[TheForge] Fatal acccident

[Bruce .]

I was wondering about that.  A blade would have to be traveling upwards to
pass between the ribs and into the heart.

I could understand how a femoral artery could be severed by a thrown blade,
but the heart was a puzzler.

Maybe ABA or ABANA (which, of course, would translate to some individual
bladesmith) could come up with recommended practices for mounting and using
a buffer?  (I'd do it if it were within my ken.)  It might save a life.

Bruce
NJ

On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 3:02 PM, barry myers <blmyers647 at gmail.com> wrote:

> The problem with a lot of buffers is the mounting.  People mount them back
> on the bench so that when the blade is ripped from your hand, it strikes
> the bench and rebounds into you.  They need to be mounted so that the wheel
> is proud from the bench (over air) and then put a wooden box below to catch
> the blade.
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