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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2008 10:55:49 GMT
That is nasty he is very lucky to even make it to the road let alone catching the eye,s of two Ladies walking up the road who happen to be nurses FEW thank god for that. Hope he has heeled with out any further surgery. This is a very good lesson for all sword users to check and double check the object you are about to cut and take care not to over swing or glance of the object you are planning to cut,yes it would be wise to have some one to watch out for each other and the first aid kit definitely.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2008 8:31:30 GMT
Well, this may be blasphemy to say this here, but unless you are going to use a sword for defense (and you very well may count on doing that one day) it's not a wholly bad idea to consider keeping your sword unsharpened, or at least not razor sharp. It's still going to be a fine object representing strength and ferocity, and will go on being a thing of beauty that you can be proud to own.
The other thing is, visitors to your home will probably want to pick up your sword and handle it. In spite of you warning them to be very careful in doing so if the sword's blade is live, most are not going to really understand how easily a sword can cut because they've never seen one in action and aren't used to handling them. An accidental cut is harder to make with a sword that isn't intentionally kept very sharp.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2008 4:47:01 GMT
In the history of humankind, a sword is not made for wall hanger or tameshigiri practice. It is made for killing. To invade a nation or to protect the lives of the people by the blade. King Richard the Lionheart, a king of England never says to his men, "Hey, give me tatami omote 12 roll, I'm going to test my sword!" sword is really really not a toy. It can cost you finger, arm, or it can cost your life. So Respect your sword because it can cost your life.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2008 21:02:53 GMT
This sort of makes me wonder if there are any easy ways to dull the blade of the sword I have coming to avoid these kinds of things, since I do indeed want to do a heck of alot of reckless swinging with it.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2008 23:45:31 GMT
Greetings and Salutations to all that have sent me love, hope, prayers and Kudos. The accident Gods had blessed me with a 3rd degree burn across the entirety of my right handed forearm, wrist, palm, and right thumb. I pray that my own stupidity has saved at least one person from their own horror. I would have been back roughly 2 months ago, but... I was stupid enough to store a ColdSteel BadAxe blade side up on one of those utility racks in my shed. Y'know, the sort of thing one stores rakes, shovels, hoes and the like. I reached for a broom that was apparently wedged against that rack. The AXE dropped, nearly severing my index finger! My wife and I were already seperated, no way I was gonna let this be public. Anyway, my accupuncture guru made things right. {long story short} God's blessings to everyone out there... I love you all... Thomas aka HalfcalfTom
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2008 0:48:24 GMT
Greetings and Salutations to all that have sent me love, hope, prayers and Kudos. The accident Gods had blessed me with a 3rd degree burn across the entirety of my right handed forearm, wrist, palm, and right thumb. I pray that my own stupidity has saved at least one person from their own horror. I would have been back roughly 2 months ago, but... I was stupid enough to store a ColdSteel BadAxe blade side up on one of those utility racks in my shed. Y'know, the sort of thing one stores rakes, shovels, hoes and the like. I reached for a broom that was apparently wedged against that rack. The AXE dropped, nearly severing my index finger! My wife and I were already seperated, no way I was gonna let this be public. Anyway, my accupuncture guru made things right. {long story short} God's blessings to everyone out there... I love you all... Thomas aka HalfcalfTom 3rd degree burn you say, I know in some cases of those they peel the outer layers of skin and ice the wounds when my uncle was 18 he had a bottle rocket hit the roof and then explode in his face, they peeled his outer skin and iced it, and amazingly there was not a single scar from the 3rd degree burn. I also heard plenty of stories at how fatal a 3rd degree burn can be if you do not seek medical attention. As for the whole axe incident, I have had plenty of cases of something happening close, but the accident gods have not sought to bless me as they have you.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2008 1:52:39 GMT
I sent a pic of the "post peeling" hand to Master Paul. I've been out of the loop so long I don't know if he thought it worthy of posting. I was too technotarded to post before... ...forget about now.(living with a friend and abusing his computer whenever I get the chance) I've certainly got a permanent 'pinking' of where the burn was... Never did mention the seriousness of my 'axe' incident to Jen-quite sure she'll find this and be a bit... ...curious... Kudos barbionoi. HcT
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Post by SlayerofDarkness on Dec 23, 2008 1:08:03 GMT
Whoa, man...is it just me, or are you EXTREMELY accident prone? lol. I hope your recovery is complete, or otherwise, going smoothly. I've sliced myself up a bit, but never needed any stitches...though it may just be that I'm stubborn , because one time I cut my finger it was still bleeding 3 days later, lol! Pretty minor, but as it was with a sharp SLO it scared me to think of what a 'real' sword could do.
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Post by musicalpoo on Jan 30, 2009 6:43:38 GMT
oddly enough, the only injury EVER from my sword, is when the pommel fell on my foot . The sword was sitting up against my bed-side table when my cat (grrr!) scratched her face on the scabbard and knocked it down onto my foot, it made my foot bleed! friggin pommel! I shall punish it for doing it's job! poo
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Post by genocideseth on Jan 30, 2009 6:54:59 GMT
Wow, sorry to hear half calf tom. Hopefully some good will come from this. (And who knows, maybe some material good if you know what I mean... )
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2009 19:19:39 GMT
oddly enough, the only injury EVER from my sword, is when the pommel fell on my foot . The sword was sitting up against my bed-side table when my cat (grrr!) scratched her face on the scabbard and knocked it down onto my foot, it made my foot bleed! friggin pommel! I shall punish it for doing it's job! poo Punish the cat.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2009 0:34:49 GMT
Just back from the doc, six stitches on top of my fore finger. Cut it to the bone on a katana when the grip slipped as I was taking off the tsuka. I was damn lucky the cut was between the first and second joint so no sinews was damaged. Won't think of what could have happened if the cut was a couple of inches higher, then it would have been complicated surgery instead... For once I forgot my safety measures , and I got a proof a katana is designed to cut flesh...
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Post by shadowhowler on Feb 2, 2009 0:39:16 GMT
Just back from the doc, six stitches on top of my fore finger. Cut it to the bone on a katana when the grip slipped as I was taking off the tsuka. I was damn lucky the cut was between the first and second joint so no sinews was damaged. Won't think of what could have happened if the cut was a couple of inches higher, then it would have been complicated surgery instead... For once I forgot my safety measures , and I got a proof a katana is designed to cut flesh... Bummer... sorry man, glad your ok. Be carefull with that sword from now on... it has tasted blood... YOUR blood... no telling what it might do now to get more.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2009 1:00:42 GMT
Ooops... it's gonna be my fun cutting sword. Last time I took it out of the closet and sharpened it it tasted a little blood too... but a band aid fixed it then. Will probably take my leg next time.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2009 14:28:40 GMT
I'd beat the crap out of it if I were you. Show it whos boss.
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Post by Kilted Cossack on Feb 4, 2009 3:13:24 GMT
When I was five I learned not to chop wood barefoot. Little Craftsman hatchet split right down the seam between my right big toe and the next one over, about two inches worth. I still remember that bowl of yellow disinfectant they made me stick my hoof into.
When I was about ten I learned why you don't whittle towards yourself, opened up my left thumb to the bone for a good inch.
When I was about twelve, I learned that throwing knives at oak trees with ankle high grass, barefoot, was not a good idea, when I stuck a Hibben thrower about an inch into my right instep. It was deep enough to stick out of my foot while I hopped over to the freshly chlorinated swimming pool (hey, chlorine is a disinfecting agent, right?)
I have had two negligent discharges with firearms and I pulled an Elvis one night, completely centerpunching a desperado on a late night Western, with a Ruger .357 Magnum.
I like and appreciate dangerous things: swords, guns, knives, red headed women. Sometimes our enthusiasm for them leads us to be stupid, and forget that these are dangerous, dangerous things we're playing with. I thank God that each time I have been stupid and hurt myself, it wasn't crippling or killing in nature. I further thank God that I have only hurt myself: laying my own thumb open is one thing, but if I'd done it to someone else . . .
I'm "carefuler" now. I still cut, I still shoot, I still whittle . . . but every time there's a part of me deep down inside which reminds me, "This is a killin' thing, right here."
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2009 4:43:21 GMT
mmmmmm..........dangerous redheads.................ohhh yeahh
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2009 5:14:55 GMT
Thats my wife alright ....... them redheads got fire for sure ....... Yeah dissassembling my DSA Gothic I'm trying to pull the handle off the tang, with my hand on the riccasso with a leather glove on and the other I'm trying to budge the guard, well didnt notice my glove palm near my thumb in that pad of meat was being sawn through and a good jolt just sawed the blade in, a deep cut but no tendons or muscles just nicked a big blood vessle ran like a tap, no stiches needed but it makes me think I might get a work bench, vice and a small hammer to tap the sword apart, instead of this DIY on your lap business ....... Now who said an accusharp doesnt put a good cutting edge on a blade
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2009 5:08:07 GMT
Um, well this is another good reason to check your swing and not carry through the full range of motion. This reminds me of the bloke who was performing noto and put his iaito through his arm. Also there is only 1.5 gallons of blood in the average human body. Sword: looks pretty damn deep to me. i know the post is old, but how did he put his Iaito through his arm!? An Iaito is dulled and rounded tip correct? or did you mean something else... i've taken off the webbing between my thumb and index finger, but putting it through your arm...wow...
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Post by shadowhowler on Feb 20, 2009 6:16:12 GMT
i know the post is old, but how did he put his Iaito through his arm!? An Iaito is dulled and rounded tip correct? or did you mean something else... i've taken off the webbing between my thumb and index finger, but putting it through your arm...wow... Our friend BW was mistaken... it was a Shinken.
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