Stuck a chisel into my leg when I was an apprentice. Still have a lovely scar on my thigh.
Stuck a chisel into my leg when I was an apprentice. Still have a lovely scar on my thigh.
Border Bushcrafters
Isn't it nice when someone says "that's a great piece of kit, where did you buy that", then you can modestly reply "you can't buy it, I made it myself". The moral is, it's amazing what you can achieve if you put your mind to it.
"No better burden can a man carry on the road, than a store of common sense." - Hávamál: 10
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And when dealing with severe bleeding the acronym SEEP can help you remember what to do
Sit or lay the casualty down
Expose and examine the wound
Elevate the injured part if possible
Pressure apply directly to the wound unless it has a foreign object embedded in it
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Any one can make a mistake, it's a fool who doesn't learn from them
I was chopping wood with my SFA,
the axe head got stuck in the wood, I grabbed said piece of wood with my bare hands.
A little bit of the edge was exposed and I sliced the end of my finger.
I now wear leather gloves.
I was mid way through a weeks canoe camping, fortunately it wasn't a bad cut and a little first aid I was right as rain.
I have a healthy respect for a VERY sharp tool that we swing with great force and questionable accuracy, I endeavor make sure that bits of me or others are out of range of the swing arc and a possible deflection of the axe blade.
Cheers
Tim
"Travel a thousand miles by train and you are a brute;
pedal five hundred on a bicycle and you remain basically a bourgeois;
paddle a hundred in a canoe and you are already a child of nature.".