STALINGRAD Bolt Action Mega Battle!
Use of Scalpel Blades.
Before we go any further, this product is bloody sharp and used for surgical operations! I would not recommend under any circumstance to the under 16’s, and only ever with an adult with a box of plasters and a car with route planner to A and E present!
In terms of reliability of product quality, Swann and Morton are the finest blades that I am aware of on the market. I used the curved variants in a size 10. They are superb for pin point precision.
Be aware that they will lose sharpness very quickly when working with white metal miniature. Also they have a sell by date stamped, as they will loose sharpness over time, but generally speaking this is really for Surgeons and vets. The foil packaging is air tight, and generally they will be fine for modelling if still sealed.
They are perfect for cutting through plastic, resin, white metal and wood, leaving a clean flat cut, where clippers will not. This clean, flat cut is perfect when fitting components together flushly, or leaving a flat surface for holes to be drilled for pinning.
I always use the blade on the manufacturers recommended handle when cutting.
Old blunt blades can be used to accurately move super glue around on miniatures bases, before applying basing material.
I’ve been using surgical blades for the last year or so and a bit improvement on the “hobby” knives.
Swann and Morton are the best you can get and suprisingly not as expensive as you would expect, you can pick up pack of them quite cheap, expecially the plastic handled version which are the same as above put plastic.
I always find it odd buying them online where they are actually made in my hometown.
Hi James,
Great to see that you have found these as useful as I do. I will never go back to hobby knives again after using scalpels. On a side note, it mage me smile that the first person to comment on a post about scalpels, would be James Cutts!