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Ben's Christmas Lesson - When removing flash from a white metal miniature with a surgical scalpel, resist the urge to go "Oh how sharp can it be?" and then test it on you're thumb.
Blood and Pain later you realise "IT'S BLOODY SHARP!"

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

I know that train of thought a bit too well.

It's probably the "Christmas" pack of Corona I have been working through while assembling!

That and getting a bit too "Active" while Adam and the Ants come on shuffle!

I'm looking forward to hobby time later after consuming a bottle of sparkling white wine! Got a Red Scorpions tac squad to assemble, and some Hellions! If I get adventurous need to decide what I'm doing with Tellion, but I suspect booze + razor saw is a recipe for disaster...

The more stupid question to ask is "Is it still sharp?" after using it for a while.

The answer almost always is "Yes, it still is!", only your finger finds that out before you do.

Booze + Razor saw = Missing hand!!

I can kinda understand why they use em for cutting people open though...Went through my thumb like a hot knife through butter!!

Hello,
I did a dumb move while cleaning a blade, I saw it about to drop and figured I would catch it, 5 stiches later .

Regards,
Carl

Could be worse, be glad it isn't Summer. I bled like a pig.

High_Marshal_Helbrecht wrote:Booze + Razor saw = Missing hand!!

I can kinda understand why they use em for cutting people open though...Went through my thumb like a hot knife through butter!!

My thumb: 'So Razor Saw we meet agai.....OHHHH FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU...oh god! oh god! oh god! no!'.

I keep promising myself I will use a vice, but it's just too far away from me to be practical (On my bench in front of me).

But, seriously, after the third or so time of ripping your flesh open you will wonder what all the fuss is about. (Blood loss and depth dependent).

Please get one of those hobby knives in which the blade presses out from one end of the handle. When you need a new blade you just snap off the old one- there are more behind it. I have not cut myself since switching from old school X-actos.
PS they are cheap. Dollar store cheap.

I find those snap off blades to be a PITA. unless chopping through paper or light card.

I should probably use a bit more finesse when working though.

Good thing I don't use blades, or I'd be part of these hobbyist horror stories ;_;

The closest I've ever been to cutting myself is when I peel potatoes.

Thats why I use a dull and rusty knife! although the handle is about to break so I may as well buy a knew one. >_>

I use the back edge (the non-sharp one) for mould line removal.

There is a point that surgical scalpel blades get less than sharp 'enough' for surgery though (sealed inside the packet) this is why they have a use-by or use-before date on them.

[The edge is so fine that ANY oxidation can damage it, and enough moisture is trapped inside during packing to guarantee it.]

Of course, 'sharp enough' for surgery and sharp enough to cut and make you bleed like a stuck pig are two different things but not quite different enough for most purposes.

I dropped an x-acto off my desk one day (years ago). I did NOT try to catch it - I was just a little slow moving my feet out of the way (barefoot). Shunk! 1" deep cut, tapering from 1cm at the opening. No stitches. Band-aid and gauze and some betadine. Good as new.