Thread: Woops! Skin loss

Thanks guys.

Yep Jim, the Draggin Kevlars were just designed for abrasion resistance. Though they advertise them as motorbike gloves in their own right as well as glove liners, I'd steer well clear of them for the first purpose for the reason you mention. Their fabric is knitted and looks fairly open so penetration resistance would prob be negligible.

Michael, the Ctecs sound promising but I guess I really don't know what caused the divots in the fingers. My guess is an abrasive slurry plus finger pressure on the chisel edges. How well would these gloves cope with that?

Could run some tests but I'm attached to my fingers

Originally Posted by Jim Carroll

Gees Ern you are making it harder for this sking trip.

Any more accidents and they will have to strap the poles to your arms.

LOL. I need to speak to an ortho surgeon to see what can be done

Yeah, I'm feeling a bit jinxed ATM.

But still, it's good to have a reward in prospect for the wrist rehab .... as long as it gets there!!

Now doing fitness training big time down at the gym. Crikey, is that boring.

You could always back up to the curtains for the cleanup jobs....lol the missus might not like it though... rotfl

Originally Posted by rsser

Kevlar gloves: click

I've emailed them a query about whether they'd work.

Yeh thats right Folk Kelvar Glove, My Fingers would be looking like they been in a War if I did not have a Kelvar Glove along with some Good ole Raleighs Man and Beast Ointment for Healing and withdrawing all those Splinters

Well with limited fingers, well and freshly bandaged, and paw in a rubber glove, I was able to flatten the two Glass Stones and the Bester 1000 on a coarse diamond stone.

V. satisfying work. Also v. messy.

Also did some bevel polishing to #4000 JIS with a bunch of Titan firmers that I'd fully hollow ground on a bench grinder.

So far so good.

Good to see you back on the sharpening horse Ern.
If you ( and others ) promise not to outbid me I`ll tell you about finally finding a similar sharpening jig to the wooden one I`ve been searching for--and it might also prevent some future disasters for you too Ern.
It`s the Stanley 200--now on several sites including e-pay.
Regards Ron Booth

Had been wondering whether that device was what you'd seen Ron.

Fraid it wouldn't be much help with chisel back lapping though. Another thing I might try is a strong RE magnet to keep the fingers away from the slurry.

That`ll teach me to open my big trap.
Some particularly elegant (does that sound restrained enuff??) bum pipped me at the post with one second left to go on the Stanley 200.
Still it saved me $113.00 and now I shall have to go and make one for myself.
Life`s not all bad.
RB

www.toolexchange.com.au had one when last I looked.

And is this a modern equivalent? $89 at Carba-tec.

Well I`ll BE Ern,

I do believe it is a version of the infamous 200.
Glad to see you are replacing your workshop with another useful pursuit.
I think I may have to do something about it.
Many thanks from the Sunny South.
Ron B

Originally Posted by rsser

In the context of this bit of sharing, I don't think I could claim a shred of sympathy, and delicately refrained from asking for more info.

Well seeing as you're suffering so badly from boredom (and either I'm waiting for a video to finish processing or have no shame)...

Once upon a time...I had an ingrown hair right between the ol' bum cheeks just above the...erm..."danger zone". I couldn't figure out for weeks why I was having such bad lower back pain until I discovered the blighter in the shower one day and by then it had grown into quite a sizeable lump; like having half a golf ball under my skin.

So, being all that is man, out came the hand mirror, a rather awkward position was assumed and I tried to squeeze it out like a giant pimple. So successful was I that after I cleaned up all blood, pus and all sorts of horrible other stinky funk that had literally shot through my skin and now wasn't stopping, I went to the doc who upon half a second of inspection cried "oh you poor bastard" and admitted me to hospital.

FOUR days later I'm bow legged limping out of there with a shiny new crack extension, a dozen stitches (a few of which poke out the top), and a new found respect for the poor nurses who had to gaze into the depths and treat the post-surgery wound which required around 15" of thin pipe stuffed under the skin that was connected to a bag on a stand (which I had to cart around with me) to allow it to drain the remaining fluid out.

Apparently it's quite common for blokes to get these ingrown hairs, and some that require minor surgery under a local anaesthetic, but mine was a real doozy that got me my first (and only) general. Turns out that the hair had caused a rather large abscess and I was very close to having blood poisoning...from one stupid little hair.

Anyway, I spent the next couple of weeks recovering flat on my face on the couch or standing at the kitchen bench where I had set up my computer, desperately trying to forget how hungry I was and the consequences of sating that hunger.


And there ya have it, not that I imagine you want it now

I agree with Jim. I work as a theatre nurse and Kevlar gloves are available but the only protect from slicing not poking or stabs

I feel sick now RedShirtGuy. Who knew of such things.

Originally Posted by tea lady

I feel sick now RedShirtGuy. Who knew of such things.

If you want to feel sicker do a search on U Tube on abscess or boils