Sharpened Machete this morning.....note to self:

Note to self: When cutting pine saplings....you WON'T need to use as much force on those down strokes as before.

Addendum to note to self: IF you don't adjust your swing (for the now sharp blade)...it WILL cut though the pine and continue on until it meets your shin. Said 'shin' being much harder than pine will stop the blade.... but not before the blade embeds itself about 1/4" into your bone.

P.S. take band-aids with you when you go to the woods. Alternately, be more careful than I was.


Flint.


[b]Edited to provide a less disgusting pic: [/b]

I just got light headed looking at this.

you could use a pedicure.

Meh....just one of those things.

Had to find a rag in the truck to tie around it to get the bleeding to stop. Normally have a first aid kit with me, but it was in the ranch truck and I have to put a new starter in it today, so I was in the Land Cruiser.

Its my own fault, just in a hurry to clear out a path.

Yes, had just finished mowing my lawn and weedeating earlier (Deck shoes and no socks) so feet were kinda dirty. I apologize.

Better get stitches....

That looks pretty!

Shaved the leg, have surgical strips on it. Going to let it drain. Blade got into the bone pretty good, so I don't want to close it up completely just yet. I have a suture kit if needed, but the 'cut' is only about an inch long.

Provided no infection gets started....we are good to go. Bone hurts a little, but that's to be expected.

Might be time to change your name to Boneknapper.

Hah, yeah I deserve that.

This is actually only the second time I've 'whacked' myself in over 45 years of using a machete, so all in all..not a bad track record.

I was just going too fast and didn't allow for how much easier the 'sharp' blade was cutting the saplings. It went through the one pine like butter and I couldn't stop the 'over swing'.

Oh well....no big deal. Just be careful out there guys and keep a first aid kit handy.

Aww, I want to see the disgusting pic!

No stitches required....no problem....nothing more than a scratch......

Thats my take on it too. If I can make it stop bleeding (or put a stitch or two in it) myself, then I'm not driving 25 miles into town to sit for a couple of hours.

Too much to do around the ranch for that. If you hack through a tendon or something...that would be different. But not a shin bone.


"Toe bone connected to the foot bone
Foot bone connected to the heel bone
Heel bone connected to the ankle bone
Ankle bone connected to the shin bone
Shin bone connected to the knee bone
Knee bone connected to the thigh bone
"

sounds like you didn't sharpen it enough. Seriously though if you hit the bone clean it good. I got a catfish fin stuck to the bone and they had to scrape it to keep bacteria off the bone.

Well done...sounds like you are on the right track!

I have sharpened a few machete in my line of work and yes that seems to be a common problem. You get use to hacking those limbs and don't expect it to cut right through. Ouch that will leave a mark. Good times

Meh, just a flesh wound. Rub some dirt on it and walk it off.

Be careful out there, sir.

I have cut my fingers hands so much my wife has taken all the blades from me

Something went wrong because you are bleeding.

Ouch!

Staples and superglue, plus never leave home without duct tape.

that sounds painful. Hope it heals quickly

'Looks like something I'd do. Take care of it.

Yes, reminds me of what my Mother would always tell me (and my Brothers): "Pain and Bleeding are natures way of telling you....you just did something stupid".

And a Revision to the Addendum...

Bet that hurt

Glad your okay

Bummer on the leg.

Should of just shot the saplings down with your 7mm-08

My Syphilitic Mother always said "It will feel better when it quits hurting" Hope that gets better quickly.

Hah!

Already told you in that other thread, I'm NOT wasting my handloads.

Went to go check my game camera this morning and I walked back to where I 'hacked' myself. Found some of my own 'blood trail' on the grass leading back to the Land Cruiser, kinda funny.

The picture I posted shows the only 'rag' I had in the vehicle that I could wrap around the wound. I had already wiped my leg off with some napkins I had in the console and applied pressure for awhile so the blood would stop running down my leg and into my shoe.

When I first looked down at my leg the blood was flowing in 'pulses' with each heartbeat, running down my shin and going into my shoe. Held some pressure on it with the napkins, but the first two quickly got soaked, so the last one, I doubled over...placed on the cut and then wrapped it with the rag and pulled it tight with a knot. Didn't look so bad after that.

The cut is pretty much closed up this morning. Shin bone hurts....but its supposed to.

Got to go put that starter in the ranch vehicle today. Yee-hah...!

My wife's grandmother tells her grandkids "It will get better before you get married"

Ouch!

Had catfish fin when I was about 8 or 9 run through my thumb. Dad had to pull it through after cutting it off flailing fish. After they calmed me down he just took mouth full of monkey blood and blew through the hole. I passed out but it healed and no issues.

Be more careful, you almost ruined a good song! It' would've been a few verses short.....

Yes Sir!

Never thought it might have had such far reaching consequences, but you are correct!