Sterile Scalpel Blades #10 — Box of 100

A box of 100 sterile, individually-wrapped #10 scalpel blades — the workhorse blade for mycology lab work. The curved cutting edge with rounded belly is ideal for clean precision cuts on agar wedges, fresh tissue samples and cloning incisions. Pairs perfectly with our reusable stainless steel scalpel handle #3.

The cutting blade you reach for every transfer session

What the #10 blade is for

The #10 has a curved cutting edge with a rounded belly. You hold it like a pen and use a drawing, slicing motion along the curve. That makes it the right shape for clean, controlled cuts where you want to glide through tissue rather than stab into it.

• Agar wedges — slice clean, straight-edged squares out of a colonised plate for grain or substrate transfers.
• Tissue cloning — cut a small piece of internal flesh from a fresh fruit body for a clone onto fresh agar.
• Trimming — remove contamination edges, trim away senescent or yellowed mycelium, clean up plates before transfer.
• General lab cuts — any controlled slicing job where the curved belly of the blade is more comfortable than a pointed tip.

Why sterile, single-use blades matter

• Gamma-sterilised in foil — each blade comes individually wrapped in a sealed foil pouch. You peel one open inside your flow hood or still-air box and it's ready to go.
• No re-sharpening, no guessing — surgically sharp out of the pouch, every time. A dull blade tears mycelium and damages agar; a fresh one cuts clean and lets the colony recover faster.
• Lower contamination risk — one blade, one job. Swap to a fresh blade between plates or between species rather than re-flaming a worn edge.
• Cost-effective in volume — 100 blades per box means you can afford to be generous with fresh blades on important transfers.

What's in the box

• 100× #10 scalpel blades — surgical carbon/stainless steel, precision-ground curved cutting edge.
• Individually foil-wrapped — each blade in its own sterile peel-pouch.
• Single-use, gamma-sterilised — intended for one use then disposal in a sharps container.

How to use it cleanly

• Work in your flow hood or still-air box — peel the foil pouch only once you're inside the clean working zone.
• Mount onto a #3 handle — slide the blade onto the slotted tip of the handle until it clicks into place. Use forceps, not your fingers, to hold the blade.
• Flame-sterilise if needed — for extra security between cuts on the same plate, hold the blade in an alcohol lamp until red-hot, then let it cool 5–10 seconds before touching agar.
• Dispose responsibly — remove the used blade with forceps or a blade remover, never with bare fingers. Drop directly into a sharps container.

Specifications

• Blade shape — #10, curved cutting edge with rounded belly.
• Material — precision-ground, specially hardened surgical steel.
• Fitment — standard #3 scalpel handle (fits our stainless steel scalpel handle #3 and all common #3-fitting holders).
• Packaging — 1 box = 100 blades, individually foil-wrapped.
• Sterility — gamma-sterilised, single-use only.

Pairs with

Got the box but no handle yet? Or already have a handle and want a second blade shape?

• Stainless Steel Scalpel Handle #3 Size Blade Holder — autoclavable handle that accepts the entire #10–#15 blade family. Reusable indefinitely.
• Sterile Scalpel Blades #11 — Box of 100 — pointed triangular tip for transfers, sector isolation and tissue puncture.

Safety: Blades are surgically sharp. Always mount, remove and dispose of blades using forceps — never your fingers. Keep out of reach of children and dispose of used blades in a sharps container.