Haven't been posting or chatting much in the last week or so...or doing much of anything requiring the use of thumbs. typing is painful, and even holding a phone is excruciating after a while.

Long story short Monday, I was trying to pierce/remove the metal seal on a gallon of thinner with a screwdriver, the thing glanced off the metal and went into my hand just above my thumb.
Such a terrific amount of pain for such a small wound, hardly bled much at all. Yet somehow the pain seemed to me disproportionate to the injury, leading me to believe I damaged the joint or struck a nerve.
Stubborn fool that I am I soldiered on when the pain abated, but the next day my thumb and forefinger WOULD NOT MOVE. I consulted my healthcare practitioner and was given pain meds and anti inflammatories.
I stopped working for a while and laid low (ruined my 4th of July plans BTW) .

It's fine now (or as fine as can be expected considering) so now I'm trying to catch up to nearly a full weeks worth of lost work.

I have some neat things on the burner and will be posting accordingly.

Also, I've been informed that my 'Matsucorp' email is not performing as it should. If anyone needs me, use the PM system or the email associated with my Paypal if you know it.

And to keep on topic for the ready line...here is a picture of a pulse rifle..



M

Ouch!

Get better soon Matt.

Harry

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Well, I'm glad it is getting better and was indeed not something more serious.

Nice PR by the way.
Not one of those 'free to good home' ones is it?

Get 110% soon bud

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Fooknell... Not good!
Hope you're Ok man.

( BTW, I'm onto you... You weren't opening paint at all.
Go on, admit it - You were trying to do The Thing With The Knife at a party )

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Gotta insure those hands!

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Brilliant as always, Matt!

Doh! The Pulse Rifle I mean...

Sorry about your hand...!

-Willie

Man the matt's better be careful.

I stabbed my thumb with a surgical blade two days while

cleaning a kneepad prototype. Be careful.

I think I cut a nerve, got a case of numb thumb.


Sucks Dude.

Ouch. Glad to hear you are on the mend. Take care of yourself. Sucks that your 4th of July plans were scuppered

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It rubs the anti-inflamatory cream on its hands or it gets the hose!

You take care, Matt.

Thanks for the kind words, I'm less concerned about my hand than I am about the work I need to catch up with.

I now know the folly of stabbing wildly and metal objects with a screwdriver while holding said object steady with your other hand.

The correct method would be to use an awl of some sort, holding it with one hand and striking it with the palm of the other...so simple, so safe, so smart....ahh sod it...that's just not my style!

You should see me trimming hedges with a Samurai sword!



M

Kung Fern?

Bush-I-Do?

I had the same "Oopsie" experience while working on Trenches. I had to cut some Zip ties off something, and grabbed my handy X-Acto knife and started hacking away. A second later I distinclty remember thinking, "Maybe I should put down the knife and grab those scissors on the table right there and use them."

As soon as I finised that thought, the knife cut through the Zip tie, and buried itself in my knuckle.

It beld A LOT. And it was definitely one of those cuts that needed a stitch or two to close. But being on a deadline, and knowing that a trip to the Emergency Room would take 6 hours at least, I had to apply pressure and get back to work.

So for the entire shoot, and even until now, I can't straighten that finger all the way easily, and every so often, it stiffens up and I have to, carefully, crack the knuckle to relieve it.

So the moral of this story is... never buy anything that has Zip ties on it!

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Superglue my man, it'll stitch you up really professional like.

Always keep a fresh tube in the med kit. A bottle or two of cheap saline solution for wound clearing helps too (in addition to standard med kit fare).

That is assuming everyone has a med kit handy at home or in the vehicle....right...

M

What's a Medkit?

Isn't that what corpsmen are for?

i thought the moral of the story is use scissors...

Isn't that a picture of my PR before it was shipped?

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It is indeed..

I need to start a portfolio...sometimes I'm in such a hurry to send props out to people that I don't have time to photograph them.

Matt

Matt, just lop that fiddley hand off already and get yourself a metal claw.
Admit it, you've thought of it! Think of it, nothing could stop you and your metal claw of DOOM!

Hi Matt,

how's the injury going ?
Hope its healing up OK.

Can you please check you pm / email, i have been trying to get though to you for a while, not sure if you have an email glitch.

thanks

Iain

Hope the hand's fine now dude!

Been after you actually Matt; do you have any USCM shoulder light kits left?

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