splitter blade is dang sharp!!!

[rawhide1]

Well Greg when the finger heals a little I'll try and get it sharp enough to go through the bone too. LOL

Mike

[wildrose]

For the record, it's "tetanus" not "titnus"

My family always had HUGE July 4th picnics at my folks' farm in NJ. They had a tennis court, and each year the uncles, Dad, and Granddad would go out there and play. Trouble was, one side was against some woods where Dad would toss scrap lumber. Tim went to chase a ball that had gone long, tripped and sat on a nail. I couldn't tell how deep in it went, or if it only was at an angle (puncture wounds being kinda tricky) so off he went to the hospital while the rest of us carried on partying. He has never lived that one down.

[rawhide1]

Johanna

Just tell Wade to hang his head like a whupped dog and bleed everywhere. She had to quit talking so she could help clean up the blood.LOL

Well they finally got me in around noon today cost 25.00 bucks. But I'm pretty sure there will be a nice scar. It was obvious to me stitching is not my doctors strong point. He put two stitches in it about a half inch apart from each other. And the knots he tied where so big it looks like I got two big wads of thread on my finger. Oh well at least it's somewhat closed.

Mike

[Bree]

Oh... I forgot to mention in the sharpening thread... DON'T FORGET TO WEAR KEVLAR GLOVES!!!

[tonyc1]

Can't use that, it might dull the blade. Skin is much easier on knife blades but make sure you clean the blood off.

[greg gomersall]

Johanna

Just tell Wade to hang his head like a whupped dog and bleed everywhere. She had to quit talking so she could help clean up the blood.LOL

Well they finally got me in around noon today cost 25.00 bucks. But I'm pretty sure there will be a nice scar. It was obvious to me stitching is not my doctors strong point. He put two stitches in it about a half inch apart from each other. And the knots he tied where so big it looks like I got two big wads of thread on my finger. Oh well at least it's somewhat closed.

Mike

Mike i cut myself bad bout a dozen years ago and stitched it up myself, scarred bad especialyy where all 3 stitches were, was kinda funny tho as i had customers in the shop while i was doing it. Greg

[barra]

Sharp is the Airforce Medical Officers tongue lashing when they found out I once removed my own Post Op stitches with a head knife and a round awl.

Barra

[rawhide1]

wildrose

Thanks I knew I should of used sp ck LOL

Bree

I was kinda thinking that after the fact. But thanks anyway better late than never.

Tony

The hell with the blade. LOL I forgot just how many nerve ending there are in the end of your finger.

Greg

All I can say is that's takes some sack!! I would of screamed like a little girl and then had to change my britches!

barra

That's funny I probably would of cut myself with the head knife and then ran the awl through some body part. I always let my wife take my stitches out. But she uses scissors and tweezers.

[kfiretwo]

Well I finally got everything in to sharpen my splitter blade. Boy was I happy I went over it with my stones and then used it. I then thought man this can be a little sharper so I wemnt to hone a little more and slipped. Well I bleed like a stuck hog all over the kitchen but I got the bleeding stopped and finally got the wife to stop calling me a dumb**s. But seeing how it happened at 10:00 tonight and I really don't want to pay the ER 3 to 4 hundered dollars for a few stitches I'm hoping my Doc can do it tommorow along with a titnus shot. Lesson learned be careful LOL.

Mike

u need to keep a roll of black electrical tape handy, wash cut with antibacterial soap, dry completely an butterfly the cut shut with the tape than wrap a piece around to hold butterfly in place the glue from the tape will seal the cut no stitches required (old mechanic trick for battle wounds lol )

[TwinOaks]

It sounds like you need to invite the doctor over for coffee and introduce him to double loop lacing. That would keep it closed and be fashionable!