Hobby related injuries

[Brian Van Horn]

Originally Posted by ZachS

Has anyone else ever bled for baseball cards?

Just had my first near miss. I've had this Ted Williams card residing in a PSA 1 holder for a long time and decided I wanted to set him free. I grabbed my trusty SOG Seal Pup and proceeded to crack the slab. My coworker was asking me a question at the time and apparently I was paying more attention to him than the razor sharp blade in my hand.

Slip... stab.

If I bleed to death I would like Leon to arrange for the sale of my collection. Leon, you can keep a % for yourself and the rest of the proceeds should go to my kids (but nothing for my wife... she calls me a nerd for collecting cards).

Forgive me. Didn't you ever listen to your mother? Don't play with sharp objects!

[the 'stache]

Originally Posted by Paul S

Forget the hand. Did the card come out unscathed?

LMAO! To the word, the exact same thing I thought when I saw the picture. What does that say about me?

Originally Posted by Bocabirdman

Well, it was a PSA 1 to begin with.

Yeah, but, it's Ted Williams, Mike.

Originally Posted by pclpads

Ted may be free, but his head is still frozen.

That's just wrong, lol.



Zach, seriously, I'm happy that you're ok. I, too, have had a mishap with a knife. No, it was not baseball related. I was a prep cook at a restaurant in Denton, TX called Good Eats. One night when I wasn't paying attention, I cut the tip off of the middle finger of my left hand instead of the grilled chicken breast I was supposed to be cooking.

Whoops.

I had to go to the hospital, and they stitched the finger up by sticking the fish hook + stitches through the fingernail. It had never even dawned on me that you could stick a needle through a fingernail and all the stuff below it. Apparently you can.

My finger throbbed like hell for three days straight. I don't recommend you do it.

Be careful!

[Howe’s Hunter]

would be if my wife found out how much I have actually spent on cards. That could be pretty gruesome.