Please click on the pictures to enlarge them. Don Crabtree produced obsidian blades for surgery and other purposes, and has written articles on the subject. One study found that obsidian incisions produced narrower scars, fewer inflammatory cells, and less granulation tissue in a group of rats. Obsidian scalpels are being used in surgery. Given these unique characteristics a German company has created surgical tools that allow doctors to use obsidian instruments on patients who might be allergic to steel. Another benefit to using obsidian scalpels is the reduction of healing time for surgical incisions. Even the sharpest metal knife has a jagged, irregular blade when viewed under a strong enough microscope when examined even under an electron microscope an obsidian blade is still smooth and even. The American Medical Association has reported that that is five hundred times sharper than the best steel scalpel. Obsidian under the microscope showing a complex fine-grained texture. Obsidian is hard and brittle it therefore fractures with very sharp edges, which had been used in the past in weapons, and are still used as surgical scalpel blades.Ĭurrent useObsidian has been used for blades in surgery, as well-crafted obsidian blades have a cutting edge many times sharper than high-quality steel surgical scalpels, the cutting edge of the blade being only about 3 nanometers thick.
The inhibition of atomic diffusion through this highly viscous and polymerized lava explains the lack of crystal growth. Obsidian is commonly found within the margins of rhyolitic lava flows known as obsidian flows, where the chemical composition (high silica content) induces a high viscosity and polymerization degree of the lava. Steel scalpels tend to leave scars, even if temporarily.
An obsidian blade under that same microscope would be perfectly smooth and even. To be more specific, if you placed the sharpest and highest quality carbon steel blade under an electron microscope, it will look irregular and jagged. 4 MM thick, meaning it doesnt cut between the cells. The Benefits of an Obsidian Blade The main and only benefit of an obsidian blade is its potential for sharpness. It is produced when felsic lava extruded from a volcano cools rapidly with minimum crystal growth. An obsidian blade is 3 nanometers thick, capable of cutting BETWEEN your cells, allowing for a much more painless surgery. Obsidian is a naturally occurring volcanic glass formed as an extrusive igneous rock.
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