[Blake Lunsford]

Well, I got so busy chipping away at a new santa that I somehow ended up splitting my pointer finger on my right hand. I'm still unsure how it happened because I was cutting with that hand. It was pretty deep as you may be able to tell from the picture. I've told my wife that it just comes with the territory. I guess it is a good thing I recieved some of those "case" bandaids at the Charlotte show. I should be back at carving sometime over the weekend...I'm a little wounded, but the fire still burns.......

Wear your gloves, sharpen your tools, and be careful! I definitely messed up somewhere!

Blake

[decoycarve]

Hey at least you still have all ten. I joined the 9 1/2 club a few years ago. Bandsaws, decoy bodys, long story but its good bragging rights when we all sit around and whittle. I was scheduled to do a carving demo at the Harve De Grace decoy museum a week after the mishap. No body thought I would show up. I did and I carved. One of the old decoy carvers asked how I cut my thumb " Band saw I bet they will get that left thumb every time" as he showed me the nub of a thumb he had left. " Still carvin I see your'e one of the good ole boys now" It seems like they taught me a lot more of the tricks after that.
Go Team
Keep on carvin,
Goody

[Lightningbolt]

Ouch! And right at the nerve endings on the finger tip... now that's gotta hurt. Sometimes it happens to even those of us who are normally very safe carver's.

[Blake Lunsford]

Yeah, it definitely seems a little more tender than a normal cut would. I probably could have stood some stitches, but I just held it until the bleeding stopped.....ouch is right!

Blake

[whitecree]

Funny, I almost never get cut on a fingertip. Now, down around the fleshy side part of the hand is another story...