Hennessy Posted November 15, 2008 Report Posted November 15, 2008 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 Quote
Members Kevin Posted November 15, 2008 Members Report Posted November 15, 2008 That's pretty close to the way Braille was developed. Ow. Kevin Quote
Hennessy Posted November 15, 2008 Report Posted November 15, 2008 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 Quote
Members tonyc1 Posted November 15, 2008 Members Report Posted November 15, 2008 No description necessary: Bob Stelmack Is this someone related to you, Bob and how did it happen? Tony. Quote
stelmackr Posted November 15, 2008 Report Posted November 15, 2008 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 Quote Bob Stelmack Desert Leathercraft LLC Former Editor of the, RawHide Gazette, for the Puget Sound Leather Artisans Co-Op, 25 years of doing it was enough...
Members tonyc1 Posted November 15, 2008 Members Report Posted November 15, 2008 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? Quote
Members celticleather Posted November 16, 2008 Author Members Report Posted November 16, 2008 Three or four points! Quote When everyone is somebody, then no one's anybody
Members rawhide1 Posted November 17, 2008 Members Report Posted November 17, 2008 (edited) 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 Quote
Members calanneh Posted November 17, 2008 Members Report Posted November 17, 2008 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....... ----------------- 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 Quote William Tandy Store #17 800-772-2629 Union City, CA
mendedbowl Posted November 17, 2008 Report Posted November 17, 2008 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 Quote
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