The Tasman has a vicious bite....

[MacTech]

I did someting rather stupid this morning, my Tasman Salt bit me real good....

I was popping some of those "Air-Pak" plastic packing bubbles with the Tasman, when the frelling phone rang at work, i *hate* the phone, stupid sodding thing had been ringing off the hook this morning, and i'm backlogged in repairs, absolutely swamped, and we're down to two staffers in the morning, myself and Bill, so it was a little hectic....

i snarled with rage as the phone rang, mutterd some choice profanities to myself (i'm in the back room and nobody can hear me talk), and poked at the Air-Pak bubble with the Tasman....

....a little too aggresively, the tip of the Tasman nicked my left index finger, i *saw* the cut before i *felt* it, the blood started to flow before i even felt the cut.....

in a matter of 30 seconds, i had one paper towel bright scarlet, and a few drops of blood on my desk, my first official "gusher" cut....

a little direct pressure and two large band-aids later, the blood flow has stopped, the cut is about 1/4" long, and maybe 1/8" deep, at about a 45 degree angle in the finger, the edges are clean, and it's already healing....

so, once i had the bleeding under control (total bleed time was less than 5 minutes, thanks to the direct pressure), i went out to the car and grabbed my trauma kit, got some triple antibiotic and a clean band-aid, and re-dressed the bite, should heal up just fine

things i noticed about the Tasman bite....

due to the terrifying level of sharpness i had it sharpened to, i *did not* feel the bite
because the knife was so sharp, and the cut so clean, it took a while for the damaged blood vessels/capilairies to register they were damaged and close off to cut off blood flow
once the vessels had clamped shut, the cut basically fell back together and is beginning to re-knit

if the cut gives any further problems, i've got some "dermabond" ready...

So, i guess i can call the Tasman officially *mine*, as it finally bit me, yes it was my fault for being irresponsible (should've closed the knife and just flipped off the phone, instead of making a rage-powered cut) and yes i was beind stupid, but it *was* an impressive cut....

i can now see how truly scary a "terrifying-sharp" Hawkbill could be if pressed into SD duty, the cuts it will make will take a while to stop bleeding....

just to give you an idea how sharp this knife is, i have an 8 page document (Apple instructions on how to install an optical drive in a G5 tower, mainly for customers to read), i don't need these documents, so i grabbed the Tasman and with normal knife-using pressure in a standard saber grip, i cut through the 8 page documentation 3 times....

cut 1; 7 pages deep
cut 2; 6 pages deep
cut 3; 7 pages deep

this is with no excessive pressure, it cut 7 layers at the deepest and did not even *scratch* the 8th page

[jyeo]

ouchies man...hope you get better. spydies are sharp...what we need are some pics of the cut...haha.

[DFD04]

Wow, strong work with the Tasman! j/k, but nice review of the wound. I recently took mine on a trip with my wife (thought the Civi was too much), and its good to know how effective it can be. How sharp was the blade after cutting the paper?

Thanks for the story.

[MacTech]

Wow, strong work with the Tasman! j/k, but nice review of the wound. I recently took mine on a trip with my wife (thought the Civi was too much), and its good to know how effective it can be. How sharp was the blade after cutting the paper?

Thanks for the story.

still Terrifying-Sharp, then again, i *do* strop the blade on a cardboard scrap after any paper or cardboard cutting, just to keep the edge maintained/aligned, the funniest thing is that the edge really doesn't *feel* all that sharp when you do the thumb drag test (carefully drag your thum perpendicularly across the blade), but it *is*, it's got a highly polished edge at this point.....

[Capt. Carl]

where can you get dermabond?

Or are you using vetbond?

[MacTech]

Most drugstores have it, i think it retails as "Johnson&Johnson Liquid Bandage", it's basically a tube of dermabond with some foam applicator swabs

[rcbalt2]

Most drugstores have it, i think it retails as "Johnson&Johnson Liquid Bandage", it's basically a tube of dermabond with some foam applicator swabs

That stuff is great its what I use. Its prevented me from getting stiches at least 5 times.