[Nhcoll-l] Question about vertebrate specimen preparation equipment

[Simon Moore]

I use them too but make sure that they have a spring or shock absorber, otherwise they can snip through rather heavily and cause jarring in the hand.

With all good wishes, Simon.

Simon Moore MIScT, RSci, FLS, ACR
Conservator of Natural Sciences and Cutlery Historian,
www.natural-history-conservation.com 




On 23 Sep 2015, at 18:49, Kevin Winker <kevin.winker at alaska.edu> wrote:

> Yeah -- we use aviation (or compound) snips on heavier bones and sticks.
> 
> On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 9:22 AM, sam <sam at qty.com> wrote:
> .
> 
> Hi Ellie, and all- 
> 
> Try a pair of tin snips. 
> They are not expensive. 
> Their blades are hardened. 
> 
> Best
> Sam Sumida  
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> On 9/23/2015 9:52 AM, Elizabeth Wommack wrote:
>> The UWYMV is gaining more preparation students and volunteers, which is fantastic, but I've run into a problem that I'm hoping someone may have a solution for. 
>> 
>> The museum maintains a collection of cheaper preparatory equipment (forceps, probes, scalpels, hemostats, etc.) for our volunteers, but we go through our scissors really quickly. 
>> The volunteers have been better about being careful with the small detail scissors, but our larger pairs of scissors have been dulling fast. This is partially because we're working on a lot of larger size specimens, which is great for the collections but bad for having to reorder equipment every year.
>> 
>> Does anyone have a particular brand of large scissors they find works really well for general lab use animal preparation?
>> One alternative I've also starting to look into is sharpening the scissors. Does anyone have a particular sharpening kit that they find they really like? Would people recommend sharpening general use lab equipment?
>> 
>> Any recommendations or advice is greatly appreciated.
>> 
>> cheers,
>> Beth Wommack
>> 
>> -- 
>> Elizabeth Wommack, PhD
>> Curator and Collections Manager of Vertebrates
>> University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates
>> Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center
>> University of Wyoming, Laramie
>> Laramie, WY 82071
>> ewommack at uwyo.edu
>> www.uwymv.org
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