Learning the lesson again, the hard way
I’ll be posting photos later when I change the bandages. However, last night I learn again about safety even with the simplest tasks, like sharpening a broadhead. Usually, I wear heavy leather gloves. That way when I slip, and I do, I don’t cut anything seriously. This time I got lazy, what could go wrong when using a carbide cutting tool to put a new edge on a broadhead? Well, just about a stroke before I figured on quitting I slipped and cut my shooting hand index finger across the knuckle and to the bone.
Stitches and the end of my bow season
The doctor said I didn’t cut the tendon (luck), but a number of stitches later, I was pretty sure bending back my longbow this weekend is done, and maybe for next month in Alabama. It will heal, but it is going to hurt and heal slowly. I’m severely right-hand dominant, but not for now.
Safety first!
the offending tool. Now in the garbage. Gloves, gloves, gloves!!!