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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
@cpsc.gov

Get your pumpkin carving kit *now* before it's later tonight and you convince yourself a steak knife will work just fine, but it won't and you'll be posting on Bluesky saying, "I just lacerated myself carving a pumpkin. CPSC is going to be so disappointed in me :( "

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Jess
@mmebahorel.bsky.social

Likewise, if your sewing project doesn't have a bloodstain (of determined or indeterminate provenance), did you even make it?

TerrificTadpole
@terrifictadpole.bsky.social

I flick an inch of my katana from its sheathe, then slam it back in. There is a moment of silence before chunks of pumpkin fall to the floor with muted thunks. I grimace; my hand has a huge cut on it. I should have used a pumpkin carving kit.

Matt Akins
@walkipedia.bsky.social

Bold assumption that I’d need a pumpkin , when I’ve mangled myself just attempting to retrieve a pocket knife from my satchel. Good thing I have a first aid kit , *also* in my satchel.

Dizzy
@dizzy611.bsky.social

I carved a pumpkin with a steak knife as a mandatory school project at a private school in the early 2000s. What do you have to say to that? :p

Dizzy
@dizzy611.bsky.social

(Note i am not saying people should carve pumpkins with steak knives, just highlighting how crazy people can be expecting 13 year olds to do it)

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
@cpsc.gov

It might seem that way at first because the steak knife is so sturdy, but it's actually very easy for your hand to slip while carving angles on a pumpkin. A pumpkin carving tool has much better grip and most won't cut you if you slip.

Emily (spooky)
@emilyrose.bsky.social

If I owned a steak knife, I’d probably try to test this. Fortunately for my fingers, though, I do not own a steak knife. Or a pumpkin. I have a bunch of fake pumpkins I’ve carved over the years, but no real ones.