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Thread: Left Hand Microtome

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    Default Left Hand Microtome

    I had a DUH moment today after I bought a microtome. Actually a Microscopic section cutter according to the tang!

    I for some reason had never thought of these as being left or right handed and until I looked closer to it at home. I did a quick search and the pictures I found were of right hand ones.

    It has much wear and a ding in the edge but if I can get it sharp I may have to look for a right handed one to make a shaving set!

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    This is a good example of why I like different things [at least to me]. I have gotten way more than my moneys worth already.

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    I have a Wade and Butcher microtome and was thoroughly confused by it. I thought it was a poorly ground wedge.

    Then I saw this thread:
    https://straightrazorpalace.com/adva...microtome.html
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    Quote Originally Posted by DZEC View Post
    I have a Wade and Butcher microtome and was thoroughly confused by it. I thought it was a poorly ground wedge.

    Then I saw this thread:
    https://straightrazorpalace.com/adva...microtome.html
    The grind on the one there is the same as mine. Like a left handed knife.

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    How would that have been used? Would one cut the specimen with the non-hollow ground side down? if so, then a right hand person would use that one pulling toward themselves. Now if one was to shave with it would you use it like a Kami?(Hollow side toward face).
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    Here’s a couple of pics of mine.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tintin View Post
    How would that have been used? Would one cut the specimen with the non-hollow ground side down? if so, then a right hand person would use that one pulling toward themselves. Now if one was to shave with it would you use it like a Kami?(Hollow side toward face).
    I am thinking like a kitchen knife and if you were cutting a carrot for a righty the carrot and straight side would be on the left and on the right for a lefty.
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    Sometimes it is just easier to section from the left and you need a left handed microtome for that.
    And then, believe it or not, there are left handed biologists out there.
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    The only actual microtomography I have seen was done by a machine, so I would not know how to use that.
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    The machines were/are helpful for doing sectioning studies where you want to look at a bunch of layers from a sample, but the hand held microtome was/is used when you really only need to do one or two sections of a sample. Essentially, the hand held microtome is the quick way to see if a sample has a disease and the machine can slice it up to tell you the extent of the disease.
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