The Best Bow Making Scraper

[Eric Krewson]

I have all the cheap as well as the  high dollar scrapers in my bow making tools. I use each of of them in different applications and they work very well.

One of my friends has been making bows for several years and was always talking about making bows with his scissors. Because he was a beginner and I had been making bows for a while I never gave it a second thought.

Recently he encountered health and personal problems that forced him to quit bowmaking and his first love, archery. He asked me to come by  and pick up his tools to distribute to all his wood hacker friends. As I was organizing his stuff to give away I came across his trusty scissors and gave them a try. Turns out he was right about them being a great scraping tool.

   

This half of a pair of scissors hogs off wood as fast as anything I have ever used when used with two hands.

   

These are easily sharpened with a light touch on my belt sander. I don't roll a hook on them like a cabinet scraper and just use the sharp edge drawn to me to remove wood.

[Ted Fry]

Yes Eric , they do work well . I would recomend ( from experience) that you put something on the point end. I use a small piece of rubber hose taped with duct tape.

[4runr]

And to think I almost threw out an old pair of scissors. Thanks Eric for the tip. I'm finally getting to the point where I can start scrapin again.

[Little Tree]

Sweet Eric, can't wait to give it a try, I think my wife has a pair in her sewing kit.........she would kill me.

[crashcastle]

eric i dont mean to hijack any thread but i have a question about another handy tool idea of yours the tillering block you came up with do you have any how tos on making and using it

[Dano]

I can't agree it's the best scrapper, but prolly the handiest    I like my Sandvik.

[Dale Hajas]

I've used skizzers a time or 2 myself. I also use old planer blades. They work well too.

[Eric Krewson]

Dano, I have a bunch of Sandvik scrapers, they do a great job, for hogging off wood the scissors have them beat.