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The article conjectures that flint sickles "may have survived latest in ritual contexts where metal was taboo, but the detail, which was retained by classical Greeks, suggests the antiquity of the mytheme". However, [[obsidian]] blades are still used today in surgery because their cuttng edges are much finer and smoother than those of any metal blade. While flint may not be as good as obsidian, the way it fractures suggests that a flint sickle may have been sharper than any bronze razor, and thus may have been preferred for surgical procedures like castration, even in the Bronze Age. All the best, --[[User:Jorge Stolfi|Jorge Stolfi]] ([[User talk:Jorge Stolfi|talk]]) 18:53, 5 July 2009 (UTC)