Was turning a 14-16 inch piece of wet ash last night when a large piece of bark flew off and hit me in the face, or at least it would have done if I wasn't wearing my 3m versaflow mask, I later weighed the piece of bark and it weighed in at 3/4 of a pound, it could have easily broken my nose or taken my eye out if I wasn't wearing protection, it scared me half to death when it hit but the face shield absorbed 9/10 of the force, after I recovered I thought for sure the versaflow mask would be badly scratched but to my joy I found there was no mark whatsoever, so thought I would just post a little reminder to you guys to wear those face shields, they really do there job well and they are much cheaper than a new eye!!! (and please remember to use lung protection when dealing with dry wood, lungs ain't cheap either!!!)
Be safe people !!!
