The beast lurked silently, its mighty jaw filled with horrid teeth...

[Carlos]

For a while now I think I've been one of the last, if not the last Spydernut that had not yet been cut by a Spyderco in use. Perhaps it was just luck, or the good knife handling habits developed after working as a chef for several years.



So now that Spring is in full swing, it was time to take the Matriarch out of hibernation, as a back up on those evening walks or just going out to smoke a pipe. Well, I pulled it out of the knife case, opened it, looked it over, then closed it. Being accustomed to the linerlocks which I use day-to-day, I was not prepared for the blade to snap shut under the force of the lockback's spring -- and that is when she got me. <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>



Only a slight pinch from one tooth, but enough to draw just a tiny bit of blood. But the significance is mainly symbolic: I too have been blooded. <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>



Anyone else out there feel the bite recently?

[vampyrewolf]

2 weeks ago...
I was cutting boxes apart with my cricket and, unused to liner-lock, moved my finger wrong... I hit the inner curve, and one tooth on the serrations, and kept going before I noticed... good thing it deflected. It barely drew blood, but enough for me to learn how to handle a liner-lock.

[Leo Daher]

Not recently, but when my Matriarch bit me, it drew much more than a tiny bit... Suffice to say that, when I came back from getting stitches, the room where I cut myself reeked of blood. Nasty...

And I was also a cook for some years. It happened cause I was somewhat sleepy (it was late at night) and careless while doing some manipulations. That and the fact that I wasn't used to the blade profile yet, I guess.
One thing I know now for sure: it works...

Leo

[John Puckett]

Just yesterday I cut myself with my Delica. I had it out and used it and was closing it to put it away and I was talking at the same time and stabbed it in my index finger. It didn't bleed that bad, just a little.

[dcjs]

I just drew a tiny bit of blood from my legft palm... probably shouldn't have been playing with that wonderful razor-sharp military this time of the night while reading this wonderful forum <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>.

regards,

dcjs

Edited by - dcjs on 4/16/2001 4:10:00 PM

[chinook]

I have found there is no graceful way to break a bone or cut yourself while playing with a knife.

(and no, I won't tell how I jammed a quarter inch of Calypso tip thru the polishing cloth into my leg)

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[sam the man..]

Offered Bram a band-aid when he demonstrated a live Gunting at the NY Custom Knife Show last year... <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle> Used the ladybug to make an incision on my right knee to remove damaged tissue and some abscess... <img src="sad.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>

Sam

have spydies will travel

[Jazzman]

I got a nasty cut from my mini AFCK the other day when I was sharpening it. I guess I wasn't paying as close of attention as I thought I was. I caught my self between my index and middle fingers. It hurt like heck too.
OUch,
Matt

[vampyrewolf]

jazzman&gt; I think I remember injuring myself there once... If I'm right it hurt like a... well, you know what I mean...

[copilotboy]

due to the fact that i received my first spyderco yesterday, i have not yet been cut by it. my goal is to see how long i can go.

when i got my timberline vallotten locking liner a few months ago, i did accidentally snap it shut on my finger and one of the teeth drew a dot of blood.

[Mancer]

Yeah my Matriarch bit me aswell, had just got it, opened her up and had a good look rubbing my finger lightly along the blade, I though to myself, &quot;this aint that sharp&quot; and before closing it rubbed my left index nuckle on it to the side, closed it and went off to get something to drink, while sulking cause it wasnt &quot;scary sharp&quot; I looked down and saw blood running down my knuckle, not a very bad cut, but she bit me for doubtin her.

Seeya

MaNcEr

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