you're always told to keep your hand behind the blade when cutting, and thats what i tell people too, but i forgot to do it today, and it was only a small nick
keep your hand behind the blade!
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Looking at the segs on your hands I assume you did that whilst cross stitching 
Was it a small prick
Was it a small prick
its less than 10mm across but it bled like hell!
i like to think i am very safety conscious and did it cleaning out the top of a stanley knife with the blade out using a braddle
i like to think i am very safety conscious and did it cleaning out the top of a stanley knife with the blade out using a braddle
not as bad as the one i did with a stanley knife!
#dont look if you are squeemish!#
http://www.flickr.com/photos/derv1980/533432226/
#dont look if you are squeemish!#
http://www.flickr.com/photos/derv1980/533432226/
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very ouch! i hope we've both learned enough not to do it again!
The same applies to mini angle grinders...
That was a great trip to A&E.
That was a great trip to A&E.
Good oll stanleys dont you just love em, i went across the tops of three knuckles stripping cable....that hurt, then only a few weeks ago i was opening a bag of coal with a gardening lock knife.....slipped and punched myself in the chin....only i forgot to let go of the knife...three stitches in chin.
no pics but...
it was 11pm last January, I could feel a draft and discovered that the window was missing a plastic shim under the catch to pull it tight shut. Hmm, I thought - I've got a plank handy, I'll just shave off a piece of wood with my stanley knife and wedge that behind the catch...I was cutting away from myself with one hand on top of the plank but then for some reason I reversed the blade and cut towrds myself.
As could be predicted the piece I was cutting out suddenly came free and the stanley knife went straight into the top side of my index finger about 3/4 of an inch from the knuckle and ran up the bone to the knuckle.
End result I had nearly an inch of finger bone visible including the end of the bone in the knuckle and completely severed the extensor tendon.
Now I don't do any DIY past 7pm...when you're tired you make stupid mistakes.
it was 11pm last January, I could feel a draft and discovered that the window was missing a plastic shim under the catch to pull it tight shut. Hmm, I thought - I've got a plank handy, I'll just shave off a piece of wood with my stanley knife and wedge that behind the catch...I was cutting away from myself with one hand on top of the plank but then for some reason I reversed the blade and cut towrds myself.
As could be predicted the piece I was cutting out suddenly came free and the stanley knife went straight into the top side of my index finger about 3/4 of an inch from the knuckle and ran up the bone to the knuckle.
End result I had nearly an inch of finger bone visible including the end of the bone in the knuckle and completely severed the extensor tendon.
Now I don't do any DIY past 7pm...when you're tired you make stupid mistakes.
Oh the joy of youth and stanley knifes. I still bear the scar on my left thumb when I slipped ans severed the nerve. It took months for the nerve to regrow and it was a weird sensation to have no feeling in part of your body for a long time.
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Thanks guys, feeling sick now
I'm glad to hear it's not just me....
A long time ago now I was trimming a piece of plastic with a Stanley knife, towards me. The knife went through the piece and up the inside of my wrist, opening it up like it had been unzipped. At the hospital they thought it was fascinating - they got all the students in to have a look, and got me to wiggle each finger while they named each tendon they could see moving.
A long time ago now I was trimming a piece of plastic with a Stanley knife, towards me. The knife went through the piece and up the inside of my wrist, opening it up like it had been unzipped. At the hospital they thought it was fascinating - they got all the students in to have a look, and got me to wiggle each finger while they named each tendon they could see moving.
I've injured myself so many times now I find it almost amusing :/
Wrists, head, leg, arms.... oddly, most of them weren't down to lack of safety equipment.
Wrists, head, leg, arms.... oddly, most of them weren't down to lack of safety equipment.
So you are a fudge-packer then. lol
Worked in a rubber factory a few years ago, making mudflaps (deep joy!). We were issued with Stanley knives, carefully embossed at one end of the handle "caution, sharp edge"! No s**t Sherlock!
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