[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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