Amazon's selling 'em for $1,200:
Click to open expanded viewMeyco Diamond Dissecting Knife, Type M
Price: $1,200.00 + $9.50 shipping In stock.Estimated Delivery Date: June 10 - 15 when you choose Expedited Shipping at checkout.Ships from and sold by Electron Microscopy Sciences.
Specifications for this item
Brand Name Electron Microscopy Sciences Part Number 72024 Number of Items 1 UNSPSC Code 42292701
What's your point?
The scalpel's is diamond tipped but what we're talking about here is measuring industrial production in terms of the dollar value of the product. Foreigners can make/sell/export steel for $50 per ton and American factories take just a little bit of that steel and make it into something that's worth a lot more. This is just one of may ways that Americans have shown themselves to be exceptional:
Industry > Manufacturing output: Countries Compared
# COUNTRY AMOUNT 1 United States 2.31 trillion 2 European Union............................ 2.09 trillion 3 Japan 1.65 trillion 4 China 1.45 trillion 180 more rows, 3 more columnsCountries Compared by Industry > Manufacturing output. International ...
www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Industry/Manufacturing-output