How It's Made

Season 9 Episode 11: Scalpels, Oil Paints, British Police Helmets, Ice Axes

Surgical steel is shaped and sharpened into scalpels, finely ground pigments are combined with oil to make artists’ paint, reinforced plastic and fabric are formed into traditional British police helmets, and aluminum and steel components are shaped into mountaineering ice axes.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

32

Episodes:

416

Cast:

Lynne Adams

Quality:

HD

Duration:

21 min

First Air:

2001

Rating:

7.7