What to purchase?

[don s]

Originally posted by Flyboy718:
Seeing a lot of reply's about a scraper...what does a scraper do and does it do anything that another tool could do?  I am following the poor folk bows red oak build along and it doesn't mention a scraper.

some people use a knife blade as a scraper. i have an old planer blade that i use as a scraper. i think a scraper works better though because of the hook that you burnish.
                                     don

[John Scifres]

I pretty much do like Pat B.  You can use a lot of things to substitute for a scraper but a real Sandvik/Bahco scraper sure does make it easier.

[SubXeroArcher]

You have to remember that the poorfolks buildalong is a bare minimum for the most part. If you ever get the chance to upgrade your tools its a good idea to do so. It makes working on your projects much easier. That being said if you don't have stringing material yet it wouldn't be a bad idea to get some. Depending on how many bows and how fast you make them it should last you for a while.