Iditarod musher Mitch Seavey suing knife company over blade
design  Craig MedredAlaska Dispatch  According to the Anchorage
Daily News, former Iditarod champion Mitch Seavey is suing the
Oregon company that made a knife with which Seavey nearly sliced
off his index finger as well as Sportsman's Warehouse, where he
purchased the blade.  Seavey was using a knife with a locking
blade that has a gut hook mushers frequently use to slice a
plastic tie that secures straw bales. The suit contends that a
lever or button near the middle of the handle can be depressed
while the knife is being used, potentially allowing the blade to
close on a user’s fingers.  The defendant is Kershaw Knives,
owned by KAI USA Ltd. of Japan.   At the time of the incident,
Seavey was in fourth place behind four-time champion Martin
Buser of Big Lake.  John Baker of Kotzebue would eventually win
and set a new race record. Shortly after the accident, Seavey’s
father Dan, a pioneer Iditarod musher, called the accident
“devastating. I’m guessi