Careful with that leatherman.......
- Thread starter tedw
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Well I can only sympathise.
When I was a kid my bro stabbed me in the head with a small gardening fork!!
OUCH!
By the way the picture of the kid front on doesn't look real and he didn't seem to have any scarring. Very strange.
When I was a kid my bro stabbed me in the head with a small gardening fork!!
OUCH!
By the way the picture of the kid front on doesn't look real and he didn't seem to have any scarring. Very strange.
:yikes: Years ago me and my brother trying out our earlier bushcrafting skill had made 2No bamboo cane bows with the arrows fabricated from some glass fibre kite poles.
All was going well until my brother buried an arrow 2cm into my left thigh. :yikes:
Did't hurt half as much as the beating we received from dad.
What did the scout leader think he was doing throwing the thing in the first place? I can understand his eagerness to react and help the other lad who had tripped but to throw (rather than to simply drop) an opened knife is a really really silly thing to do, and even more stupid to do so with others around him who might (just might, you understand) manage to catch it with their heads! Chucking a knife around without knowing where it's going is akin to discharging a firearm without looking to see where the thing is pointed.
bambodoggy
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
We have two major rules in the Bushcraft club I belong too and camp regularly with:
1) No sharps to be used after drinking alcohol (not relevant here I know)
2) No sharps to be used after dark (very relevant here)
What you do on your own trips is up to you but for group camp bushcrafting I think these are both very important rules and have served us well as we haven't had an accidents of this or similar type since we started the group over a year ago.
Just my thoughts,
Bam.
1) No sharps to be used after drinking alcohol (not relevant here I know)
2) No sharps to be used after dark (very relevant here)
What you do on your own trips is up to you but for group camp bushcrafting I think these are both very important rules and have served us well as we haven't had an accidents of this or similar type since we started the group over a year ago.
Just my thoughts,
Bam.
Lol. 
Hmmm, sounds rather like they were messing about to me, why carry an open knife to rake leaves?
I'd have thought you have to throw that pretty hard to cause such damage.
As Bamboodoggy said when camping in a group a few basic rules are a very wise thing.
I'd have thought you have to throw that pretty hard to cause such damage.
As Bamboodoggy said when camping in a group a few basic rules are a very wise thing.
From the pictures, it looks like a Leatherman Micra. I'm amazed that the blade on one of those things could get through bone - always thought they were a bit flimsy and poor quality. I will have new respect for them now!
That knife must have been thrown with some force ....
That knife must have been thrown with some force ....
Longstrider said:
From what I have heard elsewhere, he DID drop it, but it caught in his shirt(or jacket) sleeve and got tossed by his sudden movement to catch the other scout...
bambodoggy said:We have two major rules in the Bushcraft club I belong too and camp regularly with:
1) No sharps to be used after drinking alcohol (not relevant here I know)
2) No sharps to be used after dark (very relevant here)
What you do on your own trips is up to you but for group camp bushcrafting I think these are both very important rules and have served us well as we haven't had an accidents of this or similar type since we started the group over a year ago.
Just my thoughts,
Bam.
You do no cooking after dark???
bambodoggy
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
jamesraykenney said:
Why would I cook after dark? Surely an experienced bushcrafter arrives at camp in plenty of time to set up camp and eat before it gets dark?
I don't often make time to sweep leaves before dark though.
Bam.
