Ouch!!

[TroyS]

I had a papercut once ...

[stelmackr]

No description necessary:

Bob Stelmack

Edited November 15, 2008 by stelmackr

[tonyc1]

No description necessary:

Bob Stelmack

But how did it happen?

[barra]

Looks to be about 3 stitches per inch.

Barra

[celticleather]

That's pretty eyewatering!

[Hennessy]

I have four or five plough gauges in my tool collection, but I just daren't use them! The sight of that blade standing proud with no guarding scares me to death! I still use the simple little wooden strap-cutter (it's over thirty years old) for all my belt and strap cutting. Perhaps one day I'll pluck up courage to use a plough!

celtic i've had a plough for 44 yrs i love it,amazingly, it has kept its edge really well i'm sure theres been some moments,but can't recall.some sth american lea's have hard spots in em and it gets tough cuttin. but i keep it on th table flat ,a li'l lh pressure to keep guide into lea .left hand holding the cut strip a lil pullin n pushing ,easy .a great tool mate.pete

[Kevin]

That's pretty close to the way Braille was developed. Ow.

Kevin

[Hennessy]

I just suffered the eyewatering indignity of shoving a saddler's needle right up under my thumbnail! It was a bit messy, inconvenient and a tad painful, but not exactly life-threatening (my tetanus jabs are up-to-date!).

As a community of people who are constantly using sharp and spiky tools, I'll bet there have been some far more spectacular disasters in some of your workshops. So what's your worst leather-related, self-inflicted (or otherwise?) injury? Show us your scars . . !

had a union lock awl split my thumbnail to the quik,hurt a bit also bled ,a couple weeks later a new nail was in the works,pete

[tonyc1]

No description necessary:

Bob Stelmack

Is this someone related to you, Bob and how did it happen?

Tony.

[stelmackr]

Is this someone related to you, Bob and how did it happen?

Tony.

No relation, just something my daughter sent me and told me that when I told the kids not to run with scissors, that there might consequences and here was proof for her.

Bob Stelmack

[tonyc1]

No relation, just something my daughter sent me and told me that when I told the kids not to run with scissors, that there might consequences and here was proof for her.

Bob Stelmack

It proves a point, doesn't it?

[celticleather]

Three or four points!

[rawhide1]

Let me see I've got a real nice scar below one thumb from a draw gauge slipping. In one index finger I've got a few hard spots from running a fid through it a couple of times and a few other scars from leather working knives. Non leather related to list a few. Nice scar on leg from chainsaw and one on my side from falling through a low barn roof and landing on a piece of corrugated steel that was on edge. And cutting the tip off of a finger in a garage door which it hurt worse when they sewed it back on. And my all time favorite which didn't leave a scar was nailing three fingers together with a framing gun. If that wasn't bad enough the nails had some kind of glue on them. I was working on my house which is out in the county and I was by myself so with a few cuss words and a pair of pliers I did get the nail out. And thats just to list a few. And I wonder why the wife gets nervous when she sees a power tool in my hand.

Mike

Edited November 17, 2008 by rawhide1

[calanneh]

Well if we wanna get into non-leather mishaps...hehehe

Yall remember that Evil Knievil movie that came out in 1974ish? Where he rode his motorcycle down the stairs of a football stadium.....

Well I was 5 when I saw it......less than an hour after seeing the movie, my tricycle and I took a ride down a set of cement stairs (8 to be exact) outside our front door. I was upright for the first 2 steps.

I remember waking up the following morning in the hospital with a large gash & 12 stitches in my head and my mom telling me I could never go to the movie ever again.......

I had knocked myself out and was unconsious (sp) for over 15 hours.......

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A few years later there was an incident with a big metal extention ladder, 15 stitches on the other side of my head and another unconsious stay overnight in the hosp.... hehehe

Those were the two best 'scar' incidents. Lets just say I have several others, but those are the ones my mom tells me took a few years off her. I was not an easy child to raise.

William

[mendedbowl]

About 5 months ago my work surface was a little cluttered, i moved too quickly, and knocked a swivel knife off the edge. I was wearing shorts at the time...and the blade made a nice decorative cut in my bony shin. Thought I'd never get the bleeding to stop.

That's the only injury so far...but i have developed a nice dance step while avoiding falling pointy objects.

ken

[calanneh]

About 2 hours ago......

I was cutting a piece of 9 oz vegtan earlier this evening and I was using my sharpest knife. I love using it as it goes right thru the leather even better then the best razor knife blades I can find....

Well, it goes up the side of my pointer finger and can skin an inch long section of flesh just as good!!!

Took abtou 15 mins to get it to stop bleeding. Luckily it only got skin, not meat. IF my hand would have been turned a tad more, it would have gone into my finger and probably thru my thumb......

Told ya I wasn't an easy child to raise......just ask my wife!!!!!!! hehehe

William

[Rawhide]

Man these are great stories.

My only one so far is, I was saddle stitching a project and punching the holes with an awl. I went through the leather and the top of my middle finger's nail down to the bed of the nail. After many words of distress that I care not to repeat, It bled under the nail for a while. A few days later I was able to scratch the nail down to the bed and get the dried blood out.

Marlon

[Hilly]

Man these are great stories.

My only one so far is, I was saddle stitching a project and punching the holes with an awl. I went through the leather and the top of my middle finger's nail down to the bed of the nail. After many words of distress that I care not to repeat, It bled under the nail for a while. A few days later I was able to scratch the nail down to the bed and get the dried blood out.

Marlon

Dang it, Marlon! There's very few things that make me feel squeamish, but nail injuries is top of my list! I wince just reading your post.

I got stepped on by a horse when I was a teenager, and it tore my big toe nail up all the way around. It was only stuck down in the middle. Walked a mile home with a shoe full of blood. Got hauled to the ER where they jabbed about 12 needles into my toe to attempt to freeze it (didn't work). They then sliced away the remainder of the nail where it was still attached, and proceeded to cauterize the meat. Took a big fat nurse laying across my knees to keep me from kicking the doctor in the face as he worked. Dad suddenly became aware of just how many cuss words his little girl knew, and I was grounded for a full month afterwards.

I guess there's a reason I never liked horses....

Hilly

[TomSwede]

This morning:

Best thing that happened to me today was that I didn't have to participate in moving my X-girlfriends stuff from hour home because I cut my wrist open when dismounting the bookshelf... Missed the main artery by juuuuust that little!!!! Judging by all the blood I thought I was in a bit of trouble there for a while he he a wide open gap it was and blood was pumping really good (still have blood spatterns left on walls) and I was at home alone aswell. 4 stitches and nooo carrying heavy stuff for a couple of weeks;-) wich means I do not need to take a sick leave from work nor will I have to participate in the sometimes very heavy work we have to endure...phew. Think it'll be ok to do leatherwork. It was my left wrist and I am right handed.

Just not sure what they'll say at work when I show up with a suicide bandage on the wrist ha ha and scar too, lol....

Sorry about the suicide note, no pun intended. Just what everyone will try to tease me about he he but I've been laughing over this all day now. Couldn't have had better timing with this accident, lol. (No pun intended towards my X-girlfriend either- we stand on good foot with each other, it was my brother who got to do all the hard work instead of me)

Tom

[CitizenKate]

My silly injury happened a few years ago, I had been sewing up a belt late in the evening and was very happy with the way it was coming out. I decided to show it to my wife for that much needed wifely support. She was already in bed so I sat down on the edge of the bed to show her the belt, when the awl sliped out of my hand and fell towards my open lap. Before I could stop my self I automaticly closed my knees together to catch it. (didn't want it to stick into my foot I guess!) My right leg caught the handle end of the awl about six inches up from never never land and pushed the freshly polished pointy end of the awl into the muscle of the left leg, all the way to the handle. I don't recall getting much support from the wife for that one......She is a nurse and she helped me pull it out and dressed the wound, after she caught her breath and stopped shaking with laughter.

That "much needed wifely support" often times comes in the form of uncontrollable laughter. Approval and affirmation are patronizing and over-rated.

But I can laugh at that one, since I also had an accident with a stitching awl that put it right through my forearm muscle. And it wasn't even out of the package yet!

The worst one that almost happened to me was when I first got my table saw. I had never owned or used one before. I had read enough of the manual to get it set up and adjusted to run, but was too anxious to try it out to read much more. Bad idea!

I got it all set up, adjusted the alignment of the guard, plugged it in, and grabbed a 2x4 to make a test cut. I had the blade set too high, so when it got close to the end of the cut, the wood got kicked back out of the saw blade with enough force to make a dent in the wall 20 ft behind me. Fwing! Thud! Fortunately, I had just moved to one side of the saw blade for some reason I no longer remember, but I was standing right in front of it when I started the cut.

Hmmmm... Note to self: It's probably a good idea not to stand in front of the blade when cutting.

I turned off the saw, took the manual, and read the entire thing from front to back, word for word. And since that time, I've NEVER operated a power tool without thoroughly reading and completely understanding all the safety precautions.

Kate