RE: [OT] Re: Miniature Wargaming can be HAZARDOUS to your health!

I think the problem lies not with prevention but with the knife
wielder's
belief that nothing stupid could happen to him ;-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Barclay [SMTP:Thomas.Barclay@sofkin.ca]
> Sent: Friday, September 11, 1998 3:59 PM
> To:	FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
> Subject:	[OT] Re: Miniature Wargaming can be HAZARDOUS to your
> health!
> 
> Allan spake thusly upon matters weighty: 
> 
> wouldn't some decent gloves (or at least one on the holding hand) do 
> the trick? Or using a modeller's vise to hold while you cut?
> 
> > On Wed, 09 Sep 1998 20:24:07 -0700, Michael Brown <mkkabrow@wco.com>
> wrote:
> > 
> > >This spring I had two stiches in the web between my left thimb and
> index
> > > finger... the Xacto knife slipped and went in about 1cm.	DON"T
Cut
> toward
> > > your hand!
> > 
> > When I trim, I cut towards my thumb in a paring motion. The control
is
> quite
> > good (at least for me). So how do I save my thumb from being cut to
> ribbons? A
> > local store (Lee Valley Tools) sells green "tape." It's not really
all
> that
> > sticky to anything but itself, but it's a fairly thick mesh
material. A
> few
> > layers of that, and even an Exacto knife won't get through. 
> > 
> > 
> > Allan Goodall	   agoodall@sympatico.ca
> > 
> > "We come into the world and take our chances
> >  Fate is just the weight of circumstances
> >  That's the way that Lady Luck dances
> >  Roll the bones." - N. Peart
> > 
> > 
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