[Histonet] low profile blades and cutting angle

[Hugh Luk]

Stacey,

Same for me too with Accuedge!  But I also like "Shandon MX35 Premier."  Pack of 50 blades may be over $100 (depends on your Fisher pricing).  I use these for both microtome and cyrostat sections.  I've also used these for MMA sections.  Premier Plus should be good also, but I haven't tried it.

30-518-35

	  
	  	
	  		Thermo Scientific 
No.:3051835
	  	
	 	 
	  
	
	


Blade angle?  About 30 degrees.  Thermo states 34 degrees in their catalog.

I think I've seen Accuedge blades thru several vendor sites.  Cardinal, Fisher, VWR, Electron Microscopy Sciences, ect.

For example:
http://www.emsdiasum.com/microscopy/products/histology/sectioning.aspx

Hugh
KP-Hawaii

> From: b-frederick <@t> northwestern.edu
> To: leiker <@t> buffalo.edu; barrickstacey <@t> yahoo.com; histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 13:19:48 -0500
> Subject: RE: [Histonet] low profile blades and cutting angle
> CC: 
> 
> It's all I ever use and I've tried a bunch.
> Bernice
> 
> 
> Bernice Frederick HTL (ASCP)
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Merced
> Leiker
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> Subject: Re: [Histonet] low profile blades and cutting angle
> 
> AccuEdge by Sakura Finetek are the best (avail. through VWR)
> 
> Not only have I tried a few other brands, but our former knowledgeable and 
> experienced histotech here at UB recommends AccuEdge.
> 
> Merced
> 
> --On Thursday, April 02, 2009 9:55 AM -0700 Stacey Barrick 
> <barrickstacey <@t> yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi everyone,
> >  
> > What brand low profile blades does everyone prefer and where do you order
> > them?  
> > Also, what blade angle does everyone prefer for cryosectioning?
> >  
> > Thanks
> >
> > Stacey
> >
> >
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