Originally Posted by Roche
2. Just last night I got a new set of handlebars in the mail. The bars are zip-tied to a piece of cardboard, and while using my super-sharp pocket knife to cut the zipties, I slipped and cut a big slice into the top of my left thumb right below the thumbnail. No stitches, but lots of bleeding.
That's exactly how I unpack about 70% of new bike stuff.... the excitement of a new toy + sharp blade to cut packing material = sliced fingers

but look on the bright side, human blood works just as well as Locktite, I know this for a fact