The Clifton Burnisher is a great tool for honing the edges of your cabinet scrapers. It has a 6" long blade x 7/16" diameter (11 mm) made from Sheffield produced hardened carbon steel (hardened to 62 Rockwell).
The Clifton Burnisher is a great tool for honing the edges of your cabinet scrapers. It has a 6" long blade x 7/16" diameter (11 mm) made from Sheffield produced hardened carbon steel (hardened to 62 Rockwell). It has a walnut handle with a specially designed brass ferrule that protects the fingers and knuckles.
A card scraper is a thin steel plate that scrapes smooth surfaces, especially on difficult wood. It is sharpened in three steps: the edge is filed straight, honed smooth and then turned into a small burr with a burnisher. The burr is what cuts.
When the scraper stops making shavings, you can often turn the burr again with the burnisher. The guide shows it step by step.