a surgical cutting device is described having a main body having an integral rear handle and a forward handle connected thereto . a sliding member sits atop a rail integral with the main body such that the sliding member is also moveably attached to the forward handle . the sliding member has a forward cutting device that is easily separable , reusable , disposable and replaceable using a simple mechanical engagement of perforations in the cutting device and protrusions in the sliding member . a strike end plate acts in conjunction with the sliding cutting device to grasp and cut bio matter from a patient during surgical procedures .