histo knives
and their applications

	High quality diamonds guarantee perfect sections and a durable cutting edge
	Easy wetting cutting edge
	Optimised serial sectioning
	Large boat for easy pick-up

Knife type

Knife angle

Size [mm]

Thickness range [μm]

Boat type

Code

Application

histo

45°

4.0 6.0 8.0

0.2 – 2

Standard histo boat

DH4540 DH4560 DH4580

•

Sectioning biological and industrial materials specimens for optical microscopy

histo Jumbo

45°

6.0 8.0

0.2 - 2

histo Jumbo boat

DHJ4560 DHJ4580

•

Large boat for serial sectioning

histo cryo (dry)

45°

4.0 6.0 8.0

0.2 – 2

Triangular histo holder

DHCO4540 DHCO4560 DHCO4580

•

Sectioning biological and materials specimens for optical microscopy

histo cryo (wet)

45°

4.0 6.0 8.0

0.2 – 2

Small histo boat

DHCM4540 DHCM4560 DHCM4580

•

Wet sectioning of polymers (with DMSO/water mixture)