[wood-whittler]

let me tell you about my day, got up and got dressed went out to the garage to have a nice long day of carving, started on a carving and got to thinking i need to work on the neighbors birthday present that was due in october, had my glove on but didnt have my thumb on my knife hand wrapped up, yep you guessed it wood broke and sent a 2" ron wells blade right to the thumb filleted the meat back, got up wrapped it up ran to the neighbor ladies house beating and framming on the door dogs going crazy,she comes to the door and says WHATTTTTTTT thinking i am messing with her and i say we gotta go she says where we going i said to the e-room, so here we go i forgot about the cut for the ride but we got there, and 10 stitches later and some nice pain pills i am here to tell everyone

wear your thumb guards not just your glove but also a thumb guard.



sorry for rambling just had to tell the story.


bart

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

Geez sorry to hear that.....but?? I am having a hard time picturing how the knife hand got cut?

[wood-whittler]

hi-ho


i was pulling the knife toward my thumb,


bart

[Mitchell]

OUch!!!!

Don't see that much - that's what you get for carving with that machete you use!!!! JOKING of course.

Sorry to hear about the cut Bart. 10 stitches is a lot for a finger.

It's good that your neighbor was there to take care of ya. Suppose you are not gonna make it to work tonight - huh. You want me to take over your Christmas carving orders????

[wood-whittler]

mitchell,


luckily i am off work tonight, and i am caught up on the christmas orders,


bart

[Bob_in_TN]

Ouch!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry to hear that Bart, you take care.

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

ok....I don't carve towards my thumb...so wasn't thinking that way lol.....sorry.

[Callynne]

I'm sorry you learned such a hard lesson Bart!! I hope it heals up quickly!!

I go through lots of thumb guards, literally cutting through them, because I carve exactly how you said, towards my thumb. I've learned never to carve without one on....hmmmmm, guess it's safe to say you have too!

I'm sorry you got hurt, hopefully sharing your story will spare someone else from having the same thing happen to them! Thanks for sharing your pain with us....bet I'm not the only one who winced when they read it! Take care of yourself and again, I hope you heal very quickly, there's wood waiting! Deborah
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[Mottles]

Oh Know Bart! Yikkes...
Hope your doing better now, sorry to hear about your carving accident.
Kathy

[Lightningbolt]

10 stitches is a LOT for a finger and as I recall the most I've ever had in a finger was 7, back when I was trying to break apart two frozen chicken breasts with the butcher knife!! Guess that you'll have plenty of time to keep up with what everyone else is carving now

Thank's for reminding us to be safe and hope the healing is fast!