I was using a heavy vegetable knife and it had become a bit slippery as they will do when slicing veggies. I was telling myself to give it a wipe off when it launched out of my hand upwards. At the top of its arc, I attempted to catch? it. Instead I batted downwards increasing it's velocity. It landed blade down on my big toe, neatly severing the tendon..
Yikes, even now I can see it all
George, I have a good (bad) story about a prime rib knife you might appreciate, or your readers might cringe at: https://brianalfred.substack.com/p/slicing-and-dicing-ourselves
I was using a heavy vegetable knife and it had become a bit slippery as they will do when slicing veggies. I was telling myself to give it a wipe off when it launched out of my hand upwards. At the top of its arc, I attempted to catch? it. Instead I batted downwards increasing it's velocity. It landed blade down on my big toe, neatly severing the tendon..