RE: [nafex] Is grafting a blood sport?

["Gordon Nofs" <gc_nofs@hotmail.com>]

Joe
  Being a recipient of a carbon Mitral heart valve 7 years ago. I am on 
Coumadin (Rat Poison or Warfarin) the rest of my life. So You know I have to 
be careful. I have learned to have figers and thumbs placed as stops in case 
the knife slips. I did cut to far with my pruners one day while shortening 
some scions and cut through to the web between my thumb and finger just 
about and 1/8 inch. Took a lot of finger pressure to get that one stopped.
   Gordon   Flint, Mi.
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----Original Message Follows----
From: "Correnti, Andy" <andy.correnti@lmco.com>
Reply-To: nafex@yahoogroups.com
To: "'nafex@yahoogroups.com'" <nafex@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: RE: [nafex] Is grafting a blood sport?
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 08:44:48 -0400

Joe
I can beat your clumsiness I think.  Being to lazy to sharpen my grafting
knife, and employing to technique of pulling the knife towards one's self
when making the cut on the branch, I proceeded to stab myself in the chest
through a jacket and a T-shirt and a few layers of skin.  Unfortunately no
stitches so I imagine someone else out there can top me...

Andy
SE PA

 > -----Original Message-----
 > From:	Joe and Ellen Hecksel [SMTP:jhecksel@voyager.net]
 > Sent:	Saturday, April 13, 2002 9:38 PM
 > To:	nafex@yahoogroups.com
 > Subject:	[nafex] Is grafting a blood sport?
 >
 > Hi all:
 >
 > Does grafting qualify as a blood sport?  You know, a "sport"  where some
 > dumb brute follows it's unbridled instinct with the unfortunate loss of
 > blood, limb, etc.?
 >
 > This has been a clumsy year for me.  I put a BIG notch in my left thumb
 > trying to milk one more bud off a stick.  I modified my technique since
 > that event.  Consequently, more than one of my remaining fingers have
 > been nicked.
 >
 > The worst bloodletting was when I jammed my injured thumb loading
 > laundry into the machine.  Guess I will stick to grafting.  I am not man
 > enough to take the pain of laundry.  At least that is what I will tell
 > Ellen 8-)
 >
 > Keep your shovels, knives and wits sharp.
 >
 > --
 > -Joe Hecksel
 > My personal web site: http://my.voyager.net/~jhecksel
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 >
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Gordon C. Nofs
Flint, MI.


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