The question on the difficulty of sharpening a card scraper got me to thinking...
Last year I was at the travelling wood show. They had the French guy there demonstrating his plane which uses utility blades. I ALWAYS watch this, never have purchased one but I will confess I've gotten close.
But while I was watching this time, I saw him take a fresh blade, and roll-over the edge using the shaft of a screwdriver. He proceeded to use it as a scraper (he had it mounted in the Rabit plane he sells). I had never tried this, I couldn't believe how well it seemed to be working.
Fast forward to a month later and I was having difficulty removing signs of dried glue from the corner of a small project and so I tried it myself. I was able to hold/control the blade in my hand, set it in the corner, and scape the evidence of glue right out. It couldn't have worked better.
How many of you have used this trick?
Does it count as "Neanderthal?"
Oh, and when the rolled edge stops working (likely because the metal is abraded), you can roll the edge on the same blade a time or two more. So I will now often finish a project with one of these blades, instead of sandpaper. I may use sandpaper on edges, but I even use the razor/scraper on end-grain!