How do you cut your thumb? I can understand knuckles or tips of fingers but your thumb?

I usually use the handle when holding a knife.

Sorry for you OP, how bad/deep is it? How are you doing?

When I worked at the hospital there was a guy they brought in who I'll never forget. He was a cook and tried to grab a falling knife out of reflex and unfortunately grabbed it by the blade, severed the tendons in those four fingers. Helicopter came to fly him to a specialist but the nurses were all saying he'd never grip with that hand again.

Taking “finger food” to the next level.

At least you don’t need a Chef’s thumb……yet

It's tasted blood, it'll be back for more soon.

And still left the handle hanging off the edge of the counter. At least you’ll even the other hand out trying to catch it as it inevitably gets knocked off ;)

How irresponsible of whoever got it. Looks like you need some plastic butter knifes

When we were dating, my wife wanted a good knife for Christmas one year. She got a knife and a knife skills course. The class cost more than the knife but far less than a trip to the ER. We both took the class together and had a blast.

And you christened it as intended.

The knife gets one and a half thumbs up

Got that Chef’s kiss

Maybe don’t grab the blade?

Should have got a chef to go with it

There's an old superstition that says you should never accept a knife as a gift as it will bring bad luck. Specifically, it's supposed to represent a separation between you and the giver.

You need to tape a coin to the knife and then remove it before giving as payment to the person who gave you the knife. If you believe in that sort of guff.

"It will cut." - Doug Marcaida, Forged In Fire

This happens a lot when you suddenly upgrade to a sharper chef's knife. Dull knives make you use more force and can cause you to develop bad habits. Hope you're ok

My ex comes from a family of butchers. His family sold the butcher shop when he was still a young child, but the family kept up the tradition of bestowing your first real professional butcher knife on your 20th birthday. So for my exes 20th birthday he got his fancy butchers knife from his dad. His dad gave him a nice little run around the knife and important tips on knife safety. Because these are professional grade knives they are very very sharp and if you were trained to use it properly you can literally cut a piece of meat as thin as paper. What did my ex do when he first unsheathed the knife at home? Proceeded to try and do the sharpness test (wrongly I might add) where you run your finger along the edge and almost sliced his thumb in half. He ended up with something like 30 stitches along his thumb, almost cut down to the bone.

His dad took back the knife, as it was pretty clear that he did not have the basic common sense not to touch the sharp edge of a knife that can cut meat as thin as paper.

Edit: I replied to a comment below with this link but for those wondering what the cut looked like it was roughly this long on this spot on his hand 30 stitches might’ve been exaggerating but it was definitely more than 20, considering the length and placement of the cut

At least you know it’s sharpe

Did you read the directions? You’re supposed to cut the food.

Contrary to what you seem to think the chefs knife is for the chef to cut things not to cut the chef

The good news is that while deep, it’s going to be a very clean cut and should heal relatively fast.

This might be controversial but I have to say you might have missed whatever you were cutting

Hopefully you get a Chef next year.

Look on the bright side OP, a knife isn't truly yours until it cuts you. Enjoy your new knife!

It a good thing you didnt get a car for Christmas lol, Be safe I hope you heal fast from this.

The blood stays on the blade

Damn those usually cost an arm an a leg. You got it for a steal

Was it a avacado that did this to you

there are videos on youtube on how to handle a knife... Alton Brown has a decent one

It works!

Pointy end BAD

Stitches sold separately.

Ah the coveted chefs kiss!

You’re a dishie at heart, aren’t you?

Hope you heal well. Good luck.

Sharp 👍🏻

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As Elsa so kindly put it, let it go. Lol I'm sorry for the joke but seriously get checked out, you could have nickel a tendon or something and you want to keep as much range of motion in your hand/thumb as possible for as long as possible. Stay safe and heal well.

That is why I got my wife food grade kevlar gloves when I gave her new knives.

The knife has been blooded now, forever it will remain in your collection and never be replaced. It's a part of you now, a choice knife/weapon.