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Comment by KellyCriterion

6 hours ago

2 years I ago I sliced maybe 1.5mm frommy thumb-tip; when taking off the bandage, I could clearly see the "straight cut" and that some material was missing.

Until today, it recovered completely

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KellyCriterion

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delfinom  6 hours ago

Lol, I once sharpened my knives and went to cook. During the prep I said, "wow I wonder how sharp the knife is", next thing you know, i cut about 1/4" of my finger tip off, right through the finger nail with zero resistance.

Besides the blood getting everywhere and needing superglue to stop it, it grew back completely fine.

  • wafflemaker  1 hour ago

    You shouldn't really sharpen kitchen knifes too sharp. And even if they're not super razor sharp (cutting a finger with no resistance), you should still warn people new to your kitchen or even family members/regular users right after each re-sharpening.

    Additionally, too low angle will make the knife very suspectible to blunting and/or require constant drawing on the sharpening steel¹. Unless you have super high quality steel like Japaneese knifes or some craft smith knifes.

    Butcher knifes, to be used along with a chainmail glove, are fine. Just don't test their sharpness on body parts. Or use them to shave a bit of hair, but very carefully.

    1: https://www.dick.de/messer/en/sharpening/dickoron-family/dic...

    • KellyCriterion  12 minutes ago

      > You shouldn't really sharpen kitchen knifes too sharp

      There is a sentence among cooks: "only with a stub/butt knife you cut yourself" - isnt this true anymore?

  • catlikesshrimp  5 hours ago

    "During the prep I said, "wow I wonder how sharp the knife"" Is there something missing in the story? (drugs, coercion, self harm ideas, anything) I have had my fair share of avoidable cuts, but none of them included looking at the edge before happening.