Way back 30 years ago when we moved to disposable blades I negotiated with the blade supplier to provide a blade holders for our microtomes for free. These blade holders replace the steel knife so you do not need to buy a new part for your microtome. If I remember right these blade holders were sold by Feather.
Good luck John www.ciqc.ca ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Thursday, September 19, 2019 3:42 AM, Hannen, Valerie via Histonet <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> wrote: > Good Morning all, > > We am coming out of the dark ages!! We are going to be transitioning to > disposable blades in the very near future. My main problem now , is that I > may not get the equipment( disposable blade holder or new Microtomes) that I > > will need soon enough ( we are running out of compounds needed to sharpen > these blades ourselves). > > I am waiting for review and approval of this equipment, so in the mean time I > may need to send my steel microtome blades out to be sharpened. We are on the > East Coast of Florida ( @ 1 hour away from Orlando). > > I am reaching out to you all asking if you know of any companies relatively > close to me that sharpen these blades. > > Thanks so much in advance for any help and insight you may give me. > > Valerie Hannen,MLT(ASCP),HTL,SU (FL) > Section Chief, Histology > Parrish Medical Center > 951 N. Washington Ave. > Titusville,Florida 32796 > T: (321)268-6333 ext. 7506 > F: (321) 268-6149 > valerie.hannen@parrishmed.commailto:valerie.han...@parrishmed.com > www.parrishmed.com > > Histonet mailing list > Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
