Scalpels and chisels, carbon steel and stainless.
As you all have said it is a matter of purpose. Stainless does sterilize
better, but it is also true that surgical instruments are now disposable.
I'll not blame it entirely on the lawyers, but in these days of litigation
and awareness of
At the risk of straying off-topic a little,
I found that surgical blades are manufactured from
both stainless steel and carbon steel.
Carbon steel blades are described as somewhat brittle,
and hobbyists using them forcefully are advised to wear safety
glasses.
For example,
... 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
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
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
Craig Allen wrote:
Of course I meant porous and throw. That's what I get for typing
too fast.
That and carpal tunnel syndrome.
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... 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
I basically agree with everyone, but choose this message to respond to as
I've a bit of disagreement here.
Probably because they make a lot more selling slick-looking but poorly
made crap to consumers who don't know any better... Also, there isn't
really a big enough market for the more
Older tools were made of carbon steel which can be sharpened to a very
fine edge, but is soft enough to dull with use.
Modern tools use harder alloys which do not dull (at least not in your
lifetime with reasonable use), but can't be easily resharpened, reshaped,
and maybe can't be as sharp as
Herbert wrote:
Larry Brown (on his website) says that many of his tools are
antique, and superior to their modern counterparts.
The man's woodworking expertise is obvious (and probably
also not obvious).
So I wonder how it is that Craftsman, Black Decker, and Stanley,
with their engineers,
At 11:01 AM 9/22/2005, Herbert Ward wrote:
Larry Brown (on his website) says that many of his tools are
antique, and superior to their modern counterparts.
The man's woodworking expertise is obvious (and probably
also not obvious).
So I wonder how it is that Craftsman, Black Decker, and
Probably because they make a lot more selling slick-looking but poorly made
crap to consumers who don't know any better... Also, there isn't really a big
enough market for the more specialized tools to make it worth their while.
There are some very well made modern tools, just not by the old
Another thing is that a variety of useful tools are not commonly made
anymore. I like to watch Roy Underhill's show on PBS. He is always using
some antique doodad that nobody at Home Depot has heard of, and the modern
woodworker of the Norm Abrams school would have little use for.
I'm a
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