Good on yer mate, New a fastener would get the job done, yeah use Coventry here now and then when I want something odd...
Well I can relate to your accident, a couple of years ago I stuck a phillips head screw driver into my hand, just as I thought this is a bad idea I could hurt myself the way I was trying to loosen the screw, wham bam thankyou ma'am straight into the fleshy area between thumb and forefinger....boy did i use some colourful language...!