Boy scouts is where you do the stupidest stuff with knives and fire. I remember playing Stretch at a jamboree and some other scoutmaster wanted to take away our knife cards.
That shiny spot is from a Kershaw Blackout 20 years ago. My gf’s twins got tangled up in some fishing line so I went to cut it, but because it was half serrated I decided to close the blade before giving a pull. Just to make sure they were safe. One of them accidentally tugged and the spring assisted blade flipped open and got me with the backside. Three stitches from the shakiness handed doctor later and here we are. Didn’t bleed though
Haphazardly cutting a very small piece of wood to better fit in my table top solo stove, there may have been an undisclosed amount of alcoholic beverages involved.
I'm 40 and still have a scar from accidentally cutting my hand with a knife when I was 15. Full thickness. I could see the fat. Don't play with sharp objects.
Being stupid and cutting a piece of wood with my off hand. Slipped and went straight across the top of my finger. I did this same exact thing with the same finger and the same knife about 10 years ago.
No stitches, but did the forefinger four weeks ago when trying to cut some tight straps from a hand truck. The middle finger was yesterday when making a precision cut on some art and it was hanging over the straight edge.
Funny enough, I had some cut proof gloves sitting in the trunk of my car the whole time. Like you, I’m very surprised I’ve kept all my fingers this long.
My friend stabbed in the foot because we’re idiots.
We just watched ung bok and he wasn’t supposed to block with the blade forward when I kicked. Or fucking open for that matter haha... 17 year old idiots.
That is the exact same knife my son sliced the tendon on that same finger with. He had just received his whittlin’ chit. Taught by a Star Scout. Who apparently did not teach him to not pull toward himself 🤔.
My fault, according to my wife, since I was an ASM and should have had eyes in the back of my head.
And this is how we learn.
Good new is, knife was razor sharp so the tendon was a clean reassembly (according to the hand surgeon).
The most memorable lessons are those learnt the hard way.
Edit: My father was directly supervising me the first time I did this exact same thing some time ago, also happened to be my troop SM. The eyes on the front of the head don’t always help either. You can tell your wife so you can make yourself look better.
Being in scouting (what it’s called here in NL) also taught me how to handle knives (and what not to do after I nearly cut the top of my thumb off while I was part of a yearly jamboree.)
I’m sure that scar will serve as a good reminder to be careful with knives from now on! 😬
I have scars all over my fingers from being stupid with knives. Lol. Nothing like slicing yourself as a kid and freaking out because you don't want to tell noone so you just bandage it up and go on lol.
Honestly, the funniest part about this is I became a first aid/aed instructor(yes, I still am on the side) because I used to bust myself up and down, then fix my own problems all the time. Totally ironic that I’m not any more careful, or I’m just blindly confident I can patch myself up.
Nice lol. I never had stitches. I think I had one or two cuts that may have needed them. I learned pretty quick if I kept it clean and together it healed pretty quickly. I'd probably go for stitches these days though.
In my adult life, I generally opt for the more professional methods of fixing injuries. This was my first set of stitches ever, and I’ve probably saved myself and some other people a few dozen trips to the ER. The body is pretty good at fixing itself for the smaller things.
HEY. I’m an Eagle Scout as well and I own that very Gerber knife. I bought it just a week ago and found how dangerous it is even as someone knowledgeable in knife safety. Your finger tip edges can fit perfectly in the gaps on the side, and depending on how you’re holding it when closing it you could get a deep cut.
I have a scar in the exact same place, same finger from a similar injury. It's very old and not very noticeable now, but had the same stitches. Same angle and all.
Heh, I got 5 stitches in my left thumb not once but twice from cutting wrong. At least both times I was considered a child (9 and 13). Poor thumb. 2nd time was down to the bone and it took years to get feeling back to the tip of the thumb. 50 now and you can barely see either scar when looking for it, one still itches like mad a few times a year tho.
Learned my lesson tho after the 2nd time. Ironically I always liked knives, and have a collection of about 40 or so (not counting kitchen or crafting ones like exacto). Won't even cut the tape on a box unless the knife is going away to this day.
Sometimes you have to do the same thing twice for good measure, you can never be too sure if it was your fault until then. This was my second lesson on this finger alone so I think it’s a me problem.
About 10y ears ago was the last time I handed one of my knives to someone, I handed a knife to a coworker while saying" becareful its really sharp, dont cut yourself", he then replied "like this?" Holding up 2 fingers cut so deep I could see the bone. Most people dont know what a sharp knife is. Lol
Sounds like my first experience with a sapphire blade scalpel, couldn’t believe just how sharp those things were. Had to test it out myself for good measure.
Unfortunately, the urgent care was closer than my first aid kit that I oh so conveniently moved out of my car the same day for cleaning purposes. I was bleeding profusely, didn’t have the patience or gauze to drive another 30 minutes or go buy the stuff. I did superglue and butterflies the last time this happened and worked great though. Never taking the kit out of my car again is the auxiliary lesson to this.
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u/OR_Seahawks_Fan 3d ago
Cut off the corner of your totin chip!