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Post by Jayhawk on Jul 7, 2015 14:02:48 GMT
So, at about 10 pm on July 4th, I had the brilliant idea to tighten fittings on the scabbard of my new jian. The brass fittings are held in place by brass brads, and I was pushing hard on one with a broad blade regular screw driver hoping to bend it a bit. Well, that was simply a bad idea, the scew driver slipped and I stabbed myself in the webbing between my thumb and index finger. Luckily, the screw driver blade twisted ninety degrees as it plunged 1/4" into my flesh. When I pulled it out there was a hole big enough to stick a chop stick in...well until the blood started pouring out, which filled the hole nicely. So off to the emergency room, got five stitches to go along with my very first sword related injury. Who knew even the scabbard was dangerous? Anyone else have any stupid self inflicted wounds related to your sword but not involving the blade at all? Eric
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Post by JGonzalez on Jul 7, 2015 14:23:36 GMT
Glad you're OK Dude. Ouch though
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Post by Jayhawk on Jul 7, 2015 14:30:56 GMT
Thanks. I had a band gig the next day (I am in an Irish band). Luckily I was still able to play even though it was painful. It is feeling much better as of today. I am pretty lucky it didn't hit anything but a big piece of soft tissue.
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Post by L Driggers (fallen) on Jul 7, 2015 17:26:14 GMT
The pointy end goes in the other guy. Sorry I had to say it, heal up fast.
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Post by Jayhawk on Jul 7, 2015 18:17:44 GMT
The pointy end goes in the other guy. Sorry I had to say it, heal up fast. Your post made me laugh, but also got me thinking considering the damage I did to myself with a screw driver. Maybe we should all drop the sword collecting and take up screw driver collecting. Just think of the money we could save! Screwdriver: Craftsman Standard Lenght: 12 inches Weight: About 8 ounces Blade: 9 inches long, round body to a 1/4 inch flat tip. Heat treated alloy blade. Hilt: Fine red, blue and clear polymer with elegant ridges to increase grip. Cutting Test: 1/4 " into left hand with twisting motion. Useful for a zombie apocolypse. LOL.
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Post by MOK on Jul 7, 2015 21:09:28 GMT
Ouch! And right where it gets in the way every time you need to use the hand, too... I put a crosshead screwdriver clean through the webbing between my right thumb and index finger as a kid, taking apart a broken TV - not trying to fix it or anything, just taking it apart to see what all the weird thingamajigs inside looked like. Didn't get stitches or even think of seeing a doctor, I just put two band-aids on it and slept it off. ...which is probably why to this day I still have the nice cross-shaped scar from the exit wound.
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Post by Jayhawk on Jul 7, 2015 21:26:24 GMT
Ouch! All the way through would be freaky. Mine went in at an angle so it could only go deeper into my hand.
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Post by Daigoro on Jul 8, 2015 2:53:50 GMT
The pointy end goes in the other guy. Sorry I had to say it, heal up fast. Your post made me laugh, but also got me thinking considering the damage I did to myself with a screw driver. Maybe we should all drop the sword collecting and take up screw driver collecting. Just think of the money we could save! But then we would want bigger & longer screwdrivers. Next, someone would the sharpen the length of their screwdriver. Then, someone would add a guard. And eventually we would be back where we started!
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Post by Jayhawk on Jul 8, 2015 3:48:27 GMT
Too true Diagoro, too true. :-)
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Post by L Driggers (fallen) on Jul 8, 2015 4:40:46 GMT
Put me in for a tactical and ninja screwdriver.
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Post by Croccifixio on Jul 8, 2015 5:04:57 GMT
I'm more a fan of historically accurate screwdrivers with correct tapers and no secondary bevel. It's the handling, really.
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Post by svante on Jul 8, 2015 5:49:19 GMT
Every now and again i need to re-wax a 15th century sword at the museum which cuts me every single time, the complex guard and lower part of the blade are disposed in a way i need to put my finger between a branch and the blade, it is still sharp after 500 years, it has no extra bevel than the primary and still pushes aggressively into skin, every time i think i wont get cut and every time it happens at which point i wonder why anybody would even sharpen that portion of the blade...
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Post by Croccifixio on Jul 8, 2015 7:57:14 GMT
Perhaps it was a reused blade?
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Post by Scott on Jul 8, 2015 8:17:11 GMT
Best screwdrivers under $3 anyone?
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Post by Jayhawk on Jul 8, 2015 10:44:00 GMT
Every now and again i need to re-wax a 15th century sword at the museum which cuts me every single time, the complex guard and lower part of the blade are disposed in a way i need to put my finger between a branch and the blade, it is still sharp after 500 years, it has no extra bevel than the primary and still pushes aggressively into skin, every time i think i wont get cut and every time it happens at which point i wonder why anybody would even sharpen that portion of the blade...??? Perhaps it was Nostradamus' sword and he already knew he wanted to torment you? LOL. Seriously though, I was thinking the exact same thing - why sharpen than low? Cool job to have BTW!
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Post by freq on Jul 9, 2015 5:59:12 GMT
i present the evolution of the screwdriver left to right "traditional", middle modern "toolbox hanger", right modern "tactical" (rofl)
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