Your first X-acto injury (1 Viewer)

[Carnahan]

I was buying a set of #2 blades the other day and realized I may have set a record for the shortest time between getting my first knife and cutting myself. I was about 12 and my dad had ordered me the kit in the mail. I got it one summer afternoon and ran into the backyard to try my hand at whittling. Growing up, we had a big Hong Kong Orchid in the middle of the yard that would shed slender branches that could be used for rudimentary guns by kids or switches by parents (and those things stung!). I got one off the ground and proceeded to hack away at it, forgetting that dried out ones would rot on the inside first, thus becoming hollow and weak. So on my very first swipe, the stick snapped and the blade slid into my left hand pointer finger. Amazingly my patents didn't take the kit away, but I did receive some guidance after that. Did anyone else out there do something equally dumb?

 

[4th Hussar]

Cut a tendon or ligiment in the trigger finger on my right hand. No problem since I shoot left handed

 

[Wraith]

Heck, the list is long and distinguished, but a couple of toy soldier related 'D'oh' moments include:

1. Drilling in to my left index finger with a pin vice drill, whilst trying to make a hole to pin back a broken stick grenade.
2. Numerous puncture wounds from the rather sharp and very rigid aerial on the NMA Lynx's. Anyone who has one, will have done this at least once.
3. Number of craft knife slices and stabs with a variety of blades, the Swann Morton #11 blade being a particular favourite.
4. Minor burn from a switched off soldering iron, following some Conte plastic figure conversions. Didn't cool down as quick as expected.
5. Minor burn from dripping hot glue which I caught with my hand rather than damage furniture. Then wished I hadn't.
6. Superglue. Fingers. Wrong.
7. Using craft knife to slice off multiple layers of skin due to 6 above. Wrong.
8. As a kid, collecting gunpowder out of fireworks, storing in open box on work top. Next to lit candle. Which I knocked over. Wrong. Temporary blindness not particularly comforting.

Just a few that spring to mind. I'd like to say I learn from my mistakes, but.....{sm5}

 

[OzDigger]

As a kid I soon discovered that it's best to cut away from the body and not to use your thighs as a temporay vise as a slip with a knife there can cause a world of hurt. I also found out as a kid that if melted lead splashes onto some part of you body it tends to stick there and keep on burning {eek3}

 

[johnnybach]

All of the below - many more than once. One particular favourite of mine, is to manage to glue one hand to the desktop - from a punctured and leaking tube of the stuff. It is VERY inconvenient, carrying a desk-top around with you!{sm2} johnnybach

 

[Scott]

The X-acto cut scar is still visible 50 years later on my left thumb. That's the risk with such a useful and handy tool. The classic # 11!

 

[theBaron]

I sliced myself in the middle finger of my left hand with a Nr #2 blade, back when I was 13 or 14; like Scott, I still have the scar to this day. I had just bought myself the handle, some blades, and a razor saw, having learned about them from Shep Paine's "Tips on Building Dioramas". I'd used my Cub Scout pocket knife till that time. Got the knife home, installed a blade, did some trimming, and then I used it to drill a hole in a piece of plastic, right through to my fingertip. That was a lesson learned! Haven't cut myself since, though I have driven a fine drill bit into my fingers with a pin vise, and a sewing needle.

Prost!
Brad

 

[Scott]

Awww Geeezz!

 

[fishead19690]

Awww Geeezz!

Scott I get those small cuts all the time chopping up figures, I just hit the cut with a quick dab of Zap A Gap glue and it stops the bleeding pretty quick and I,m able to continue working without being hindered by a band aid getting in my way and getting blood all over.
I don,t think there is any health risk in small dab of glue in the cut? I,ve heard that some hospitals use crazy glue instead of stiching on some cuts and I,ve done it many times and other then maybe a bit of brain damage???:rolleyes2::tongue: I,m fine!^&confuse
I would not try this on a large cut but on smaller little slashes it works like a charm, instant fix.:wink2:

 

[johnnybach]

Scott I get those small cuts all the time chopping up figures, I just hit the cut with a quick dab of Zap A Gap glue and it stops the bleeding pretty quick and I,m able to continue working without being hindered by a band aid getting in my way and getting blood all over.
I don,t think there is any health risk in small dab of glue in the cut? I,ve heard that some hospitals use crazy glue instead of stiching on some cuts and I,ve done it many times and other then maybe a bit of brain damage???:rolleyes2::tongue: I,m fine!^&confuse
I would not try this on a large cut but on smaller little slashes it works like a charm, instant fix.:wink2:

I find a shot of Malt Whisky also helps.:tongue: No - don't splash it on{eek3} - drink it! Makes you feel better instantly - and gets you looking forward to the next nick! jb

 

[Scott]

Scott I get those small cuts all the time chopping up figures, I just hit the cut with a quick dab of Zap A Gap glue and it stops the bleeding pretty quick and I,m able to continue working without being hindered by a band aid getting in my way and getting blood all over.
I don,t think there is any health risk in small dab of glue in the cut? I,ve heard that some hospitals use crazy glue instead of stiching on some cuts and I,ve done it many times and other then maybe a bit of brain damage???:rolleyes2::tongue: I,m fine!^&confuse
I would not try this on a large cut but on smaller little slashes it works like a charm, instant fix.:wink2:

Yep! Crazy Glue. Used in hospitals for scalpel cuts.