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Hi Ellie, and all- <br>
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Try a pair of tin snips. <br>
They are not expensive. <br>
Their blades are hardened. <br>
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Best<br>
Sam Sumida <br>
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On 9/23/2015 9:52 AM, Elizabeth Wommack wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">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.
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<div>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.
<div>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.</div>
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<div>Does anyone have a particular brand of large scissors
they find works really well for general lab use animal
preparation?</div>
<div>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?</div>
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<div>Any recommendations or advice is greatly appreciated.</div>
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<div>cheers,</div>
<div>Beth Wommack<br clear="all">
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<div dir="ltr">Elizabeth Wommack, PhD<br>
Curator and Collections Manager of Vertebrates<br>
University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates
<div>Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center
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Laramie, WY 82071<br>
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