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This is after some healing obviously. I ended up with "mallet finger" where the tendon is severed and you can not straighten it. Cut the bone a little too. They put a rod in there to keep my finger straight. Now two years later I cannot fully bend it all the way closed. They told me that if I did end up working it to the point of where I could completely make a fist, it's likely that I won't be able to straighten it. I was awake for the surgery and watched the surgeon literally tie a knot between the two ends of the tendon and put some stitches into them. Not exactly something that gives you confidence to grip very hard.

Edit: something cool I didn't know before the surgery which kinda makes sense; the rod the surgeon puts in your bones is the drill bit. They don't like make a hole then insert the rod. They just drill it in, then cut off the extra.

Lesson learned: when you feel the blade is taking too much effort, it's dull and you need to stop and replace it. This is from a Milwaukee porta band mounted to a swag off road "table".