Hold on a second! We're all acting as if Fingon had time to weigh the pros and cons of cutting off the entire hand or parts of the hand. Besides, I think Maedhros was in too much pain to care whether his hand was salvaged or not. All Fingon wanted to do was get his cousin out of there in one piece (mostly), and I think that sacrificing a hand is ok for that cause.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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