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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2009 16:56:13 GMT
ah, i see, well then...yeah, that would hurt... BM
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2009 15:50:36 GMT
That must really suck!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2009 19:38:10 GMT
I got a nasty little cut on my index finger while performing noto...it could have been worse. You gotta be 100% focused at all times. I need to stop "fishing" the blade...bad habit.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2009 3:33:13 GMT
Speedy recovery
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2009 9:17:26 GMT
i still cannot work out how this guy cut at this angle.
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Post by kurokaze on Jun 17, 2009 3:16:36 GMT
Great thread, and a lot of very important safety information. I (sort-of) knew a guy who almost beheaded someone because he had heard of bottle cutting while cruising the internet and had this fellow set up soda bottles while he cut with his $60 Musashi. This guy had not trained in the martial arts nor followed any safety precautions. I shudder to think of what would have happened if the one setting up the bottles had been a few inches closer... even though this guy was obviously being reckless, it still behooves us to take every safety precaution.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2009 7:21:34 GMT
My sympathy goes out to your buddy... A fellow sword afficionado getting injured is a wake-up call to all of us to be more alert, as our hobby can be "dangerous" to our health.
Like all hobbies that involves risks, we must all tread cautiously, since giving up this hobby is NOT an option (not sure if your injured friend agrees)...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2009 23:10:17 GMT
The first real sword I got was a WWII Japanese government issue officer's Katana back in 1983 or close to it. (Still have it. A friend had been teaching me sword forms, and I had a bokken and a suburito to practice with. A day or two after I got the Katana home, my friend was there, and I brought out the new sword to show off to my friend. He advised me I was NOT ready to do the forms with a live sword. I was bull-headed, and proceeded to go through the forms with a small group of friends present. All went well until I went to do that part of a form where you stab the imanginary guy sneaking up behind you. I was holding the scabbard in my off hand instead of wearing it or just putting it down, and it threw me off enough that the sword went through my jeans like wet paper, and struck my thigh. It only felt like a scratch, so I just shrugged, said Oops! and prepared to continue. My friend stopped me, and made me check it out, as he said it could be much worse than a scratch, and still not hurt much initially. When I did, I was horrified to find a shallow hole about an inch in diameter where the tip of the blade had filleted the skin off . The funny part was that it didn't bleed until after I looked at it, Kind of like the cartoon guy that walks off of a cliff but dosen't fall until he looks down. (I kidded my friend that if he hadn't made me look it wouldn't have bled.) Then it bled a lot. Later it hurt a lot. I should have had stitches, but I was a poor student then, and really broke after spending $250.00 for that Katana! It finally healed on its own with lots of large Band-Aids, and made walking hurt for a long time! We never did find the missing peice of skin. Lord knows, it could have been a far worse injury. Just a couple of months ago, when I had taken my two new United Cutlery Katanas home, I got a little cut from a small slip while wiping the grease off of the blades. Those swords came shaving sharp! ;D When I am cutting, I use the same rules I would with guns, only 1 cutting, all others well behind the cutting/firing line, well out of range of the occaisonal sword stroke that comes around behind your back.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2009 7:13:57 GMT
Had to go to the doctor and get some stitches yesterday. Again. But this time it was a fine toothed japanese draw saw that did the job. Slipped while cutting a new tsuka, and went to the bone into my thumb. Had to clean skin and flesh off the saw afterwards, can't say they aren't effective.
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Post by Dave(utilityslave) on Sept 8, 2009 7:48:48 GMT
OUCH!
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Post by sparky on Sept 8, 2009 18:27:11 GMT
That looks like cuts I get when I cut pipe and don't realize on my down stroke that I'm through the pipe and jamb my fingers into it.
No tendon or ligament damage I hope?!?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2009 19:03:40 GMT
Yup, the typical narrow saw cut. Was lucky again, so no other damage than skin and tissue. Got a couple of stitches, done by a nervous doctor student, and went straight back home to work on the tsuka.
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Post by skystone on Sept 14, 2009 11:06:19 GMT
May not look like a bad one but it was. It still feels a little weird. I try to be so careful when making knives because the edge becomes super sharp during the sanding and final polish that it rarely needs sharpening. I was sanding the blade with 2,000 grit wet sand paper with gloves on! Went through me like butter, and was hard to stop the bleeding on that particular cut. Attachments:
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2009 1:54:39 GMT
ouch... that deep a cut has to hurt as hell... I think the best thing to do (for the guy in the 1st page more than anyone) is to train with a [glow=red,2,300]wooden or blunt[/glow] sword before going to the sharp one... I don't know how hard he had to swing to not be able to stop the blade or at least somehow jump out of the way or do something to avoid it, but I am afraid that at the end of the day he will need more time to heal his feelings about hitting his own leg (usually a bad thing were you needed to use that sword for more than cutting vines) than to heal his leg.
btw, i'm digging the glowing font effect.
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Post by djhere on Dec 5, 2009 4:10:32 GMT
WOW,AND HOLY CRAP-man,Ijust read this whole thing.Its been awhile and I sincerely hope youve made a full recovery-those images will be with me for awhile.Thanks for sharing your experiance and best wishs to you.Be careful out there.+1 for courage.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2010 8:07:18 GMT
I thought my friend laying his thigh open with a box cutter was bad. He only needed ten stitches. Thankfully the worst I have done it take the last millimeter off of the tip if my left index finger when sharpening a butcher knife. I hope all you injured folks healed well.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2010 18:50:16 GMT
The worst I've ever had from a blade was to my left hand two weeks ago while drunk (never mix alcohol and mock knife fighting), and it was nothing compared to your horrific leg wound, Tom. Kudos to you for allowing it to be posted to a public forum, that others may learn what not to do. my hand after two weeks of healing, disinfecting and coagulant application:
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2010 10:09:49 GMT
yeah ....... looks like he hit the femoral artery Wrong, popliteal artery. Surgical tech... 30 years.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2010 18:04:24 GMT
Last night I while I was cleaning my wakizashi my girl went into my room and surprised me and I dropped my waki right on my leg. Didn't feel any pain at first, but just some blood. I went to the emergency department and got 5 stiches. The medical staff were all amazed by my cut and asked me how I got it. I told them I dropped my sword on my leg and they were all very shocked. My two cents is cleaning can be as dangerous as practicing.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2010 1:03:31 GMT
Worst I've gotten is shaving a layer of skin off my thumb while sharpening.
What ever happened to the guy from the first picture? And how the hell did he cut himself in the calf like that?
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