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Yes! For fifteen years I edited a LOT of audiobooks on 7.5IPS with Ampex 440s up until about 2002. I had the local record of getting a month or two on each blade if I coul;d keep it away form the other engineers. Ordinary blades are fine, and the bulk demagnetizer is your friend. <L> Lou Judson Intuitive Audio 415-883-2689 > On Nov 22, 2019, at 3:43 PM, Dennis Rooney <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > When I was editing magnetic tape four decades ago, I used single edge > blades sold in packs of fifty or 100 by Ace Hardware stores. We didn't use > them too often before discarding and kept them well away from magnetic > fields. I cannot recall ever having a problem with them. Ace Hardware is > still around but I haven't had to buy any s/e blades in a long time. > > Happy Thanksgiving. > > DDR > > On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 2:39 PM Lou Judson <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: > >> I’ve never had a problem with steel blades. Just degauss them if you have >> pops. And test it on scrap tape of course.