EWCTool Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 Have you ever hammered till your hands bled? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrynjr Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 No, but during multi-day instruction courses, I've hammered through blisters until they became callus's! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweany Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 Yep, then I learned to keep my thumb out of the way. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 My hands have bled while hammering but it's not quite the same thing. I try to take a break or don proper PPE if I'm doing myself damage. Blisters don't count unless they're serious. A person has to use common sense or it isn't going to matter what you get into, you'll do yourself a serious mischief. Frosty the Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myloh67 Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 Have you ever hammered till your hands bled? No..but Ive bled when I flypressed me head.. boom boom.! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marksnagel Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 Bled? Yes. Caused by the hammer? No. Get hand too close to something I shouldn't? Yes. Clutz? Probably! Lost feeling in my arm from the elbow down from working longer than I should have? Yes, right now that I think of it. Safety first. Glasses, glove, steel toed boots, knowing when you reach your safe working time, etc... Enjoy yourself and be safe so you can work another day. Mark<>< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Browne Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 Never! I forge for enjoyment and occasionally to make something I really need. Hammering till your hands bleed is not fun..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinityblacksmithing Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 Never till my hand bled, but finger tip between hammer and anvil sure bled alot after the finger nail decided to try and go through my finger. Never going to try and straighten 1" rings held in my fingers again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marksnagel Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 Oh man Infinity! My gut just wrenched when I read your post! :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 Have you ever hammered till your hands bled? You should NEVER preform any task to the point it injuries your body. It is called personal safety, YOUR personal responsibility to keep YOU safe. Find a better way, a safer way. A beginner is no match for a blacksmith that works 10 hours a day, every day, for years. The blacksmith did not start at 10 hours, but worked one hour at the forge, learned, studied, and then rested. His body recovered, learned, and developed to meet the new challenge. It took time. Ask how long the fellow has been hammering at that anvil, say 5 years, 10 years, 20 years. Set your pace so you can be as good or better in the same amount of time. Yes I have left blood on the anvil, DNA on projects, etc, but looking back it was always because I was taking a short cut, or was tired, etc, and it could have been avoided. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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