On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:17:18 +0000 (UTC), the infamous Przemek
Klosowski scrawled the following:

On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:03:49 -0700, Tim Wescott wrote:
If you have a sharp Exacto knife (#11 blade) and really keen eyesight
you can slide the blade in alongside the sliver, then cut straight out
(i.e. slice through the least possible amount of skin). A needle works
for this, but not as well, and it rips the skin, which makes it harder
to see the sliver.

My patented method is to insert the needle perpendicularly under the back
fifth of the sliver, and pull it up; this tears enough of the skin at
the exit (entrance?) opening so that the sliver tends to wiggle free,
especially after I poke at it sideways with the needle and pull back.

That's my method exactly. I then use my cuticle clippers to snip off
the skin I tore up and throw some tea tree oil or triple antibiotic on
the hole the splinter left, to prevent infection.


+1 re. the microscope. I bought a Chinese 20x lighted binocular for $30
on Ebay.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=38896
I got a couple of these $6 headsets for around the house and shop. I
had to tape the battery covers on, as they tended to fall off, but the
lights work well where necessary. I'm usually under bright CFL fluor
lighting, though.

--
....in order that a man may be happy, it is necessary that he should
not only be capable of his work, but a good judge of his work.
-- John Ruskin