Travis Fry
Well-Known Member
Confession time. I've almost finished my 34th knife, and though I've escaped the making of a few completely intact, usually I do something dumb that calls for bandaids. On average, I think I've got 5 or 6 bloodless knives to go before I can say that I'm ahead. Here are some of the dumb things I've done to loose skin and blood in the knife shop:
-Hitting my finger with a hammer while tapping in pins (today)
-holding on to a blade barehanded or without clamps on the drill press (I won't mention how many times...)
-holding on to a piece of guard material barehanded or without clamps on the drill press (detecting a theme?)
-drilling my finger while holding something while using the drill press
-slicing myself on metal curls from 304 stainless on the drill press
-impaling my finger with drill bit shards from a bit eaten by 304 stainless on the drill press
-grinding my knuckles on a moving belt
-grinding my arm on a moving belt
-cutting fingertips on the side of a moving belt
-slicing my finger with the tip of a blade while hand polishing
-catching my hand on a blade that was clamped in the vise (that one could have used stitches)
-hitting my finger with a hammer while peening pins
-rolling my finger under a bolster I was lapping flat on my granite plate and abrading it with 80 grit sandpaper
-skimming my fingernails on a belt and cutting into the quick
-burns from sparks of all kinds from various sources
-picking up hot tongs with bare hands
-large metal shavings in bare feet
-popping blisters acquired while drawing out some wrought iron
That's all I can think of at the moment. Oddly, cutting myself with a sharp knife is not on the list, and after composing this, it seems my drill press is my most dangerous tool. Anyone else got a list like mine?
-Hitting my finger with a hammer while tapping in pins (today)
-holding on to a blade barehanded or without clamps on the drill press (I won't mention how many times...)
-holding on to a piece of guard material barehanded or without clamps on the drill press (detecting a theme?)
-drilling my finger while holding something while using the drill press
-slicing myself on metal curls from 304 stainless on the drill press
-impaling my finger with drill bit shards from a bit eaten by 304 stainless on the drill press
-grinding my knuckles on a moving belt
-grinding my arm on a moving belt
-cutting fingertips on the side of a moving belt
-slicing my finger with the tip of a blade while hand polishing
-catching my hand on a blade that was clamped in the vise (that one could have used stitches)
-hitting my finger with a hammer while peening pins
-rolling my finger under a bolster I was lapping flat on my granite plate and abrading it with 80 grit sandpaper
-skimming my fingernails on a belt and cutting into the quick
-burns from sparks of all kinds from various sources
-picking up hot tongs with bare hands
-large metal shavings in bare feet
-popping blisters acquired while drawing out some wrought iron
That's all I can think of at the moment. Oddly, cutting myself with a sharp knife is not on the list, and after composing this, it seems my drill press is my most dangerous tool. Anyone else got a list like mine?