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Worst Injury: 
Easy.  Building Battletech scratch terrain, sci-fi buildings at 1:256. Was trying to cut through some stubborn pine wood with an older razor.  Blade snapped while I was pressing down on it.  In the microsecond that followed, the tip of the blade embedded in the green cutting board, leaving the jagged edge of the broken stem pointing up.  Sadly, my hand was still pressing down on the handle, and, well …  So not really a CUT, more of an impalement on the broken end of the blade.  Went into the meat of my hand at least ¾ of an inch deep, which leads to …

Advice on Safety:
Hardly an original thought, but always use new blades.  Sharper = safer because you don’t need nearly as much force and you have much more control.  Also, use a small saw on anything tougher than balsa.  Save the razors for balsa, cardboard, cardstock, paper, and thin plastic.

Coffee:  You DON’T want to talk to Oriskany before he’s had at least 30 oz of coffee.  Trust me.  It’s … not pretty.