[BobD]

Rick,
For my own sanity (and my wife's ) what wound closers can be opened with one hand? I need to buy stock in them!
Bob

Bob,
I wish I could be more specific, but I used the only one I had last Sunday. Â*I was closing up shop after a woodcarving show;
while putting away the last tool (a 5/8' #9 gouge) I sliced my left thumb from the first joint to the second. Â*Not very deep, but what a bleeder!


I can tell you that I found that closure at the blood bank. Â*Instead of requiring you to locate the opening, you simply hold one end between your teeth and pull on the other end and it pops open.

I know the name includes the word 'Stat'

[BobD]

Actually, I find that I cut myself more on other carpentry projects than I do when carving...I must have cut myself four times adding on to my deck! My wife hates that because she usually has to come and doctor me up--my typical response it to wrap enough duct tape around the cut to stop the bleeding...but my wife disapproves of that

That is a good topic though. I'll see what I can do!

Bob

Bob, this is the easy open bandage.

STAT-STRIPâ„¢ ADHESIVE BANDAGES

Bob,

if your looking at doing some topics for review might I also suggest respirators? there is a wide range availale and that always leads to confusion. every now and then I hear mention of those paper disposable ones and few if any offer real protection. Far better are the canister types, but it is just as important that the right canister is used for the job at hand. Also, the respirator must fit the wearer, things like facial hair and shape and size of face can affect the fit. there might be times when a person would be wise to use a full face respirator for the additional protection of eyes and face. not many carvers would find a need but some toxic enviroments require supplied air or self contained breathing apparatus. hard to condense into a magazine article all the info OSHA devotes chapters to, but I think you'd be doing a great sevice to many of your readers that may think a bandana over the nose is all they need.

Dave

After a nice 1/2in stab wound to the left palm under the thumb 2months ago, six weeks to fully heal... I bought a set of carving gloves ..yes the knife hand can get cut too...and have been using them ever since..they may not be cut or stab proof..but for the money they will slow a knife down..I wished I had bought them sooner

Bill from PA

[Donna_T]

And if you're reviewing carving gloves, include the length of them. I like the ones that come up past my wrist for 2-3 inches to protect that tender area, too, instead of just stopping at the heel of my hand.
Donna T

I use a carving glove religiously. I still have had some puncture wounds but nothing serious. I was recently at a carving class and an older woman dropped her carving knife and it went into her foot clear to the hilt. She was wearing sandals. She bled profusely. I had a roll of Johnson and Johnson self adhesive bandage that was hypo allorgenic. It was the only thing that was able to stop the bleeding. We wrapped it completely around her foot. She was transported to the hospital and had 6 stitches. I have bought another roll just in case and keep it with me when I am carving.

[Kenny_S]

Not to Glove or to Glove, That IS the question. :
Anyways, I have posted this once before but deem for it to be posted again. I have carved off and on for many many years. Never wore a glove till they first came out due to sharpening a friends carving knife(he couldn't) and then giving him a walnut blank to carve( he just started carving). About 6;30 that evening, I recieved a call from him to come over and look at his carving. When I arrived at his hom, I notice blood on the sidewalk and a trail leading to his froont door. Never though anything about it as his sons geot hurt often.
I rang the door bell and heard he say come in. He was sitting with his left hand up and bandaged down to his wrist. The knife slipped and cut his thumb and his plam. It took 21 stiches and several weeks to heal. He hasn't carved since that 1993 injury. Plus he still does not have any feeling in his indwx and middle fingure.
I watched a veteren carver teach a 10 year old how to carve and the Carver said to me that a little bleeding teaches the youngster how to control the knife after a serious cut. HOW PROFOUND.
To Glove or not to GLOVE? I know the answer.
JMHO