[marvelusjd]

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Originally Posted by Head Creep /img/forum/go_quote.gif I bought a knife like that, and it came in a blister pack. Those were the most ironically frustrating 3 minutes of my life.

One of the best laughs I've had in a while!!

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Originally Posted by sahwnfras /img/forum/go_quote.gif i saw this product on TV and it was this little thing you slide along the edge of the blister packing and it cuts it open. I wish i knew what it was called, but i cant remember it looked petty handy though

Black and Decker makes something that looks like electric scissors for packages that frustrate us like these.

 

[Scotty757]

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Originally Posted by marvin /img/forum/go_quote.gif You're a med student, there has to be some cutting instruments in the anatomy lab.

haha, im in the histology lab, nothing here but microscopes and iodine. That being said, they really dont take kindly to it when you ruin a $20 scapel blade for your own purposes

 

[pds6]

Scotty757 says:
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[T]hey really dont take kindly to it when you ruin a $20 scapel blade ...

Only $20.00 for a scapel blade ....

When did WalMart open a medical school.

 

[marvin]

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Originally Posted by Scotty757 /img/forum/go_quote.gif haha, im in the histology lab, nothing here but microscopes and iodine. That being said, they really dont take kindly to it when you ruin a $20 scapel blade for your own purposes

I was thinking more along the lines of those nifty rotary bone saws you got down there. Not going to ruin one of those hacking open a plastic package.

/Overkill? What's that?

 

[Pixel Pusher]

Never thought I'd compliment Grado packaging. But I'll give them props for making the iGrado blister pack easy to open without shears and user resealable!

 

[Edwood]

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Originally Posted by PiccoloNamek /img/forum/go_quote.gif I just use sheet metal shears on my blister packs.

LOL, yep. I use my tin snips for blister packs. Too dangerous to use a knife. I've seen one too many accidents.

-Ed

 

[Scotty757]

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Originally Posted by pds6 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Scotty757 says: Only $20.00 for a scapel blade .... When did WalMart open a medical school.

Hahaha. They're lab blades, not surgical blades! Check online, relatively decent blades can be had pretty dang cheap, especially when bought in bulk!

 

[splaz]

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I was thinking more along the lines of those nifty rotary bone saws you got down there. Not going to ruin one of those hacking open a plastic package.

Well if it's anything like the 'tools' I saw on that behind the scenes medical show. I mean honestly, that surgeon might as well have been a home handyman, he was pulling shards of this guys spine out with pliers, drilling into heads with the longest drill bit I've ever seen....

Dont' want to think what a bone saw could do.

 

[Radagast]

Can't you just melt it with a match\lighter?

 

[roastpuff]

Chef knife works fine for me. Or if it's really bad, a Chinese cleaver.

EDIT: Of course, sk1llz is required to handle it properly so as to not destroy your item. But that's not a problem for me.

 

[Scotty757]

Ohh, i do love henckels cutlery!

 

[Fallingwater]

When I get one that I can't easily open with scissors or my paper cutter, I break out the Dremel with the cutting disk. No package can resist that.

 

[vibin247]

Just saw the commercial for the Black & Decker Cordless Powered Scissors. Now that's an idea that should've come about earlier...Up to now, I had to rely on my Leatherman and some patience.