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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The sharper the knife, the easier it is to control. So wood working knives are very sharp. So are good kitchen knives. Dull knives are more dangerous, because you have to use a lot more force to cut with them.
But people who cut wood or food have cut themselves more than once. It’s part of learning the craft. But no one ever gets so good that they are free from the risk of it happening again.
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