If you're not careful you wind up with a desk that looks like this. With the aid of my wife I was able to get things patched up before I passed out from seeing my own blood. The last few years I've been very squeamish about the sight of my own blood. My ears start to ring, my forehead gets sweaty, my vision fades, my hands start shaking and my knees get wobbly. Pretty exciting stuff. I think I'll wait to work on my Orks until I get some newer X-Acto blades.
Wow. How did you manage to do that? Looks like it had to be fairly deep, to get that kind of spray and splash...
ReplyDeleteYick. That looks nasty. Stitches?
ReplyDeleteDear Raz
ReplyDeleteI have twice been into A&E courtesy of my hobby knife. The first time was when I could not stop the bleeding. The second, when I chopped off the tip of my thumb. I try to avoid using knives whereever possible now.
John
SOrry to hear it chief...
ReplyDeleteThe most number of collective stitches I've received in my life have all been because of x-acto knives, all while modelling.
yucky poo.thats a lot of blood.
ReplyDeleteI got intimate with my craft knife way back when I started in the hobby. I cut through a nerve in my finger and the blade got stuck in the bone...ugh!
ReplyDelete25 years later and I still have no feeling in the tip of my finger. We all do it eventually, and it's nearly always messy.
Hope the hand heals quick.
I just applied too much pressure with the blade, and when it slipped it went right into my finger. There was a lot of blood, but I think the splatter was just me trying to hold it over the paper towel while my wife got a towel. It wasn't squirting out like a geyser or anything.
ReplyDeleteNo stitches or medical care, although I have considered it. Whenever I accidentally put pressure on it there is some pretty solid pain and if I use the hand too much it bleeds a little. But for the most part I think it's okay. There will certainly be a scar though.
So they were able to sew it back on then?
ReplyDeleteMy wife actually got me the overpriced gw clippers when she was shopping at an independent store for my birthday 1 year. She told the owner that I kept cutting myself getting the plastics off the frames. So he sold her one.
ReplyDeleteWhile I could have gotten them cheaper at a hardware store they do work and have cut down the blood loss considerable. Still the ocassional event but nothing major. Also usually happen because I have been lazy with changing the blade and it does not cut stuff as well requiring the dreaded more pressure.
It looks real scary, all that red stuff. But it sounds like you better get used to it! The gw clippers seem the way to go. Glad you still have use of all your limbs!!
ReplyDeleteYikes - that doesn't look like it was fun. I hope your wound is healing and you've come up with a much more exciting story to explain the scar, perhaps fending off a bear or shark attack?
ReplyDeleteI think we've all had similar bench mishaps. The worst one I had was particularly silly - my knife rolled of the edge of the table and, reflexively, I move my foot to break it's fall. Unfortunately it was falling blade first and I had flip flops on - ouch!
jmilesr's story = my favorite
ReplyDeleteI cut my hand on a toilet.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, (sigh) it is true. Ask your wife.