The Mandolin Club, new member

[Chef Niloc]

Well 20 years in the kitchen and i have avoided destroying my finger on one of these contraptions of death, but now I'm a member

Sorry for the blurry and not bloody pics but i did not have time to take any good pictures, this is a 4 day old cut.
So here we go, all other members of the club may now post there initiation photos

[sachem allison]

been there I had a julienne scar all down the palm of my hand for about a year. Once in a great while if the sun is just right I can still see a few fine lines.

[99Limited]

I bought one 10 years ago and it didn't take me long to figure out mandolins aren't finger friendly.

[JohnnyChance]

Welcome Colin. The first of (hopefully not too) many.

[Dave Martell]

Give me a sharp knife cut over that anyday - That's nasty.

[Keith Neal]

Welcome to the club. Four years later and I still have a noticeable flat spot on my thumb.

I remain leery of those things.

K

[Keith Neal]

Of course, at the time I was having a cocktail and trying to impress a lady with my culinary genius and witty banter.

Mandolins and distractions are a bad mix.

K

[ThEoRy]

I still have dead spots on the tips of a couple fingers from those damn things. That's like a junior membership initiation fee right there. Only when you lose a couple of fingernails or acquire permanent nerve damage can you step up to the senior membership.

I'm at least a 4 time member. lol

[Eamon Burke]

Proud to say I've never cut myself with one. I've only cut myself while cutting food twice, once trying katsuramuki with a friend's knife, and once a few weeks ago butterflying chicken breasts.

I use the hand guard.

[rahimlee54]

My wife cut herself with a mandolin so badly she had to use liquid band aid to stop it. She is banned from the thing. Your cut also looks rough.