Esther Peters requests a picture of the stropping and honing technique once used (long before this geezer's time) to sharpen microtome blades.
Here's a scan, with captions, on my Flickr Web site at http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobrichmond/3616614043/ This is probably out of copyright. I can supply a higher definition scan if you need one for printing purposes. Bob Richmond Samurai Pathologist Knoxville TN _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet