Silky cut

[Lancstree]

I was cutting a small branch up in a cherry tree with my handsaw and because it was really wet I lost grip on the handsaw which somehow flipped and hit the top of my right thumb. It hit the part where it is just bone about 3cm below the knuckle. It hurt and bled a bit but I carried on expecting it to heal like all the other silky cuts have in the past but its been some time now (months) and it seems to be getting worse. For example I can't make a fist with my thumb on the inside without pain and it also hurts when I'm feeding my hands into gloves. I'm wondering if anyone else has had this happen? Could the silky teeth have done damage to tendons or perhaps there is some infection but there is nothing visible and can't find anything different to the other thumb.

[ScottF]

Silky saws are savage things. Some of the worst injuries I've had are from these little buggers. The remove quite a lot of material when you cut yourself with them and tend to scar up quite a lot. Maybe you've got some heavy scarring which is applying pressure to something it shouldn't. I've regretted not getting a couple of Silky bites stitched up because they healed pretty untidily. Worth getting looked at if it's months later?

[Leyburn Lad]

I was cutting a small branch up in a cherry tree with my handsaw and because it was really wet I lost grip on the handsaw which somehow flipped and hit the top of my right thumb. It hit the part where it is just bone about 3cm below the knuckle. It hurt and bled a bit but I carried on expecting it to heal like all the other silky cuts have in the past but its been some time now (months) and it seems to be getting worse. For example I can't make a fist with my thumb on the inside without pain and it also hurts when I'm feeding my hands into gloves. I'm wondering if anyone else has had this happen? Could the silky teeth have done damage to tendons or perhaps there is some infection but there is nothing visible and can't find anything different to the other thumb.

 

i cut the knuckle on my index finger on right hand, took months to heal, when it did it hardly left a scar but boy did it bleed.

 

always happen on a nice cold day aswell when the bloods nice and thin

[Lancstree]

I hasn't scarred noticeably on the outside/skin surface. It was just like two little pin pricks really. GP is the way forward after this long I think. Wish I took a photo near the time too... always handy to have.

[treequip]

Don’t you just love these silkys. I know I do but I curse them every time I loose blood to one.

Yup go see your GP. Wounds near joints can be problematic. Infections in the synovial make movement painful and can be hard for your body to shift.

Andy

[Mick Stockbridge]

Dont climb in the rain,youre lucky it was,nt a buzzer.

[skyhuck]

Dont climb in the rain,youre lucky it was,nt a buzzer.

 

I take it your joking??????????

 

I'd have gone bust this year if I followed that advice

[rafregtgunner]

I manged to put my silky into my left wrist after trying to cut and pull a branch off a powerline.

Luckly it was a vein I hit, as the amount of blood worried me slightly! I've never got out of an ivy covered ash tree as fast as I did that day!

[Mick Stockbridge]

I take it your joking??????????

 

I'd have gone bust this year if I followed that advice

 

I can always find something else to do,dont mind working in the rain just dont see the point of taking needless risks.The tree will still be there tomorrow.

[skyhuck]

.The tree will still be there tomorrow.

 

True! but I won't!, I'll be somewhere else doing another