An herbalist's tip for cuts

[JudsonCarroll]

As usual, I cut myself using a very sharp knife when distracted. I don't wear gloves. No big deal, even though this was a fairly good cut or two.
Herbalist tip: Have crystalized pine pitch on hand to stop bleeding, help prevent infection and speed healing for even deep cuts.

[sappy]

You said "as usual". Hmm, isn't there some thing about doing the same thing and each time expecting different results? Once it becomes a tendon, pine pitch won't help.

[Soggy]

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure....... wear a glove and learn to stop cutting yourself,and you won't have to rely on herbalist cures........ just saying

[DiLeon]

I have cut myself good a few times. One of the worst times was when I had carving gloves on, and had to cut that extra strong glove off my hand to stop the bleeding. Gloves do not stop piercing cuts. I have clotting agents in the first aid box. My fix is always to have a nice first aid kit with a blood clotting agent. I do have pine trees and was thinking about getting some for candles....but will take the information as a need-to-know. If we hit another great depression in the near future... it will be needed. So thanks.

[Eddy-Smiles]

In the beginning I cut myself more times than I can count. Slice tested just about every glove on the market. I finally got smart, bought a stainless steel chainlink glove and haven't cut myself since. Sappy's advice are words to live by!

[Buckbeans]

Is this what you call a Pine-Aid?

[Randy]

My wife say little boys who play with sharp tools cut them selves. I hate it when she is right. While a carving glove will not stop a stabing cut it will slow it down. This is a debate that fills many threads on the forum. I just know that before I put on the glove I spent a large amount of money at a couple of ER's and lost all feeling in the top 1/2 of my left indext finger. And in the last 20 or so years I have not had a blade injury a bandaid could not fix.

[pallin]

I think it's very dangerous to accept the attitude that cuts are inevitable in carving. Avoiding cuts is a learned skill in the same way slicing or paring cuts must be learned. You should not be doing hand-held carving (whittling) until mastering cut avoidance. Clamp the wood in a vise or on your bench while you learn this skill.

[yolli]

Please take care and use your brain...I am with Soggy...If you cut a tendon, you will have to (!) look for another Hobby.

[JudsonCarroll]

Cuts heal up quickly using herbs

[DiLeon]

I have had ripped tendons from martial arts, and I did cut one. They got surgery and healed up fine. The little scar tissue had to be exercised...but with willpower, there is a way, it is called physical therapy. Yes, herbal is better than most big pharma meds which, I have found out in my old age.