Saturday, I was home with my Daughter (3) and we were just hanging around. My wife & son were at the roller rink.

For whatever reason, I needed to cut a hunk of polypropylene rope that was tied around something. My knife was not in my pocket (gasp!) so I grabbed my wife's extra Swiss Army Knife.

Now, I'm used to lock-blades, but that does not excuse what happened.
As I tried to cut the rope, and was giving a slight twist & turn to the knife, I distinctly remember thinking "Damn, this knife is too dull to be safe" when WHAM it folded HARD into my right index finger, just between the first and second knuckle, cutting to the bone. YOW! I yelled, ran to the bathroom and started first aid. My little one was right there with me, opening a couple of 3x3's and 4x4's to soak up the amazing amount of blood that the cut was producing. She never freaked out or got upset, all she wanted to do was help.

Well, the blood wasn't stopping after about 10 minutes, so I figured I'd give that Bleed-X stuff a try. The biggest problem I had was that I was working with one hand, so the blood would float the stuff off the wound real fast. Instead of directly pouring it on the wound, I tried putting in in a small pile on a 4x4 and then pressing that into the wound. That worked like a charm. My little one then helped tape the gauze on my finger, and then all was well. 3 hours later, there was a little bit of bleeding, mostly because I'm obstinate and didn't immobilize it , so every time I bent my finger, it opened the would a bit. Bit all in all, the stuff works great.