Traded for new toys

Got this little green box with a microtome in it. Made by American Optical.
http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/u...me010small.jpg

All nice and neat with a tool to keep the bevel at factory setting.
http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/u...me011small.jpg

All put together.
http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/u...me001small.jpg

Has a true wedge blade.
http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/u...me002small.jpg

AND!


IT'S FUGGIN HUGE!!!!
http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/u...me004small.jpg

That is a 7/8 W&B "AMERICAN RAZOR" for scale. :O

You could go in to meat cutting with that thing, LOL!! but man it sure is nice looking How's the shave?

Cool.thats what it is used for,cuttin meat.

Don't think I'm gonna try shaving my face off with that cleaver. ;)

In fact I an't real sure what I am gonna do with the silly thing. It was part of the trade on that W&B. LOL

The W&B was being used to gut deer with hence the bootlace tied through the hole. I HAD to rescue it.

The ol boy that had it is a good friend and says he has other stuff to gut deer with now as I've sent him two very nice lockback folders to use.

Hay! I know of this guy who has this cat............LOL:rofl2:

Just one cat?

I can throw a shoe and hit two or three on any given day. :p

I've seen a few of those before. Not sure if they're actually called microtomes. Microtomes are usually assymetrically ground for cutting thin slices of tissue for view under a microscope. If I recall correctly, those big wedges are used for autopsies.

Yea, I have this cat...

And I would certainly try shaving with it. Just because. While that one probably IS for autopsy work, microtomes were available in a multitude of "grinds" for various purposes.

They call them CLEAVERS !

Magpie is correct. Microtomes had several different grinds including the asymmetric you mentioned.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microt...crotome_knives

This particular device came from an high school lab that was being "updated". A teacher friend of mine spotted the box in the trash and rescued it. He collects razors but doesn't use them for anything other than looking at every now and then. We made a deal on the old W&B and he threw that in for giggles.

Upon a bit more research this thing is a 120MM AO Spencer Microtome Knife.

Try that across the lip thing with that one, and it "won't grow back". LOL. That's just a beast!! :dropjaw: You'll have to drag that behind your car to set the bevel! Have fun!!!

Howard

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Hay! I know of this guy who has this cat............LOL:rofl2:

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Hey! Leave ol Mickey out of this! ;)

Just kidding about the cat guys!! I dont like them but would NEVER Shave one :angel:

Mickey sez, "Just try shaving me."
http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/u..._01/mickey.jpg

ALL of those toes are armed and dangerous. ;)

I had one bite and claw me up pretty good, put me in ICU for 4 days with blood poison dame near killed me, thats why I dont like them. BUT i would never harm a cat.:nono: and looking at those toes make me nervice.:D

You should maybe get a custom handle made for that thing!

Send me that beast. I want to clean it up, shave with it, just so I can say I did! I will send it back to you shave ready after I scare my friends and family!

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Send me that beast. I want to clean it up, shave with it, just so I can say I did! I will send it back to you shave ready after I scare my friends and family!

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And to be clear, I'm talking about the scalpel, not the cat!

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Originally Posted by Magpie

And to be clear, I'm talking about the scalpel, not the cat!

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Well, I just now figured out how to package the cat for shipment............

Back to the drawing board. :p

Alright, fine. You send me the cat, and I will shave with it! Never let it be said I back out on a deal.

LOL, the wife says the cat STAYS.

You're off the hook.