly cut wire. Just barely missed surgery and it took 4 months to really heal. I never did regain full sight in that eye, going from 20/15 to 20/50.

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WOW...!! Sorry to hear about your mishap.

[ppine]

Very few times in my life. I specialize in broken bones and sprains.