Re: microtome


"Klaus Henkel" <KlausHenkel@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Kevin Cunningham schrieb/wrote:
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>>>> Buy
>>>> the blades either disposable or non-disposable from Leica or someone
>>> really
>>>> knowledgable.
>>>
>>> Are Leica's blades (or others) usable whit 820 microtome? There are
>>> universal blades? The 820 microtome will work well whit other blades?
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>> Leica blades and others are usable with the 820. I'll get the part
>> number
>> tomorow and post it. The 820 will work with most types of blades and
>> techniques however its at its best with a paraffin embedded specimen. If
>> you are buying blades in the US my histo friends prefer blades made at
>> the
>> Gillete plant in Virginia. They would spend a few days a year making all
>> the disposable blades for Leica. Now they are made in Nueslock, Germany
>> and
>> just not as good as they used to be.
>> PS This is what I heard while drinking with my histo friends so in vino
>> veritas.
>
> Hello Kevin,
>
> maybe your histo-friends just wanted to be funny, or maybe they had
> one or two glasses of wine too much.
>
> Those knives are not "NOW made in ..., but they have been made there
> for more than a hundred years, and are still beeing made there - in
> NUSSLOCH near Heidelberg. They are made in the same factory of the
> former Company A. Jung AG, the famous microtome manufacturer, which
> now belongs to the Concern Leica Microsystems. And they are still made
> according to the same old quality principles by very skilled
> specialists as ever.
>
> I would certainly trust your histo-friends, but not over two glasses!
>
> Greetings from "over there" in Bavaria!
> Klaus Henkel

Klaus, You made some good points! However I have seen and held in my hands
Friday a Leica disposable knife dispenser that said "Made in USA". Now the
ones sold in the USA are made in Nussloch (I'll remember the spelling!).
The one I held was made at the Gillete plant in Virginia or at the American
Safety Razor plant. The other odd thing is the old, made in the US, blades
were about 4mm shorter. The new, German ones, are longer and the details on
the back side are different. My customer and I are confused, to say the
least.

I'll bet that we're both right. Probably the ones sold in the US were made
in the US and the ones sold in Europe are made in Europe. Now the plant is
larger so they only sell the European ones. In the past there have been
shortages in the US since Gillete would only make one run per year.

Thanks!

Kevin Cunningham
SMS


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