100 Scalpel Blades #11 and includes One Handle #3

High quality, individually packed, sterilized blades that are perfect for crafters and hobbyists. I am not a surgeon so I cant attest to the medical quality of these, but they look and feel like other brands that are well known in the medical field (bard-parker, etc.) The handle is a little less weighty than im used to, but not by much. Installing the blades is easy and they fit snug and secure (always use a hemostat/pliers when installing a blade. DO NOT USE YOUR FINGERS or you will lose them) The blades themselves arent as flexible as the disposables, which is good for paper crafting and cutting rounded corners. They hold an edge well when cutting through heavy cardstock and paperboard. I've used a single blade for over 50 long cuts and its just now showing signs of dulling. At this rate it will take me 10 years to go through the entire box! Quick word of advice... *These blades are SHARP! I don't mean shaving sharp, I mean SHARP. I had my ring finger hanging out over the straight edge guide I was using to cut cardboard with. I am now missing the corner of my ring finger AND fingernail. Didn't even feel it til I saw it on the ground. Treat these with caution at all times! Save the foil in came in for when you're done with the blade so you can dispose of them safely (use a LOT of tape to wrap it, dont want the garbage men getting cut). At this price its a definite GREAT buy! An essential tool for paper crafts and scrapbooking.

Aside from the traditional use of this item, I use it a lot in place of regular blades and Xactos for cutting. Great for cutting paper, foam, etc. If you are designer or crafty person, I recommend using these since they are cheaper than replacing Xacto blades over and over. Nice and sharp (which they should be). The #11 pointed tip is really useful for fine line work and to piece through material. I do recommend getting a more comfortable grip.

These arrived packaged great and individually sealed. I read other reviews where some people said some of the individual wrappers were broken through, and I did not have that experience. All were sealed, and they seem like pretty strong little wrappers to prevent the blade from popping through. Using for both crafts and various home medical things that come up, works well for both. Doesn't seem to be the most precise blade I've seen - when I walk in my dermatologist's office, he has blade that seem much more perfect, but frankly, his are a different shape anyway.

I purchased this kind of by mistake. I mean I bought it on purpose, but since I'm not a surgeon or surgical tech, I was not familiar with the sizes of blades and differences in similar numbers. I would suggest you look up the number of the blade you are interested in and find a chart or picture that shows them side by side. It was a low enough price that I don't feel robbed. There are many blades so if you do any kind of wood working, leather works or other craft type work you will probably find a use for the blades. But these are small. Like smaller than any exacto blade I've used in the past. I thought this would be a different style blade to fit the foldable scalpel i got. It is small but great fo little odd things. Since the blades are so sharp they will not last long when used around the house or for hobby or bushcraft tasks. I thought i was getting a big refill for my folder but i was mistaken. So for the blades alone 4 or 5 stars. The handle I think is sub par. The shaft the blade slides onto is warped/bent, and slightly out of shape. This makes it difficult to slide a blade on or off. Since these are essentially razor blades, the likelihood of cutting yourself is moderate so exercise due caution. The handle seems durable enough, it's is just cheaply made with not enough attention to detail. Only 2 syars for the handle. But again, for 100 blades the price was fair enough.

I have purchased these several times and have never been disappointed. I use the scalpel as a hobby knife and recommend it to anyone looking for a good hobby knife. The handle being flat prevents it from rolling around and is also lightweight. The blades are easy to change. The cost also makes changing blades often less expensive than exacto blades

No instructions on fitting the blades. Figured it out pretty fast but it's a bit dangerous to have to fiddle around. I bought these because e-xacto raised the replacement blade price for a box of 100 #11 blades to an unreasonable price. I'm using these blades for model building and crafting hopefully they will be up to that use .

I got to use one of these for it's intended purpose. My wife got a sand grain sized piece of glass stuck in her foot, under the skin. Blades were already sterile so I was able to put one on and immediately go to work. I used the needle sharp tip to carefully pry back the skin around the puncture wound until I exposed the glass on the inside under the skin and it just fell out onto the blade. Tweezers weren't working and a sewing needle would have been too difficult for such precise work. Using with a self healing cutting board for making airbrush stencils they work great. A few of the blades have been broken out of the box, and the handle, a #3 doesn't really let the blades clip on all the way as far as I'd like but none have come off yet. The blades themselves are more than sharp enough for hobby use, and external medicine like splinters, removing corns and calluses, although curved finger blades are more precise for excising dead skin. For the price this can't be beat. Sharper than Xacto blades and cheaper. Add up how much 100 xacto blades would cost you...

Blades are sharp & individually packages and sterile. If you are not familiar with using surgical blades you should be extremely careful, they are no joke. I work as a vet tech and when I 1st began in field over 15 years ago I was cleaning surgical equipment and couldnt figure out at the time due to lack of experience how to get blade off blade holder make long story short I cut myself almost to bone on my thumb without even noticing. So use caution and proper technique anytime you use surgical grade equipment. Anyways, blades are good but blade holder isnt greatest of quality. Surely it will work but if want good quality scalpel holder id buy 1 seperate. I would of gave 4 stars if scalpel holder was of better quality