How to lose money cutting calves

[Dave]

The rancher I helped for a while in south central Washington used a new tag knife. It took the bottom of the sack off slick as a whistle and no exposed edge to cut yourself on.

 

[Buck Randall]

The rancher I helped for a while in south central Washington used a new tag knife. It took the bottom of the sack off slick as a whistle and no exposed edge to cut yourself on.

I like that idea. I use a Newberry knife most of the time. I cut too many calves with people I don't trust to hold tails while I'm holding a scalpel.

 

[Ryder]

When castrating I always use a scalpel blade only, I don't put it on a handle, just wrap it in the foil to hold onto. I find there is less weight and leverage to get kicked and do damage to me.

Ken

I prefer this way as well.
You can be more precise without the handle.
Pocket knives are awkward to handle and never sharp enough.

 

[Shuttle50]

It wasn't all bad. The wife pulled her shirt off to wrap it. So the way I see it I can from now on say I've worked cattle with a topless woman....... :cowboy:

Now that there is looking at the bright side.

 

[greybeard]

Ouch!!
Fence...that looks bad. Deep, and in a bad place.
Frankenstein had some work done that didn't have that many stitches...

 

[skyhightree1]

A kick and a slip of the knife equals a 900.00 er bill. Stupid hurts in more ways than one.. ;-)

I cut myself with 5 left. We, me and the wife did finish the job before heading to the er. You know. If you're gonna be stupid you gotta be...

im pretty stupid I think ill keep using bands glad wasn't worse

 

[sim.-ang.king]

When castrating I always use a scalpel blade only, I don't put it on a handle, just wrap it in the foil to hold onto. I find there is less weight and leverage to get kicked and do damage to me.

Ken

For cutting pigs we always used the disposable scalpels, that have a short plastics handle on them. Also have used the tin foil wrapper method like you, when making gomer boars.


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[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

Ouch! Now you need to be a good patient and take care of it.
Ken - good tip!

 

[TCRanch]

Wow, Fence, that's a dandy! Glad it wasn't worse. I had to go back & look at the first pic a couple times :shock: . Is that weird?

 

[kenny thomas]

So much for me saying to use an immobolizer. I was castrating a bull calf tonight and using the immobolizer and still cut my finger. Calf didn't move, I just made a mistake.
And yes it was a short scalpel.

 

[bbirder]

Dam Fence
Gave that doc some sewing practice. Did that once with a sawzall. Nerve was dead for 3 yrs. Take care of `it if you want to go after those big cats when the river is right.

 

[JW IN VA]

So much for me saying to use an immobolizer. I was castrating a bull calf tonight and using the immobolizer and still cut my finger. Calf didn't move, I just made a mistake.
And yes it was a short scalpel.

Old Age? :lol: :lol:

 

[kenny thomas]

So much for me saying to use an immobolizer. I was castrating a bull calf tonight and using the immobolizer and still cut my finger. Calf didn't move, I just made a mistake.
And yes it was a short scalpel.

Old Age? :lol: :lol:

Sure, let's use that excuse.

 

[Hippie Rancher]

ouch! get yourself a medical stapler for next time, save a trip to the doc. LOL

 

[Nesikep]

OW!.. did any 4 letter words get out?

My friend just had a socket explode on him taking a wheel nut off on a tractor, had to get get a lot of stitches, said it blew his finger into hamburger

My most recent injury (that's visible).. there was a burr on the end of a hose clamp, it just lightly flicked my finger and peeled it right off, doesn't look bad but holy smokes did that hurt like the dickens.. it totally exposed a nerve and touching anything was just agonizing, I'd feel the pain up to my elbow