Reproduction
Object number
BAPRAS/ 6
Creator
Bodenham, Denis Charles, 1915-1996, Plastic Surgeon, Gilette (Manufacturer)
Description
Bodenham's skin grafting knife prototype, brass with a steel disposable blade by Gilette, by Bodenham, 1944.
This is the original prototype for Bodenham skin grafting knife from which all modern knives are derived; it was made by Bodenham himself. It was the first to feature a disposable blade.(1944) Bodenham prototype knife - 7 3/4" edge. This is the original grafting knife devised and made by Squadren-Leader D.C. Bodenham R.A.F.V.R. in 1944. It was the first such knife to incorporate a disposable blade and Gillette Inc. provided suitable strips of undivided razor blades which could be used in the instrument. All modern knives are derived from this original prototype.
Production date
1944
Object name
skin grafting knives
Dimensions
whole length: 412 mm
whole width: 33 mm
whole height: 22 mm
