There are also Kevlar gloves used by woodcarvers for the same purpose, from e.g. Woodcraft. -- Mark Schecter On Dec 22, 2010, at 8:56 AM, John Ross <jrpiano at eastlink.ca> wrote: > Lee Valley has a tape that you wrap around your individual fingers to protect them, from just such a mishap. > John Ross > Windsor, Nova Scotia > On 2010-12-22, at 12:10 PM, Dennis Johnson wrote: > >> Hello- >> >> All ok, but figured I would send a reminder note of caution regarding our extremely sharp Japanese knives. Yesterday I was trimming leather off an older set of Renner backchecks and in a quick instant the hardwood split and I got a semi serious laceration requiring half a dozen stitches on middle finger. With break starting hardly anyone was around so drove home one handed. Fortunately my wife is a nurse so she took it from there. Also fortunate that I'm done with tuning now for over a week, as far as I know. >> >> Have a relaxing Holiday everyone. >> >> Cheers! >> >> Dennis Johnson >> >> ___________ >> >
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