I have joined the class of flat finger ladies as one of our Ladies at the Quilting Guild called us. I was cutting some strips and got in a hurry and sliced off a piece of the index finger on my left hand, at first I thought I had just cute it, but them it would not stop bleeding, taking a closer look I had cut a small piece off leaving it on my cutting board, lol. Well off we went to the walk in clinic and they cauterized it and stopped the bleeding. They had to do a block on my hand before doing it. I thought I could do it without the block but believe me I could not stand the pain. I still use my rotary cutter but with a lot more care and a lot less speed. I will never forget that day.