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Stainless steel
Surgical Stainless
The scalpel-blade stock in Havalon, Gerber Vital and Tyto blades. Ground thin enough to be startlingly sharp and brittle enough to snap if twisted.
- Typical hardness
- Not published
- Edge retention
- 1/5
- Toughness
- 2/5
- Corrosion resistance
- 4/5
- Ease of sharpening
- Not rated
1-5 is a relative ranking drawn from published composition and hardness, not a lab measurement. Higher is better on every axis, and no steel is a 5 across the board — edge retention and toughness pull against each other.
5 knives in Surgical Stainless
Havalon
Havalon Baracuta-Edge
- Blade
- 5″
- Weight
- 3 oz
FilletSurgical StainlessReplaceable
Replaceable-BladeBudget
Havalon
Havalon Piranta-Bolt
- Blade
- 2.75″
- Weight
- 1.9 oz
ScalpelSurgical StainlessReplaceable
Replaceable-BladeBudget
Gerber
Gerber Vital Pocket Folder
- Blade
- 2.9″
- Weight
- 1.3 oz
ScalpelSurgical StainlessReplaceable
Replaceable-BladeBudget
Havalon
Havalon Piranta-Torch
- Blade
- 2.75″
- Weight
- 2.16 oz
ScalpelSurgical StainlessReplaceableDiscontinued
Replaceable-BladeMid