Treetopflyer
Been here much more than a while
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- Coastal N.J
Damn bro..Heal well! That's all I got
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southsoundtree
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Olympia, WA
I would suggest a brittle metal. You need to be able to smash it and break it right there right then. If your finger is swollen, by the time you get to someone who can cut it off , too late!
I wear a ring. But everytime I'm at work I take it off and slip in my pocket. For my own safety and my ring's.
How's the healing, mother? My hand's doing better. I still continue to use it and don't rest it like I should. I worked yesterday but I hung with the groundies and got a days pay. Gotta eat ya know.
evo
Been here much more than a while
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- My Island, WA
Damn that's ugly. My son tipped over a very large clay pot when he was about 4 or 5, and ruptured his little finger like a grape. 5 stitches in that little finger, and he hasn't stopped flipping me off since.
In '12 I got my thumb with a 5 lbs splitting axe. Found every thing important, but didn't damage the tendon, or bone.. Saw it all though. The doc who sewed me up was stoked about the tattoo, in order to line up the tissue. Little nerve damage, the top feels like it's asleep with contact...
I do wear a ring, but it goes in my wallet at work.
Heal up well, and if you can find it this stuff works great for cell regeneration. They have some CBD version of it too, but unsure of the shipping laws around that. The Fay Farm are great folks, and friends here on the Island.
https://www.amazon.com/Fay-Farms-Or...TF8&qid=1467089729&sr=8-1&keywords=hemp+salve
In '12 I got my thumb with a 5 lbs splitting axe. Found every thing important, but didn't damage the tendon, or bone.. Saw it all though. The doc who sewed me up was stoked about the tattoo, in order to line up the tissue. Little nerve damage, the top feels like it's asleep with contact...
I do wear a ring, but it goes in my wallet at work.
Heal up well, and if you can find it this stuff works great for cell regeneration. They have some CBD version of it too, but unsure of the shipping laws around that. The Fay Farm are great folks, and friends here on the Island.
https://www.amazon.com/Fay-Farms-Or...TF8&qid=1467089729&sr=8-1&keywords=hemp+salve
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tc262
Branched out member
- Location
- SE Wisconsin
I wear a silicone ring. It's pretty awesome, and they are dirt cheap on eBay/Amazon ect.
frashdog
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- Location
- Champlain valley, adirondack coast
a problem for me is,
My knuckles are much bigger then my fingers. Ring is hard to get on to start then it is loose. Soon as I start to work, my knuckles start to swell. I was taking the ring off in the beginning, that's why I bought several, simple, cheap like $7 a peace surgical stainless, keep a couple in my truck. Ha, wife's ring was over $6k. She felt guilty and bought me a nice one...that I have not worn in years.
Rings, watches, necklaces all get hooked and ripped off me.
frashdog
Branched out member
- Location
- Champlain valley, adirondack coast
I bend gold and silver rings from pure strength. I cut and toss a lot.
I was told most ambulance and emergency rooms have ring cutters.
With regards to brittle metal.
So...if you damage your finger and can not get the ring off. You would just grab a hammer or rock and hit your ring. How hard would you have to hit it.
tc262
Branched out member
- Location
- SE Wisconsin
I will never go back to any type of metal ring. I know of a guy who de-sleeved his finger after tripping. Went to try and catch his fall, his ring hooked on the edge of a loading dock and stripped most of the meat and skin off to just about the bone.
Steve Connally
Been here much more than a while
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- Suffolk, Virginia
Super common in the fire department. There are at least 3 guys who have done it in the past 10 years stepping off the back of the truck and the ring catches on the knurled handles. It's ugly. When I crushed my left middle finger my ring was all that saved the next finger over. Haven't worn a ring since.
Gorman
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- Location
- Rhode Island
Wtf?!
Dave Rohach
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- Location
- Janesville, WI
If you look really closely, you can see the ring is still intact under the flesh, at the knuckle: vomito, is extremely accurate! There goes my lunch...[emoji857]
Did you witness that, or download for future gag-a-thons?
Dave Rohach
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- Janesville, WI
Who cares Coal, I still wanna blow chunks after seein' the pics! Nothing fake about those pics! Ughh, that's pretty nasty!
Steve Connally
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Suffolk, Virginia
Back in the 90's when I was a fairly new paramedic I had a kid try to hop a train and it degloved the skin on his foot from the ankle down to his toenails. I mean totally like a skin sock. It was wicked cool to see al the nerves bones and tendons but it probably really sucked for him. I encouraged him not to look at his foot as we brought him to the trauma center. Shit I could tell nasty storied for days.
