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That day the anvil shifted mid-strike and I lost a blade
I was out in my shop in rural Ohio last fall working on a kitchen knife for a buddy. I had the anvil sitting on a wooden stump I'd used for years without checking it was solid. On the third heavy strike the whole thing tipped forward and I smashed my knuckles on the edge of the hardy hole. Blood everywhere and the blade had a deep gouge from hitting the floor. I spent the next hour fixing the stump with metal brackets and leveling it with shims. Has anyone else had a close call like that from something simple you overlooked?
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rowan_roberts494mo ago
Wait you just kept working with your mangled hand to fix the stump instead of grabbing a bandaid first? That's brutal man.
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