Accepted Manuscript Title: A study of background population of fibres on knife blades Authors: Valentina Cammarota (Conceptualization) (Methodology) (Software) (Investigation) (Writing - original draft) (Writing - review and editing) (Visualization), Michael Schnegg (Conceptualization) (Methodology) (Software) (Validation) (Formal analysis) (Investigation) (Writing - original draft) (Writing - review and editing) (Visualization) (Supervision), Genevi` eve Massonnet (Conceptualization) (Methodology) (Validation) (Formal analysis) (Investigation) (Writing - original draft) (Writing - review and editing) (Visualization) (Supervision) PII: S0379-0738(19)30015-5 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2019.01.006 Reference: FSI 9593 To appear in: FSI Received date: 31 May 2018 Revised date: 5 January 2019 Accepted date: 9 January 2019 Please cite this article as: Cammarota V, Schnegg M, Massonnet G, A study of background population of fibres on knife blades, Forensic Science International (2019), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2019.01.006 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.