Adam,
Cool trimmed bone blocks on a block of ice with extra water on top of ice.
This helps soften the bone and keepS the block cold but don't over soak,
that can lead to shredded sections. A cube of ice wrapped in gauze, held
to face of block and also held to knife holder may help or simply
One of the little things I learned along the way regarding bone sectioning:
if time allows, trim (face) the blocks and leave them in the deep freeze
(-?20) overnight. T
Then when you are ready to section, take ONE block out at a time and place
on ice. this trick is especially useful for us as we