Of course I meant "porous" and "throw". That's what I get for typing too fast.
Craig >Herbert wrote: >> >>> ... carbon steel ... stainless steel ... >> >>Thanks for all the replies about fine wood cutting tools. >> >>However, there's still something I don't understand. >> >>Scalpel blades (that I've seen) appear made from stainless steel. >>Why wouldn't a surgeon prefer a sharper blade made from carbon >>steel? I ask on the assumption that such a blade would not dull >>appreciably during a 1-3 hour operation, and its extra cost would >>be neglible compared to the total cost of the operation. > >My guess would be that stainless steel is less pourous than high carbon and >thus easier to sterilize and I think you can get a thinner, harder blade out >of stainless than high carbon, which is what you want for cutting into people. >Also I think they do through out scalpel blades rather than resharpen them. > >Of course if I ever go in for surgery and see my doctor honing a scalpel on a >barber's leather strop I'm outta there. :) > >Regards, >Craig > > > >___________________________________________________________ >$0 Web Hosting with up to 200MB web space, 1000 MB Transfer >10 Personalized POP and Web E-mail Accounts, and much more. >Signup at www.doteasy.com > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > ___________________________________________________________ $0 Web Hosting with up to 200MB web space, 1000 MB Transfer 10 Personalized POP and Web E-mail Accounts, and much more. Signup at www.doteasy.com
