A hand-held manual surgical instrument designed to obtain soft-tissue biopsy specimens from an open surgical wound or from within/near a large natural orifice (e.g., vagina, rectum) for histopathological examination; it is not intended for endoscopic or catheterized access. It is a metallic forceps-like instrument with a distal mechanism designed to bite/punch the biopsy sample and hold it for extraction when the handles are squeezed together. It is not designed for cutting bone (i.e., not a rongeur). This is a reusable device.