My little accident on the Woodlore Course!

[MandaPanda]

After receiving messages of sympathy and urges not to give up on bushcraft I have decided to show you that it's not too bad and I'm not going to give up!

I've had lots of jokes from friends regarding an "encounter with Zorro", am I going to "get 1, 3, 4 & 5 done too to help me count?" or did I get it "filleting a bug?" (hmmm people whose only experience is "I'm a Celebrity- Get Me Out of Here" I think!)




(I didn't cut it like that, the surgeon did when repairing my extensor tendon!)
Can't bend it properly yet but it's on the mend

 

[cowboy]

hope it heals up soon! I don't think there's a person on the forum who hasn't almost taken there finger off with a sharp knife!!

 

[Seoras]

Glad you are on the mend now and the Bushcraft bug is still there.

Could be the mark of Harry Potter instead of Zorro ;-)

Cheers

George

 

[Jinsin456]

You will regain your confidence soon again mate, I've cut myself a few times, nothing serious but the slightest of differences and it could have been really bad. The main thing is that you will have learnt a valuable lesson and it will ultimately make you better and safer with sharps.

Good to see that your finger is still attached though

 

[outdoorpaddy]

oooh mate, that looks a nasty one, well at least you get the zorro joke out of it hahah, thankfully I didn't cut myself with my knife when I was at woodlore and there was only one bleeding cut among the group. Which course were you doing?, I did the fundamental last summer and hoping to do campcraft next year, absolutely loved the fundamental mind you I did manage to cut myself on my bowdrill? Never did figure out how that worked

outdoorpaddy

 

[Barn Owl]

Happens to us all Manda.

Had a couple of nicks on both hands last week.

Probably manage some more when I get some puukkos this week. Lol

 

[Retired Member southey]

COOL scar!, they all carry lessons, Im still wondering what i will learn when i get the eagle eye action man scar on my face?

 

[JonathanD]

Welcome to the club Manda. It's the parangs you need to watch out for.

 

[JonathanD]

COOL scar!, they all carry lessons, Im still wondering what i will learn when i get the eagle eye action man scar on my face?

I got one of them.

 

[John Fenna]

COOL scar!, they all carry lessons, Im still wondering what i will learn when i get the eagle eye action man scar on my face?

I already got one of those!
I learned not to press so hard during cutting with a scalpel that when the cut is made the scalpel blade hits the cutting board with enough force that it snaps and the broken bit of blade flies back to lay open facial flesh!
Most of my knife scars are from scalpels from my model making days.... I also learned that a sharp blade is less likely to slip as it needs less pressure, that a sharp blade hurts less than a blunt one and that cuts from sharp blades heal faster with less scarring than a blunt one.
I never did learn to change blades sooner than later though.....

 

[dave53]

hi manda just think of it as a battle scar lol, glad your not giving up on bushcraft as for the stiffness lots of exercise when its better it will be fine then a bad lesson learned I'm sure,hope it heals soon regards dave

 

[Pandabean]

Looks nasty, but its all part of the game. Just another battle scar and makes an interesting story to tell to your workmates.
Hope it heals up nicely

 

[MandaPanda]

lol!
Thanks all...
Laughter is the best medicine after all!

 

[Nonsuch]

Left hand index finger! The GBSFA's favourite victim. I did mine in just the same place but not quite as badly. Never trusted my SFA since - hugely prefer the Scandinavian FA or the wildlife hatchet. They don't seem to like fingers so much!

 

[BoonDoc]

Getting a finger cut is like a right of passage for Bushcrafters. Hope it heals up nicely and you have full use of your fingers.

Cheers

 

[Kepis]

Next time there is a Sussex meet, you will have to come along and we can all compare index finger scars, glad to hear you are healing up well though.

Mark

 

[Toddy]

That could have been so much worse; glad it's not and that it's properly attended to.

We could put a lot of people off if we had a gallery of the gory wounds and scars

cheers,
Toddy

 

[Miyagi]

COOL scar!, they all carry lessons, Im still wondering what i will learn when i get the eagle eye action man scar on my face?

Are you admitting to wearing blue roll neck sweaters?

I got one of them.

Me too but age has faded it and it hides amongst the wrinkles now.

Mandapanda, when I was a trainee chef I cut myself loads of times, not too badly but they were awkward to work with till they healed.

All the best

Liam

 

[Retired Member southey]

And blue Y fronts with minimal gentleman veg!

Are you admitting to wearing blue roll neck sweaters?



Me too but age has faded it and it hides amongst the wrinkles now.

Mandapanda, when I was a trainee chef I cut myself loads of times, not too badly but they were awkward to work with till they healed.

All the best

Liam

 

[northumbrian]

u'll have a canny reminder there for next time,lol.
ive carved off chunks of all my left hand nuckles when i was a YTS trainee butcher and all the sympathy i got from the head butcher was ( " ive got a bigger cut on the end of my **** " ) what a charming man i worked for ! lol, hope ye heal well soon.

cheers andrew.