This blade has Three uses... It is designed to be the
cutting element of the decorator's scraper that we beekeepers have
adopted for hive scraping. (See
Hive Scraper.)
It is 1.6 mm thick, 11.5 mm wide
and 50 mm long and lends itself admirably to the nicking of glass
tubing for accurate snapping.
It can be fitted into a wooden handle with about half its
length exposed... When it makes a useful tool for scraping used frame
parts.
Re sharpening or "freshening" the edge can be achieved using a
diamond hone.
Written... June 2000,
Revised... 03 October 2001,
New Domain... 21 February 2004,
Upgraded... 17 August 2004,