Never too old to learn!!

[TreeWizard]

When sitting with a bunch of carvers last week one of them mentioned a trick I'd never heard before but I had the chance to try it today and it was amazing.

If you, I mean when you, get the next cut or nick from your tool, sprinkle it with black pepper and it will coagulate immediately. Well I tried it today and low and behold it worked, no stinging like I got from a steptic pencil, and the bleeding stopped before I finished sprinkling the pepper on.

Live and learn.

[AL...]

Wonder where I can buy pepper in bulk? lol
Cheers
AL

[Eddy-Smiles]

Hey Paul! You goin' demonstrate that for us tomorrow?? Ha! Ha!

[idigjars]

Very cool tip. I would have thought it would sting also. Thanks for sharing this with us. Paul

[cut up]

My wife is gonna start wondering where all her pepper went. LOL!
Michael

[Terry Murphy]

It has a side effect of making you old!

[jimmy joe]

Sounds as if it would be worth a try . I would rather sneeze than bleed .

[WoodWhittlinWayne]

I'll have to try that out. Now if I can just figure out how to sneak the pepper shaker out of the kitchen without the wife seeing me...

[mobjack68]

Glad to hear the black pepper works for you....
Super Glue keeps me from making a mess with the ketchup or taking a side trip to the ER....then most of my misses are OOOPPPSS!!! rather than "nicks"...you know, put the tool down carefully and grab for a pressure point......

[Nomad]

Interesting tip. I'll have to give it a try. Thanks!

During the summer, I use yarrow. It grows right around the house here but it's a pretty common plant everywhere. Just mush up the leaves and apply to a cut and it works great.