Never wipe food off a knife blade with your finger
Don’t run your finger along the blade to clear it—keep fingers away from the edge.
After a student cuts himself wiping the blade, he states you will never cut yourself if you don’t put your finger near the blade and explicitly says never ever wipe the blade.
The short version
- Don’t clear a blade by sliding fingers along it.
- Keep fingers away from the cutting edge at all times.
What goes wrong
Running a finger down the blade to remove stuck food
Don’t touch the blade edge; keep fingers away from it.
Why it works
Wiping along the edge puts skin directly in contact with a sharp surface and causes predictable cuts.
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