Are you getting paid to operate or sharpen tools? You seem to be missing the bigger picture. Operating room time is a premium, the other staff just stand around while you sharpen or do they repair torn scrubs? You guys really crack me up!
You can do a lot with very little! You can do a little more with a lot!
Although I know nothing about the medical field I'm glad to see people concerned about their tools.
Decades ago during a procedure (with local) an oral surgeon appeared to be having more trouble and I thought he was using way more force than I thought reasonable cutting through bone. Somehow he managed to shatter the root of a molar which caused intense pain some days later and the need for more extensive surgery. I always wondered if his tools were just dull!
When I had LASIK done almost 20 years ago the eye surgeon impressed me. He said he always prepared and inspected everything himself - he never trusted anyone else to even touch anything. (My eyes are still good!)
JKJ
Sorry for delay.
The Fallkniven stone works like a champ and cuts smoothly and aggressively on my German steel scalers.
I'd imagine the Spyderco equivalent to work fine too.
Works perfectly fine through autoclave.
I'm not sure if my previous post made it, but the Fallkniven stone works great.
I prefer the ceramic over diamonds for fine sharpening (since your profile should still be usable, otherwise you need a new supplier).
Also, surgical/translucent arkansas work well for standard German steel.
What we do at my office is ultrasonically clean the stones, then wrap in an autoclavable paper sleeve.
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Which we put through a Midmark M9 autoclave (pretty standard for most dental offices/vet clinics/hospitals).
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