I am working on making a sheath for my machete, right now I am reusing the sheath from the old one to store it. I am thinking of building one out of wood, with a spike on the bottom. So I can stake it in the ground and not have it strapped to my hip. I am using this around the house and do no see a need to carry it on my person, seems to just invite an accident.

My cut/ now scar just missed the metacarpal for my pointer finger and the tendon for my thumb. The doc said that another millimeter more either way and either my pointer or my thumb would be useless. I did score the muscle, but it has healed with no problems.

I have used super-glue with great results for superficial cuts. butterflys are great also. I knew I had to get stitches with my hand, there was no way to externally hold the sides together, it took a couple of months to heal to a scar. the stitches came out after a 12 or 13 days, but i kept butterflys on it until i could see the sides were fused.

btw, the "snuff box" of your hand, when cut, gapes open. (Figured somebody would want to know)