> On May 4, 2017, at 9:52 AM, Borys Medicky <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Another possibility is this "micro-knife" blade here, which I bought on a whim:
> 
> http://www.micromark.com/Micro-Blade-61-5
> 
> These are apparently used for optical surgery.  

This looks nearly identical to an implement available from Rudolph Beaver (before it was acquired by Becton-Dickinson) that was sold as an ophthalmic chisel.  While it was available it was the ideal tool for voicing toward the tongue.  The spent blades were easily remanufactured to punch plectrum mortises.  What may have put most people off using it for voicing was that it, like the Beaver office knife, was most efficiently used left-handed.

I have also ordered a couple of items in this class of product and will be interested to see how they stack up.

X-acto marketed a close cousin as a stencil knife.  As usual, the X-acto product was severely wanting in qualities of finish, sharpness and longevity.  The two words that most came to my mind for that product were utterly and useless.

Best,

Hendrik 

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