Cut a man today

[Pete1977]

Specifically, myself. :o Put a 1 inch slit in my hand with the tip of my harpy while cutting zipties off of my lobster crate. I have been ziptying them shut because someone stole 5 out of the crate last week. I don't know how my hand got in the way but it did. The tip of the knife is actually pretty dull (the previous owner sharpened it on both sides.) but it hooked into the soft meat on my hand where the thumb meets the palm and zipped it right open. I saw a vein inside at one point. It was a pretty deep cut but direct pressure stopped the blood flow pretty fast and I don't think I hit anything major. I cleaned it and put some butterfly closures on it and am good to go.

I must be getting old though, I almost fainted when I saw that vein and I have done far worse to myself :eek: ...needless to say I didn't go fishing today.

[2cha]

Ouch,... Did you try superglue? I don't know if you were active when that thread was active, but there is a great tutorial in here: http://www.spyderco.com/forums/showthre ... =superglue

Quick healing!!

[Bolster]

Aha, zip ties again.

They're responsible for quite a few cuts. I have a 1" spyderbite in my left thumb thanks to a zip tie. Nowadays whenever possible I use nippers for zip ties.

[knifedude]

That's going to leave a mark!! :eek: I hope it heals quickly.

[Tonie Nichols]

Congratulations! There are very few things that compare to the little love nips of a Spyderco. It has now accepted you as worthy. I am always concerned if I don't get a little nip within the first week or two of getting a new Spydieknife.

I'm really looking forward to my next two planned purchases, a Warrior and a Temperance 2! If I don't shed a few drops of blood with these two it will kind of remind me of that old Righteous Brothers song, "You've lost that loving feeling..." :spyder:

And yes I did think it the romantic highlight of Sweeney Todd when Johnny Depp sang a love song to his razors! :D

[ChapmanPreferred]

Sorry to read about your cut. I hope you heal up quickly.

[ahains]

As soon as you're thinking of the "soft meat" of you hand, you know you're having a bad spyder day

[Dr. Snubnose]

Heal up real quick Pete!!!...Doc :D

[hijjt]

That reminds me of when I cut my index finger and had to get 5 stitches from my Kershaw leek. No major spyder bites thank goodness. I have nicked myself quite a few times, once with my p'kal while closing it one handed I caught my palm between the blade and handle.

[Donut]

A man, oh no! Oh... it was just you. :o

:p

[phils]

When I was a dealer the Harpy was the only knife that got me right out of the box.
Harpys need extra care in handling.

BTW, I LOVE lobster. Yum!

[FarmerSteve]

yeowww. you actually saw a vein??? you may be getting older, but you have got to be a tough son of a biscuit. if i gashed my hand to where i saw a vein, i'd be puking all over myself. heal up quick.

[thombrogan]

Heal quick, Pete.

[jonnydingo]

I ordered two today, one to carry and one to safe queen, cannot wait I discovered spyderco 35 days ago so these will be my first manix, but my 12th spydie.

[Pete1977]

Thanks everyone. It is healing up nicely considering my hands are in wet slimy gloves all day :D I would hate to get slashed with a SHARP harpy though! :eek: