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Baked. Read up on sharpening techniques. |
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Also, I think the reason flint blades (as well as glass and other non-metallic blades) work so well is the hardness of the material. The glass knives used for cutting slide samples -- I forget what they are called -- have a very straight edge. |
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diamond blades too. and they can only be used a few times before the edge dulls. Steel would be worse off obviously than diamond....you'd probably have to sharpen the blade for every use..... |
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I thought the deal with flint blades was that the molecular structure of flint allowed for extremely fine edges at the edge of the blade, formed through a fracture in the material not by grinding and shaping. This led to a sharp durable edge that required less maintenance and was sharper than the edge that could be obtained with steel. |
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Microtome blades can section tissue to a cellular level. They were also used in the Visible Man Project. <link> |
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If you need you meat sliced that thinly, please don't bother to invite me over for sandwiches. |
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