Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: MWirwicki on April 03, 2013, 07:27:07 pm
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Wasn't sure whether to post this in:
Primitive Skills: Because it was with great skill that I had to go in and pull this sucker out, intact and unbroken.
Around the Campfire: Mostly because the heel of my left hand up to my elbow now feels kinda hot. Also because when it happened I said, "Gosh Darnit to Hell". (Language cleaned up a bit) My hand hurts...
Bows: Seemed kinda obvious at first since, I was peeling out an osage stave when this happened. Peroxide hurts when Miss Heather squeezes your wound.
How To's and Build-a-longs: Actually, how NOT to handle osage.
What Did You Do Today? Wished anyone else would have done this one instead of me.
Life is Good: My hand hurts... Life stopped for a moment for me when I realized what I had done.
So, how long of a sliver have you had? Feel free to post pics. Kinda like on "JAWS" when Captain Quint, Sherrif Brody and Marine biologist - Matt Hooper compared their scars.
Did I mention that my hand hurts? :'(
Oh, 1-5/8 inches inside the hand.
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Good one! Had a few bad ones but a 1 1/2 under skin takes the cake on any thing I've done
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Wow!!!and uh Ouch :o
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That had to hurt would be an understatement. Its painful to look at.
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Oh, didja know the oil from osage wood is an irritant and can cause inflammation and burning? If you didn't before, you sure do now!
Getting a splinter under the nail is bad enough, no need to start it on fire, I'll reveal any secret you want! Thnakfully I have never gotten one like that. Thanks for taking that one for the team, buddy.
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Oooohhh :o That's a good one Matt. I love seeing a good injury picture
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4 1/2" back when I pulled green chain, but one of the other guys ran one thru his wood, drug him out on the unit of lumber, had to cut it off on both sides to get him in the ambulance, the sliver not his johnson
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To make matters worse, Wee-wicki did something spectacular. Mommy says, "Yay Dan!"
"Clap, Honey" She says to me, so what did I do?
Clap - Clap "Yay Dan!" Ooh, ouch owwwww!
Miss Heather laughed. >:D
That hurt. It wasn't funny..... :(
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Woohoo! Hi 5 me bro! >:D >:D >:D >:D >:D
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Very nice curves in that sliver Matt! That's a dandy.
Tracy
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Maybe you should stick with some of those softer white woods.
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Didn't have one that big under the skin but I did have one stuck under my thumb nail all the way to the back of the nail. You talk about hurt and it didn't stop when you pulled it out either.Ron
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I'm guessig the bow made from that stave gets a special name.
-Dan
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4 1/2" back when I pulled green chain, but one of the other guys ran one thru his wood, drug him out on the unit of lumber, had to cut it off on both sides to get him in the ambulance, the sliver not his johnson
Oh my :-[
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yeah, sucks to be him huh soy
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Ouch !!!!!! Had a lot over the years but not sure any that long. ;D That had to hurt. ;) :)
Pappy
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I had one like Ron too (about an 1/8" dia splinter)once that went all the way under my nail to the back as far as it can go...had to grab it with pliers and pull....yowzers....it sent pain tingles and shivers all up n down my body,and was pretty sore for the next few days...don't think I stopped to take a pic cus I wanted it out asap
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Yeeaaaw! That'll leave a mark. I ran a piece of wire off a rotary wire brush through my palm once and had a thorn pierce my ear clean through, but neither hurt that bad.
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Hurt's just lookin'at it!
Ouch!!!!!!!
Kevin
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Damn! Ive had some goodins', but not that long! Heal up Matt
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To make matters worse, Wee-wicki did something spectacular. Mommy says, "Yay Dan!"
"Clap, Honey" She says to me, so what did I do?
Clap - Clap "Yay Dan!" Ooh, ouch owwwww!
Miss Heather laughed. >:D
That hurt. It wasn't funny..... :(
Now that's funny, and not ;D
I'd keep that stave Matt...it's already drawn blood before becoming a bow...natural born killer, lol
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I'm guessig the bow made from that stave gets a special name.
-Dan
I'm guessing it has already heard a few of them when it happened. Had a few go clear through various parts of my hands. I don't even want to know what Bubby's friend was doing to get such a heinous wound(bad karma) I'd say the longest I've had was about 6" but I don't think the length really counts whe it comes through the other side as only a couple inches is actually in the skin ;)
Keep a close eye on that for infection and blood poisoning! I know a couple guys who were lucky to keep their limbs and lives with a sliver that went bad. There are chemical compounds in wood that are still a mystery to science. I'm guessing Osage has it's share of them. It should stop hurting .....................after a few days. Get well!
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I like to think that a project isn't real until I bleed on it. Maybe I'm just clumsy. Pretty much every one of my bows has some blood under the finish somewhere.
On the fingernail thing - my friend got a thorn under a fingernail so deep it was unreachable. It had somehow gone all the way to the cuticle but the end of the thorn was over 1/4 inch deeper than the tip of the fingernail. Rather than go to the hospital, he got some sandpaper, a razor, tweezers, and a whole mess of disinfectant. He sanded the nail thin (from the top) and cut a channel to reach inside and remove the thorn. It worked. I can't imagine the pain. This was when we were teenagers, so he couldn't even get good and drunk first. Looking back, I kind of think we should have gone to the hospital - just for the pain relief.
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Uff! When I was first making arrows, I left my quill high and didn't wrap the fletching. Shooting off my finger I pierced the quill through the top meat of my left index finger and ripped the fletching off the arrow. It was traumatic enough that I didn't even scream, just knew I had done something really wrong!
The hurt part came when I snippped it in half and had to pull it out!
You've come a long way, baby!
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thats a bad one Matt.i'ed put some neosporin on that wound.
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OUCH ! Keep that thing clean Bud.
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I was workin with a tree trimmin buddy one time and we were clearing a bunch of scrub stuff so a company could build a cell tower. One of the trees that got lopped off was a honey locust with nice healthy "spurs". Somehow a branch got pulled back while I was backin up and then let go, sending one of those 3" thorns right into the back of my calf. I quickly grabbed a pair of pliers and tried to pull it out. Trouble was my leg muscles were so tight the thorn wouldn't release. After I realized this, I was able to pull out about an inch of trouble and couldn't believe how much had been imbedded in my leg. I wen ahead and finished the day and never did get an infection or even a sore spot! Couldn't believe it...
Scott
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Creep "a" nelly........ >:( >:( >:( I say........had it happen a few times..
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Just saw this, Matt, that's cool ;D I don't think I'd of said I had my Wife make it feel better,,,a good Southern boy would have squirted some turpentine on and made a bow out of that splinter.
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With a situation like this,I recommend a stiff quaff of single malt and some rubbing alcohol into the wound. That'll clear things up !
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Once, I was makin a liquer sti.... I mean, water purifier, to get all that pesky alcohol out that nice clean drinkin water. Well, while using a dremel to cut the copper pipe off, the dremel cutting disk skipped off the pipe, hit me in the stomach, and layed me open about 2 inches long and just as deep as the cutting disk. It was hot, so it cauterized on contact. Didnt bleed, and happened so fast, it didnt hurt. I closed it up with duct tape and cursed cause it tore a good T shirt. Boy was my wife sore at me for it too. After that, I was plenty thirsty, so finished up the still, I mean, water purifier, and had many a drink that night.
Good luck on healing up soon bud. Great thread anyways though!