We
are faithful fans of Forged in Fire and my husband John had reactivated
his passion for knives and swords. It has been a long time passion
since he finished grad. school.
Whenever
he passes a sword tent at some street fair, John will hoist a sword
from its scabbard and says, "Hmmm. Nice balance..." even though it is
clearly something from China.
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His
love of knives and swords led me to purchase a good quality chef knife
set. Made in Germany. Sharp as all get out (which means to the extreme). He exclaimed with joy as he opened it.
On Christmas day, I was going to chop chives for Christmas dinner. I'll just use these German Knives.
All was going well as I pulled the knife from from its block and picked up the chives, and made the first
slice. That single slice resulted was totally painless until I saw my
finger was bleeding like a son of a gun (a mild or euphemistic term for
son of the bitch). Looking down I could see the knife had sliced a translucent piece of skin from my left index finger.
Grabbing paper towel and racing to the first aid supplies, I ran water for minutes to staunch (which means stop the flow of bleeding). Also poured hydrogen peroxide. Then wrapped the dam with layers of gauze.
I picked up an old knife, finished the chopping. BUT my right little finger brushed the new knife, just brushed it. Another flow of blood. It was just a slice, a tiny slice. But, oh boy howdy (which means an exclamation of excitement and surprise from the South or Texas) that slice was leaking.
First aid, gauze, tape. Oh bloody hell (which means interjection which is an exclamation of awe and surprise, sometimes in anger or despondency).
Even as I wrote this, I had to do the hunt and peck typing
.
It was time to change the dressings.
I've always heard that sharp knives are safer than dull ones. Obviously they were wrong. I hope your fingers heal and do not get infected, Susan.
ReplyDeleteThe cut healed quickly.Sharp knives cut clean, healed well. I know now to respect the blade.
DeleteYou lost me. Does he like the knives or not? I'm a knife person. I always have a pocket knife with me. It's tough keeping it sharp because I use it to open envelopes. Cutting paper dulls knives.
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of steel were your knives made out of? 440 steel?
We still love knives. My husband has all sorts of knives and swords. Our knives are German Mercer, high carbon steel. Cost? Sky is the limit.
DeleteI'm with B&E above. My BIL swore more folks are hurt with dull than sharp knives... BUT when I saw this at first I was reminded of my nephew Joe who makes some great stuff with fire hammer and anvil. I would like to take time to watch sometimes.
ReplyDeleteNOW BE CAREFUL, you could hurt your self..... :-O
Sherry & jack smiling here in NC....
I was reminded that we are more fragile that we know.
DeleteEeek. That's the problem with sharp knives. Although, they do make the cooking easier...
ReplyDeleteMy mom had the dullest knives. Her butcher knife was worn so thin. She cut herself all the time.
DeleteYouch! That's precisely why I don't buy those top quality kitchen knives. I'm not competent to use them, LOL!
ReplyDeleteI enjoy watching "Forged in Fire" every once in awhile. Very interesting how they make those weapons. Can be educational too.
And finally -- I was a huge Cat Stevens fan when I was a teenager. Still nice to see and hear Yusuf now.
Cat Stevens was part of our early married years.
DeleteI hate that song, I've heard the Rod Stewart version and don't care to hear the Cat Stevens version. I would like to know where you got the knives from though, is there a website? I do like a good sharp knife and so do my kids who all like to cook.
ReplyDeleteThere are lots of knives, in varying degrees. It was challenging to chose one.
DeleteOf course we have to watch that show here. Hick, whose career was buying, repairing, and designing machines that made saw blades for butchers... knows his way around a sharp implement. Hope you have regained full use of your fingers already.
ReplyDeleteI like Cat's other songs better. My favorite "First Cut is the Deepest" is the Sheryl Crow country version. I'm leaving this link for River in the comment above, JUST IN CASE she really has a hankerin' to hear it! I wouldn't do that if she lived on the same continent, and already had a link for sharp knives...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DOMjnTrYkc
Cat Stevens was the artist for the early years of our marriage. Good memories.
DeleteOuch! I don't dare to use sharp knives myself.
ReplyDeleteYou're out in the desert, so you would need to be careful.
DeleteWe've all been there. After the first cut, the rest of dinner prep is a pain, in more ways than one.
ReplyDeleteExactly. Completely changed my cooking plans.
DeleteWas that "not thrilled with" or "afraid of"? I know where my vote would go #Regifttochucky
ReplyDeleteDon't you like the Midwest slang? I have others.
DeleteOuch ... so sorry to hear/read this story. Take care.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
I will try my darndest.
DeleteOuch, I hate when that happens. When I saw the title of your post it made me think of Rod Stewart's version of the First Cut is the Deepest.
ReplyDeleteHow awesome that you hummed that tune.
DeleteAfter working in surgery for 50yrs I was cut many times with not clean knives so at home I prefer not too sharp ones! Ouch! My hubby love knives too and has quite the collection. I actually bought him a new one for Christmas! Thankfully he doesn't get into my kitchen ones!
ReplyDeleteYour husband is lucky to have found his soul mate in the knife world!
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