| ▲ | ImPostingOnHN 5 hours ago |
| Invest in cut-resistant gloves. The few dollars will pay for themselves in non-lost time, plus you can use them on a mandolin. NB: maybe stick a hotdog in one of the fingers to test it first. |
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| ▲ | bloopernova 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| My standard housewarming gift is cut gloves and a pack of nitrile gloves to put over them. The nitrile gloves are so you don't have to wash the cut gloves so often. |
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| ▲ | CarVac 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I have them now, but's simpler to just avoid that one dangerous and unnecessary cut that proceeds towards my body instead. They taught that in Scouting, never cut towards yourself. |
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| ▲ | Kototama 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | You need to cut in the direction of your body in some cases (for example when carving wood). Two things to prevent injuries: a) never put any force if the material resists b) do it slowly. | | |
| ▲ | dylan604 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | > for example when carving wood I've watched a lot of shows about the tools used for building log cabins in the pioneer days. I don't even know the names of them, but the tool for taking the bark off the tree by pulling the knife to you as you sit on the log is crazy. Also, the one where you straddle the log and swing the blade towards you between your legs is right up there too. Yet, I can't think of any way of making them better without using power tools. | | |
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| ▲ | jcoby 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Drawshave or drawknife and adz. The drawknife is the safer of the two by far. It’s fairly hard to cut yourself when your whole body is moving the same direction. Similar to using a paring knife in your palm facing your thumb. The adz however you just have to have good aim or pay the consequences! | | | |
| ▲ | JamesSwift 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Draw knife. As long as you are leaning instead of pulling its relatively safe. Same as its safe to pare by contracting your hand muscles instead of pushing a knife toward yourself. |
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| ▲ | bloopernova 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | And either learn to sharpen your knives yourself, or take them to a sharpening service. Dull knives require more force, and slip/catch more, so are more dangerous. |
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| ▲ | resource_waste 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Another thing to get out, another thing to clean, another thing to put away. All because we want to chew less. (I suppose nice texture too) |
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