Wow . lucky you .
Id like to make a suggestion :
if one shucks oysters @ home , or anywhere else
please consider getting a steel mesh glove to wear .
even is its occasionally or just a few times..
it is an added expense , but if you buy oysters , buy a few less, one time.
and get the steel mesh glove .
why ?
shellfish have a peculiar ( ordinary to them ) biology of bacteria that are difficult to treat
if they contaminate even a small wound .
people have lost their arms from time to time to this sort of thing.
fiddled w the wound at home for a few days , and rarely , it becomes an amputation.
everybody I know in this area of medicine uses steel mesh gloves .
because they have seen first hand , literally , what these wounds can cause.
this is no joke , I have a steel mesh glove . used it twice.
Id wear it out if I got back into shucking at home
my technique was shuck and swallow.
not a particularly good investment you say ?
price out the value of one of your arms .
Easy Peasy .
the shellfish biome is which different than the one on land.
