Blood Sacrifice - A better glove needed

[billgage]

I want to just say that carving gloves need to have a serious redesign. There has to be someone who has developed one that will be less cumbersome, protect from cuts and even stabs.

I guess partially I am venting from my latest wound. Every time I think I have got myself the worse I will ever get I seem to be able top it. This time I was able to stab my carving knife most of the way in my hand, and now I can't feel half of the pinky on my left hand and I have to wait for another week to get the annoying stitches out and it hurts to press on my hand. Duh!

Anyhow, I own a glove and I should know better than to be carving without it, but my confidence level had gone up a bit too much and I stopped wearing it. But when I think about this stab, I don't think the glove would have stopped this one, and then I would have had to deal with getting it removed with a bunch of blood gushing out.

I will be going back to wearing it though. I don't want to take my chances of going back to the emergency room again. But I do wish someone would design a glove that is more slim fitting, the piece doesn't slip and are stab proof (at least across the palm). If anyone has a better preference that closely meet these requirements please let me know. I am searching the boards now, but most of the time I am seeing the familiar old meat cutters gloves.

Bill

[JJireh]

Sorry to hear of your injury Bill. Can I ask you what kind of tool you were using and what kind of cut were you making?

If they made a glove that were thin and protective, I might imagine ever using one, but i can't stand having anything on my hand... Hope you heal quickly and the feeling comes back.
Sean

[billgage]

I can't remember the name brand, but it has changeable blades. The blades seem to be of really good steel. I am still on the first blade, and I have used this knife for about 3 years, and stropping it usually retains the sharpness, which is really good.

I was holding a small chess piece and I really can't figure out how the knife slipped like it did because it seem to enter my palm almost from the side. It wasn't a paring cut or scoring cut, I am pretty sure it was a straight press cut into the piece. Really it was absurd, and I am still frustrated with myself for making such a silly mistake.

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

I can't tell you how many times we have heard, well, I have a glove but wasn't wearing it, or ....I just took it off and then decided to make one last cut lol......wear the glove!!! this being uncomfortable doesn't get it, in a short time you will not only be used to it but feel naked without it...The other half of the equation is to try and always be aware of where the knife blade is and where would it go if you slipped right now? Start thinking that and you will be surprised at how subconsciously you will start moving your hand out of harms way!

[TreeWizard]

billgage, could the knife you are talking about be from Warren cuttlery? They sell kits that have several blades and one handle in them.

[billgage]

> TreeWizard...
Yes it is a Warren, I knew it had a W in it.

> Hi Ho...
Also, I totally agree with being conscious of where the knife is and where it can go when it slips. That is what I tell others when I am teaching them. I think the issue is becoming over confident. And I think I am getting the idea that, no one will never be so good that they can't cut themselves accidentally.

[Preacher2nc]

I can definitely feel your pain. I am recovering from a slice to my left pointing finger from an Xacto blade....nope, no glove here either, but that is because I have been to lazy to buy one.

[Tom-H]

Bill, Why not take the time you have now, and work on developing a glove with more protection. If I remember right, Lynn D. wares an old glove that he modifies with masking tape. In my mind, I am thinking that the palm would be the easiest part of the hand to protect with a glove. Just glue a heavy piece of leather over the palm. The leather could even be preformed into a "cup" to hold the wood, when carving small.

Tom H

[chuckt]

How's that phrase go - "neccessity is the mother of invention"? I guess it may be easier said than done though. We need an ultra thin, ultra strong cut resistent material that can be woven into a glove.

Now where'd my Mithril mail glove go? (Lord of the Rings reference)

ChuckT

[Eddy-Smiles]

Bill... Harbour Frieght sells a cheap pair of gloves with an inside liner of kevlar. Like all the other kevlar gloves sold it's not much use against pokes and is only marginally useful against slices but it still provides some measure of protection at about half the weight of most carving gloves. I use a Rapala carving glove on my right hand to hold the project and will sometimes wear one of the Harbour freight gloves on my left hand when not wearing a thumb guard.