Thank God It Wasn't A Slick

One consequence of learning to get your tools real sharp are the injuries that result when you slip up. And, yep, using primarily hand tools doesn't mean that you will completely avoid injury. That these will not likely be life threatening or result in missing limbs (or digits) is but small consolation when it is the middle of the night and you find yourself limping towards the bathroom and the Wound Management Kit.

 
From:  Tom Price
To:    OldTools
 
Adam wrote:
 
>What do YOU do when you are rushing, chopping out dovetails, and you
>accidentally push your surgically sharp 10mm Hirsch bevel edge chisel into
>your thumb?
>
>Well I don't know about YOU, but I write my friends on Old Tools so they can
>laugh at me for being so careless.
 
Finally ran out of luck tonight and had a chisel land on my toe. I was 
paring a chisel handle (to fit in a socket of a 'Bailey Sag Harbor' 
paring chisel) and set down the chisel I was using on the bench. I 
promptly knocked the _real sharp_ chisel off the bench and gravity did 
the usual with the heavy part of the chisel, edge first, landing on my 
toe. Didn't even have time to react. Of course I was wearing sock 
slippers and socks and the chisel went through those like they were 
tissue paper. Also went through my toenail which did slow it up some. I 
expect leather shoes would have been a help here.
 
The family unit was asleep and was spared an outburst of profanity that 
Buzz The Shop Cat got an earful of. He got the h*ll out of that basement 
in record time, I'll tell you that. That boy can move.
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Tom Price
Bleeds On Tools

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