Roy Underhill has another case of bunged up fingers

[Tim Douglass]

"Bag" could mean a very nicely compartmented satchel with each drawknife in its own little leather-lined pocket.

Tim Douglass

[George]

With Roy?

I don't think so.

[Dave in Fairfax]

Sorry about that. The nicotine in the tobacco constricts the blood vessels and the spiderweb gives the PLTs a matrix to adhere to. The honey or scorched milk make enviroments that most bacteria can't grow in.

Dave in Fairfax

[Mark & Juanita]

Really? I'd have thought that honey or milk (even scorched) would provide a medium for bacteria to thrive in. What's the mechanism that kills or stops bacteria in those media?

[Prometheus]

I'm gonna have to keep that in mind- I get lots of little scrapes and dings all the time...

[rcook5]

Learn something new every day. Gawd I love this news group!

That which does not kill us makes us stronger. --Friedrich Nietzsche

Never get your philosophy from some guy who ended up in the looney bin. -- Wiz Zumwalt

[rcook5]

I'd never heard about scorched milk before but in honey it's a combination of the high sugar content and the natural preservatives the bees put in it. That's why honey will keep for years as long as it's undiluted.

--RC

That which does not kill us makes us stronger. --Friedrich Nietzsche

Never get your philosophy from some guy who ended up in the looney bin. -- Wiz Zumwalt

[George]

Preservatives in the honey. Or, if you prefer, "natural" antibacterials. Been used for wound treatment as far back as documentation exists.

Never heard of the milk trick. I know that lard and other occlusives with a bit of activated charcoal (soot) have been used to "draw" wounds.

[Dave in Fairfax]

It's odd isn't it. They're OLD rememdies. Apparently it's a situation where a little bit is good but alot makes it bad. I can't explain it very well, and I'm not seriously suggesting it as a way to deal with cuts, it was intended as tongue in cheek with a hint of the truth. I first heard about it when I was a kid, then read the same thing in my copy of _The Practical Nurse_ by Flo. Nightengale. I talked to some of the older nurses at work and they backed it up with anecdotal evidence.

Dave in Fairfax

[Tim Douglass]

The operative word, of course, is "could".

[Mark & Juanita]

Interesting. Thinking about how honey does keep, it makes sense.

[Larry Jaques]

On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 09:56:11 GMT, [e-mail] calmly ranted:

Get thee to a library and check out all 10 or so volumes of "Foxfire". They're great! Country/mountain wisdom collected by school kids for a long-running project.

-- Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. ---- --Unknown

[Dave Hinz]

I doubt it. He'd probably go over, get some willow bark or something, and sew it up right there, explaining his technique.

Yup, got blood all over the work as I recall. I also remember him tossing (a chair?) over his shoulder when he screwed it up beyond saving. "OK, we're going to do something else now" or something.

Actually, I think the "homespun linen" thing would be more of a Martha type thing.

Dave Hinz

[DarylRos]

No timeouts. Frank Klausz told us he builds in realtime.

[Gary]

Yep, Roy explained it all Saturday. Said he wasn't doing any work at all. He just reached into a sack and grabbed a draw knife. He said about cut his dern finger off. He apologzed several times for his stitches showing up in the camera tight shots.

Gary