I’ve come full circle with the draw scraper tool and  have scrapers in Stock. For a while I was selling scrapers that were 1/8″ wide. I found that the narrow scraper takes smaller amounts of brass off at a time and makes it easier to fine tune reeds, and less likely to over scrape the reed and drop the pitch more than you want to.

Here is the draw scraper:

You can maintain the edge on your scraper with a hard arkansas stone – a small one will do fine. If you ever have to restore the edge more extensively, I recommend the EZ-LAP Diamond hone & stone in super fine grade & then finish with the hard arkansas stone.

You have to guess at the angle, then test on a scrap reed plate to see how easy it is to get a clean shiny mark while you peel off a ribbon of brass… And if you are having a hard time getting the edge right, contact me. If you are willing to send it to me, I’ll dress up the edge for you…

You can find the draw scraper here