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Hey guys - longtime lurker here.
Ive definitely got experience with this.
Haven't hit my leg though.
I was chopping up wood (proper hard acacia) for some tinder in the front yard for a braai.
Slightly drunk, halfway done, cheap-as-shit but sharp-as-fuck little hatchet.
Thought it was a good idea to hold the base of a small log laying flat- and split the tip with small hatchet.
Fucked up my shit - glanced off towards my hand.
Sliced about half or a third of the tip of my left thumb clean off - blood EVERYWHERE.
Dont know this, thought its just a cut.
Rush off to the bathroom, rinse off blood in the sink, see meaty tip of my thumb, looks alot shorter than the other one.
Rush back to the braai area, look for missing tip.
Just a few blood drops on the ground, and my neighbors maltese smelling around.
Pretty sure he ate the missing piece.
Go to the hospital because no first aid.
Handful of bloody bandage, get yellow star in Emergency.
Doctor cleans it properly, after considerable shit-talking as is the custom.
Fast forward 2 weeks and it looks like picture attached.
This happened about a year ago - and the fucker grew back perfect after 2 months.
Nowhere near as fucked as your leg - but thought to share in any case.
Not doing that again
