Thumb of a gun

[oldtravler61]

  While cutting out a gun stock for a new trade gun. With my skilled abilities. I managed to cut my left thumb down though the side of it near to the joint.  Luckily I have nerve damage in this hand. So I kept cutting because I didn't feel any sudden pain. Except for that red stuff ...freaked the wife out big time...Oh well S happens.... Oldtravler

[Daryl]

I hear ya. Me running water over a gash in the bathroom sink. Tracy says "how'd you cut youself" -  me  " I don't know,  it happens".

[Craig Wilcox]

Thanks to a table saw, my right middle finger is the same length as the adjoining fingers.

[Steeltrap]

Did ya ever think you would say the phrase "Lucky I have nerve damage"? 

[Majorjoel]

Mike, of you are familiar with the movie "The Red Violin", you will be happy that your DNA will outlast you well into who knows how long down the path of history!   

[Robby]

A little of my DNA goes into everything I do.
Robby

[axelp]

Every time I grab a power tool or a sharp hand tool, I asked myself (literally outloud) "Is this the day?" and then I envision what it might look like a step into the future... as I am taken to the ER with a limb wrapped in a bloody towel.

This ritual, before I start working, keeps me careful and less liable to go for those "shortcuts" that seem so innocent at the time but can literally change your life.

I love my chainsaw, but it scares the $#@* outta me.

K

[taterbug]

you know, i was wondering how some of you pro's were getting such a pleasing red tint in your stocks.

Kidding!  yep, gotta 'try' to be careful.  Cant' tell you how many times I've tried to catch a dropped chisel.  Usually right after I've just honed it again!  Thankfully I'm not as quick as I used to be, so dont 'catch' too many anymore

[smylee grouch]

My doctor told me I should write a book called " Hand Tools and The ER"or " The Bloody Truth About Hand Tools" .

[Steeltrap]

you know, i was wondering how some of you pro's were getting such a pleasing red tint in your stocks.

Kidding!  yep, gotta 'try' to be careful.  Cant' tell you how many times I've tried to catch a dropped chisel.  Usually right after I've just honed it again!  Thankfully I'm not as quick as I used to be, so dont 'catch' too many anymore

A friend of mine that I usually shoot with on Sundays had a job one summer in Alaska working on a fishing boat. He said it was the most physically demanding job he ever had.....and then he went to school.  But, my point is the knives they use are honed razor sharp for carving up fish. He said they were trained that when the knife slipped out of their hand, or otherwise was going to hit the floor, they were to rain their hands straight up.

He said after a few times, it was "normal" to do this. He said those knives were so sharp you could lose a finger or more if you caught it wrong. Let it hit the floor!!!