To: Jon Krupp; Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Microtome knives
I prefer to sharpen my microtome knives by myself by hand.
I have a vintage Cambridge Rocking Microtome and despite its age it works
very well.
Sharpening is a time consuming for the first time, it's depends
I prefer to sharpen my microtome knives by myself by hand.
I have a vintage Cambridge Rocking Microtome and despite its age it works very
well.
Sharpening is a time consuming for the first time, it's depends on the
conditions of the blade edge.
Once you have a nice cutting profile its
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Subject: Re: [Histonet] Microtome knives
I prefer to sharpen my microtome knives by myself by hand.
I have a vintage Cambridge Rocking Microtome and despite its age it works very
well.
Sharpening is a time consuming for the first time, it's depends on the
conditions
Because of your donated knives you will have to buy a knives sharpener which
are costly and not very easy to find.
Your best option is to buy a high profile disposable blades holder (that will
be cheaper), buy disposable blades and avoid all the frustrations and waste of
time sharpening
Hi Jon,
Depends on your cash flow. You could get a used sharpener somewhere off the web
somewhere such as
http://www.labx.com/v2/adsearch/resultsnew.cfm?sw=sharpenermr=25te=cat , or
http://www.medwow.com/used-microtome-knife-sharpener-equipment/63.med but
sharpening knives is a pain IMO and
