Yea thats right, heres the story... I had one of my sa daggers laid out on my bed out of scabbard, i got called to another room and forgotten i had it laid out on the edge of my bed. I came back later forgetting about it and sat on the edge of the bed, right onto the point of the sa dagger, ouch. At first i didnt think it was that bad but it started bleeding like a garden hose. Luckily my fiancee was able to call paramedics and i was rushed to the hospital, after a blood transfusion of 7 units of o- and two units of plasma and 1 rbc and 24 staples, i was stable. The tip of the sa severed my poplateal artery and i nearly bled to death. Lesson to be learned never ever leave an sa dagger unattended, i never really liked sa daggers anyhow just thought i would share my momoent of stupidness,
i knew i should have stuck to armys and lufts haha ps it wasnt even a nice early maker it was a damned rzm!!!
another couple of inches and you girlfriend might have been looking for another guy
Just kidding and hope you get on the mend nasty slice.
Yikes! As bad as it is, glad it was no worse. I've nicked myself a time to two with dagger tips, but nothing like this.
Roy,
That Sir is one crazy story!!! The average human adult has 10 pints of blood and you needed 7 units. I would consider that a very close call.
Now it's time to change your quote to, "Drive Fast and Take Chances and put all daggers back in their scabbards"
Glad to hear all is well.
Rich
Roy I am glad you are Ok sorry to hear you were almost done in by a RZM dagger. Those SAs are pointed!! Might be a wake up call to change your signature line. " Slow down and enjoy life" just joking!! but thankful it was not worse. Best regards Larry
Who would have guessed that the SA was still active today and almost did in an American! You're very lucky and I'm glad that you're doing better.
Damn Roy,that was close!Glad you made it,but will you be selling that RZM at a reduced price?KIDDING!
Sorry for your unfortunate accident Roy. Get better soon.
Thanks for sharing your lesson learned the hard way.
Holy Canoli, that is a manly sized wound, I'd be happy with one half that size !
Glad your Ok, you must have hit the bed with some force !
So, you going to sell the haunted dagger ?? [just kidding].
Keep it clean, secondary infections can be a mutha
Unreal Bro............... I can't freakin believe it!
Did ya wipe the blade and apply a light coating of oil before leaving for the hospital??
Roy, good to hear that everything is ok and that you now have something different for show and tell!
Don't listen to Denny, you should have applied a light coating of Renwax before the ambulance got there.
John
Roy:
That looks painful. I hope you heal up good as new.
Brian Rich
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Glad your okay! Boy is that a freakish accident. As you now know it doesn't take much for the tip of a blade to enter flesh. We had two privates one time practice knife fighting with their bayonets. One went to kick the other but instead kicked the bayonet. Yep, went clean through the calf muscle, like a stick of butter!
roy you may be the only person ever really stabbed by an sa. dagger hilter would be proud of his sa.Just kidding it is a nasty but in light of every thing if it had hit the femoral art. which is pretty damn close we would not be talking to you.You would have bled out before you got where you needed.I would not sell the sa i would frame it.Get better
A very close call, luckily you had someone there to help, Just shows that even after 70 years they still have teeth to bite with
Newton
Is the dagger OK? No permanent stains?
thanks for the kind words guys, re learning how to walk is tougher than i imagined, hats off to everyone who has had to have a cathedar in there lifetime not fun for 5 days going in or coming out, when the male nurse lifted the blanket and said it wouldnt hurt when he yanked out the tube (felt like razor blades) i knew he was lying, lucky me i guess, 4 hours of surgery and had to be recesitated, I have O- blood and donate all the time, after you donate i think 20 units they can never charge you for blood for the rest of your life so i had a little bonus
oh and the sa now lies in the murky depths of a deep ore mine that flooded in the early 1900's that we call the Ore Hole that has great bass fishing right down the road from me, so the values of sa's should go up as i tossed the bit.ch...it was in fine condition to boot. Maybe someone will snag the hanger ring some day that would be a hoot.
thanks for the words gents the only thing i saw when i was out were big snow capped mountains and woods no light and no tunnel so there we have it,
Glad you are still with us Roy!
Maybe Craig will let you borrow his Segway.
Of course going to a show could kill you, lots of knives there.
That's a crazy story. Glad to hear you made it through okay.
I don't usually post here any more but I wanted to come on and wish my old pal Roy the best and I hope you have a speedy and full recovery.
Jim Modena
Thats a crazy story,and quite the scar, glad your alright but I think you could of sold that dagger to member here for a good $ with the story in writting, cause were all going to remember this one....WoW...
oh and the sa now lies in the murky depths of a deep ore mine that flooded in the early 1900's that we call the Ore Hole that has great bass fishing right down the road from me, so the values of sa's should go up as i tossed the bit.ch...it was in fine condition to boot. Maybe someone will snag the hanger ring some day that would be a hoot.
You're kidding, right? You're a serious collector and I'll bet you wouldn't throw away a piece of history!
Whoa!!
[Hopefully that catheter won't mess you up years later [scar tissue from insertion and extraction = flow problem].]
Dam, too bad no one to sue!,anyway at least you got a cool looking scar..
I would have done way worse than toss it! , Re shape it into my slave bitch steak knife,,,weld it to a H-D ratchet lid handle ,,etc.
* Hope you have a speedy recovery.....
I nominate Roy for the Blood Order
Hope to see you at the SOS
give yourself a black wound badge and stay away from all things pointed,,,,as Napoleon once remarked."You can do anything with bayonets(i.e.SA dagger in this case)except sit on them"...
Glad your doing ok.Get well soon paul
Hey Roy, Was it an Eickhorn!!!!!!!!
Glad to hear your on the mend
Hope to see you at the SOS
Gary
Never heard a story like this but I'm sure it's happened before.
You got the business end of a dagger...it drew 'Last Blood'.
Sounds like a real close call. Have a full recovery and Take Care.
-serge-
Roy,
That's one
nasty wound
!! I'm very glad that you are better and hope that the recovery keeps going well, with a good prognosis for the future. And don't let them give you a hard time about the dagger. It was disloyal and needed to take a hike. Think of it as
"sleeping with the fishes".
Fred
Nasty wound Roy. i got stuck in the leg with a knife once and it`s going to take time to heal but i wish you a good recovery and think you were very lucky. Glad you are still here and please try and look after yourself a bit better in future.
We aint ready to lose you yet...
Wow Roy- unbelievable- Hope you get well soon- I've always told you to stay away from the RZMs- next time try a McSARR 10- Mike
I never thought about it but Mike is right - Stay away from those RZM daggers.
Dave
Roy,
Wild story man, you're incredibly lucky but remember, only the good die young! Wishing you a speedy recovery.
Years ago my ex wife got me pretty good with just a kitchen knife. And I had to go to the hospitable imagine what would have happen if she had use a SA dagger! Anyway I wish you a speddy recovery.
At least he didn't "fall on it" in the shower!
Oh Roy, your my favorite housewife.
Last year you were almost on TV (Jerry Springer?), this year almost eviscerated by an immobile dagger.
The drama is amazing...
Take care!
This hobby os obviously dangerous�
Johnny
�.. I�m just kidding you Roy.
Hope it heals quick and we see you at the SOS!
I just heard of the story, pretty nasty cut mate.
I think your SA dagger has become more valuable as a collector's artifact, just imagine what you could write in the description, " this dagger has actual vet blood on the blade ".
Glad to hear you're fine.
Roy,
Don't leave any guns on your bed !
Dave
This past summer at a UK show my buddies table partner had 2 Katana hanging up behind the table.As he went to get one down to show a customer the sword slipped out of the scabbard and he instinctively reached out to grab it to stop it hitting the ground. Not as bad as Roys injury but it sliced his palm right up and he was rushed to hospital for stitching.
Something like this, Jon ?
I think I am willing to give it a shot of being "Trapped in the House of Nazi Dagger Girls", maybe they are not all bad.
Those old "mens magazines" were great. Endless speculation as to where Hitler was along with "aged" pictures of what he might look like. Bormann too. Also phony reports on german secret weapons that would have destroyed the World if the war had only lasted a month longer.
PS - I think the buckle and eagle she has on her uniform are Reddick fakes
Yes Dave,it looked just like that! and to make things worse the guy who asked to take a look was just another tyre kicker and shuffled straight off!
Those old "mens magazines" were great. Endless speculation as to where Hitler was along with "aged" pictures of what he might look like. Bormann too. Also phony reports on german secret weapons that would have destroyed the World if the war had only lasted a month longer.
PS - I think the buckle and eagle she has on her uniform are Reddick fakes
They rock! There's a great book about them:
http://www.amazon.com/Mens-Adventure-Magazines-Allan-Collins/dp/3822825174
Bst story ever! There is an old Twilight Zone episode (banned and hard to find) where a Japanese Samurai sword from WWII wants to stab the vet who brought it home - and George Takei is a Japanese who gets possessed by its power. Maybe that's what happened...those ceremony pics are pretty pagan looking...
Twilight Zone ~ The Encounter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB5GrAFtH64Interesting.
Banned by the government, I guess the racial stereotyping, insensitivities & violence were a bit much for the early 60's.