Recently I’ve been watching a lot of woodcarving/whittling videos, but I’ve also seen this happen in videos of people peeling fruit with a knife. I’m always amazed when they make a cut towards themselves and I see the sharp part of the knife make contact with their thumb (or sometimes their palm) after cutting through the material, yet it never seems to cut through their flesh. I feel like I’m way too scared of cutting myself to ever consider drawing a blade towards myself like that.
Is it just practice and knowing the right amount of pressure to apply? Are these knives (woodcarving blades and paring knives) maybe not very sharp, since I’m assuming softwoods and fruit are their intended purpose? If any woodcarvers or avid knife fruit peelers could chime in, I’m all ears!
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I don’t know who you’re watching. But if you watch the likes of doug linker or carvingisfun on youtube they both explain that the knife will never come in contact with their thumbs.
While woodcarving knives are sharp wood can split so when doing a paring cut your thumb needs to be out of the way with this happens.
More importantly wear slash proof gloves or thumb guards.
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