I used to be the same way as far as being inconvenienced by putting gloves on…until I concluded it was far more inconvenient to be digging splinters out of my fingers all the time. But hey, that’s just me. To each his own. Leather gloves….a great invention and highly underrated.
I stepped on a honey locust thorn once while walking the shore line, all I had on were flip flops and it went right through and into my foot. I had a new fishing hook in the boat, straightened out the hook, and used it to pry out the tip of the thorn. A soreness went up my leg to my thigh over the next week from it, they're toxic.
The only thing that’s going to keep those prigs from stabbing you is a suit of armor & even then they would still find a chink in the armor. Yes, Honey Locust thorns make me swell up too, sometimes I may have a non functioning finger for a day or 3 after getting stabbed. I believe they have a bit of toxin on them.
This is pretty much how it is for me, and it's when moving wood into the house, and sometimes when loading the stove. I expect to lose some flesh it I have to resort to the sewing needle.
We use washable napkins, Norwex is the brand, but every once in a while those things will grab onto my hands, like velcro. I show my wife, and she just shakes her head... LOL
I never heard of it either and hopefully won't have a need to try it anytime soon. As I was told, put the tip of the syringe on the end of the splinter, and quickly draw the syringe open to suck the splinter out. I kind of have my doubts, but it would be great if it works.
I agree. Can’t stand wearing gloves when I’m working. Only put them on if they start to get really cold. Just split and loaded two cords of oak this morning. No gloves and not a single splinter.
Bottom line, I need to get into a better habit of using gloves for the final stage of my splits. I've worn out a lot of gloves, cutting, splitting and stacking.
Yeah, and I can feel my hands picking my shirts, especially the ones that are made of that "performance" type fabric. Even trying to put my daughter's hair in a ponytail is an annoying event...she has fine hair and it just sticks to all the roughness on my hands. I applaud you for using them, but oh boy do I despise a cloth napkin. Hate going to a restaurant with those slick type clothes napkins...they don't clean anything off anything. When we go somewhere with those, it makes me start fussing immediately!
A guy I worked with back in the 90's swore by use of pulling salve. Also called drawing salve. Never tried it but he said it works like a charm!
Dissecting scope and tools, (#5 Dumont) One of my students dropped this scope and the base broke off so I took it home and JB Welded it back together.
Gloves are a simple answer. If you have splinters and don't wear gloves, I can "blame" you for not wearing gloves. I don't like wearing shoes or steel toe boots, but a few thorns, step on a bee, glass cuts, and smashed toes...; the simple answer: wear shoes and steel toes when appropriate. To each their own I guess; some would rather wear gloves, some would rather borrow their wife's tweezers.
I’ve never got an oak splinter either. Try that with split, dry Douglas Fir and it won’t go the same.
Yes. I also wear eye protection which is waaaay inconvenient for my vision. I wear steel toe boots which suck to lace up. My flip flops are much easier to put on! I wear chaps so I don’t cut my leg off. And boy those things get hot in the summer! I also wear a helmet and ear protection. Talk about inconvenience…. so to me I value the state of my body and have made the decision to protect it. When I was 12 I got an 8” inch splinter in my upper leg 2” deep which sent me to the ER. I don’t like splinters at all. Not even small ones. Gloves are easy, real easy.
