On Sunday, September 25, 2016 at 8:45:59 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1" wrote in message
> ...
>
> On Sunday, September 25, 2016 at 5:02:28 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> > "Gary" wrote in message ...
> >
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sun, 25 Sep 2016 07:43:07 -0400, Gary > wrote:
> > > >That looks like one of those worthless late-night infomercial gadgets.
> > > >Call within 10 minutes and receive a 2nd one for free. heheh Spend
> > > >your
> > > >money on a good knife instead.
> > >
> > > Spot on - I keep my knives sharp because we all know it's the dull
> > > knife that cuts. Broke that rule, when I had my left hand/wrist in a
> > > cast I tried to chop a garlic clove - I never even felt my razor sharp
> > > knife cut me, just wondered what was stopping it - as in my bone lol
> >
> > Here's the opposite view though....from my standpoint.
> >
> > First, you get used to what you have and are used to working with.
> >
> > In my case, often somewhat dull knives. The only time I've ever
> > cut myself was right after sharpening the knives and they worked
> > "too good." I've learned to be extra careful after a sharpening.
> >
> > ============
> >
> > D is expert at sharpening knives and I always know when he has been
> > working
> > on them Like you, I always cut myself!
> >
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> One of my little projects in the past was learning knife sharpening. I spent
> weeks learning how to do it and getting the supplies. It's an interesting
> thing to do. After all that, the first cut into an onion resulting in my
> slicing my nail and a shaving my fingertip. This took much of the wind in my
> sails. These days I like my knife sharp but not that sharp.
>
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>
> Oh dear I am getting better at not being cut very badly, but today, I was
> cleaning a knife and just happened to *barely* catch the side of my finger
> ... It has stopped bleeding now .. <g>
>
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A great way to avoid cuts is to stay away from knifes. We have taken my daughter's boyfriend to the hospital several times for finger cuts. He's a chef so he has a problem with staying away from those sharp things.