Tip #37
Use & Sharpening Instructions for Hand Scrapers (continued)
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Sharpening Your Hand Scrapers in Six Simple Steps

1. Clamp scraper in vise
2. File edges perfectly square with Single-Cut Mill File
3. Hone edges with Medium India stone
4. Hone with Hard Arkansas stone
5. Remove honing burr
6. Burnish edges with a burnishing tool or the shaft of a screwdriver

a) Clamp scraper in vise, hold file even with the blade edge, perpendicular to scraper face. Draw in long even strokes.	b) Remove file marks with a Medium India stone; complete honing with a Hard Arkansas stone. Avoid rocking the stones at all times.
c) Move sharpening stone along both faces of the scraper until burr is completely removed.	d) Hold the burnisher or screwdriver shaft at about an 85-degree angle and draww it lightly, both down and along the edge of the scraper at the same time, until a slightly even burr forms.

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