Comments on Profile Post by Deep Funk

Were it not for "the claw" posture when cutting, I would still only have most of my fingers.

Ouch! I've done similarly. Always fun to realize you've added an interesting source of iron to your food.

The blood only came out after I removed the blade. The blade edge was still clean. Now I understand why sharp knives are safer. Next up practising cutting techniques...

I personally learned a lot by taking a one-day knife skills course. Still not an expert by any means, but reduced accidents and increased efficiency by some margin. But yes, practice!

When building the crack I cut myself with a cutter, barely felt it. You can say it was a blood sacrifice.

@Superexchanger , you cut your fingers off cutting? I cut the tip of my thumb off a few years ago like that.

Kitchen knives scare the hell out of me. Reading this, I think I'm gonna order a cutting glove like they use at Chipotle.

It's all in the technique. Bent fingers away from the blade, using the flat between knuckles as a knife guide. Use the thumb at the back to push the food into the blade.

@sphinxvc I cut a chunk of a finger off once slicing labels off Ethernet cables working IT in college. We were wiring a lab for 36 hours straight during the weekend and I sleepily cut a chunk out of one index finger.

Damn, did you quit or you keep going like a G? Needless to say, I improvised and used my thumb like pancetta.

I didn't noticed outside of the pools of blood I was leaving behind when we turned on the lights. Once we were done I went to urgent care and they taped it up expecting it to fall off. 17 years later I've still got a weird numb lump on one finger.

@sphinxvc 17 years later it looks sort of normal and has shrunk a ton:

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@sphinxvc ah nah, was just goofin'. As @Syzygy nicely described, "the claw" keeps the delicates out harm's way. Worst thing ever happened to my finger was a removed fingernail from a ceiling fan installation. This is just a body horror thread now sorry guys.

A friend of mine owned his own independent urgent care. Years back a guy degloved his finger and the only solution was cutting off that part. Friend told hi go to the hospital. Guy was very blue collar without insurance and talked friend into doing it there. Friend went & bought some clippers at the hardware store and did it for him.

*shudders* I could never work in medicine.

Once while prepping avocados the pit broke in ½ flat with the surface of the fruit. So I gently tried to stab it with tip of the chef's knife. It wouldn't budge, so stabbed harder. It rotated, the knife went thru the fruit and into flesh just below the webbing of fingers 3 & 4. Hello urgent care.

Restaurants taught me to deal with burns well enough, but I don't like cuts.

Love to be a healthcare consumer with choices. Shop around. Discount amputation at Rick's Auto Body or reenact your own scene from Saw at independent urgent care? It's up to you!

Ha! My friend is also a rancher and I’ve found rancher-doctors to be a different breed. There’s an ob/gyn my wife worked with who is the biggest redneck & looks the part. He told my wife he was already delivering calves w/o going to school for it so he might as well make some money doing the same thing with human babies.