Dear Histonetters,

     I have been purchasing Accu-Edge high and low profile blades for some
years now and have had great success with them.  Just recently I started to
try some cheaper blades
(I will not mention the brand names for fear of defamation) which seemed to
have a striated edge and left tiny lines in the paraffin sections.  I
couldn't see any problems microscopically with the sections but I'm
concerned about all these tiny striations I see in the paraffin Vs
AccuEdge.  Has anyone had any similar experiences with differences in high
and low profile blade brands???

							Thanks,
							Frank
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