Sword Injury(Warning SLightly Graphic)
Mar 6, 2014 6:43:14 GMT
Post by jonatron5 on Mar 6, 2014 6:43:14 GMT
Well long story short I feel like a dumb**s.
I was going to sharpen my katana and I proceeded to disassemble it. The mekugi(pegs) both came out without trouble. I then proceeded to ding do that tap method everyone's seen where you cross your arm and hold the tsuka (hilt) in one hand and hit your forearm forcing the tsuka free. Well My sword has never been disassembled before, so as you may guess it was stuck incredibly tight. For fear of bending the tsuba (handguard) I lightly tapped it with a hammer trying to dislodge it but to no avail. Finally I proceeded to do one of the dumbest things I've ever thought to do.
I took a cloth and wrapped it around the blade grabbed it with my left hand and held the tsuka with my right hand and tried to forcibly pull the blade out of the hilt.
I think we can all see where this is leading. Sure enough my grip slipped and in one swift motion my hand protected only by a thin cloth slid down the sharp side of the blade which cut through the cloth and then a third of the way through my thumb.
The minute IT happened I knew I had screwed up. I set the sword down and looked down at my hand to see this( WARNING SLIGHTLY GRAPHIC)
s1312.photobucket.com/user/deal4 ... 1.jpg.html
That same rag I was holding served the virtue of readily being able to sop up the blood. It really didn't bleed that badly because I got pressure onto it quickly. I had a friend drive me to the hospital where I got 5 stitches as seen here.
s1312.photobucket.com/user/deal4 ... sort=3&o=0
long story short IM fine my thumb is making a full recovery I do have some numbness in the tip of my thumb and may or may not have permanent nerve damage from it.
BUT MORALE OF THE STORY
Be patient with your sword it can easily hurt you!
it is still a weapon!
Remember mine did that and its in need of sharpening....
Also I never got the sword disassembled and it remains as sharp as it was, wich for me might be a good thing.
I was going to sharpen my katana and I proceeded to disassemble it. The mekugi(pegs) both came out without trouble. I then proceeded to ding do that tap method everyone's seen where you cross your arm and hold the tsuka (hilt) in one hand and hit your forearm forcing the tsuka free. Well My sword has never been disassembled before, so as you may guess it was stuck incredibly tight. For fear of bending the tsuba (handguard) I lightly tapped it with a hammer trying to dislodge it but to no avail. Finally I proceeded to do one of the dumbest things I've ever thought to do.
I took a cloth and wrapped it around the blade grabbed it with my left hand and held the tsuka with my right hand and tried to forcibly pull the blade out of the hilt.
I think we can all see where this is leading. Sure enough my grip slipped and in one swift motion my hand protected only by a thin cloth slid down the sharp side of the blade which cut through the cloth and then a third of the way through my thumb.
The minute IT happened I knew I had screwed up. I set the sword down and looked down at my hand to see this( WARNING SLIGHTLY GRAPHIC)
s1312.photobucket.com/user/deal4 ... 1.jpg.html
That same rag I was holding served the virtue of readily being able to sop up the blood. It really didn't bleed that badly because I got pressure onto it quickly. I had a friend drive me to the hospital where I got 5 stitches as seen here.
s1312.photobucket.com/user/deal4 ... sort=3&o=0
long story short IM fine my thumb is making a full recovery I do have some numbness in the tip of my thumb and may or may not have permanent nerve damage from it.
BUT MORALE OF THE STORY
Be patient with your sword it can easily hurt you!
it is still a weapon!
Remember mine did that and its in need of sharpening....
Also I never got the sword disassembled and it remains as sharp as it was, wich for me might be a good thing.