ld be heavy. Therewas formerly a fashion of making very thin bladed section knives, but thaia great mistake, for the thin blade bends and vibrates in cutting firm tiland large pieces. There is no possible advantage in a thin bladed sectionknife for microtome work, but much disadvantage from the… … i i.*!u;wj, Fig. 227. Section knife with the honing back in position (Cut loaned bythe Spencer Lens Co.) § 435- Sharpening Section Knives ; Hones and Strops.—Perhaps it should be taken for granted that any one would appre-ciate the impossibility of making good sections with a dull sectionknife, but…
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