The workshop version of a scraper sharpener: a slot-style guide that holds the scraper perfectly upright while a file squares the edge.
- Slot guide holds scrapers exactly upright
- For acrylic and plastic wax scrapers
- Workshop-quality sharpening
Upright is the whole point. Sharpening freehand puts a bevel on the edge, and a bevelled scraper smears wax rather than cutting it — which is worse than leaving it blunt. A guide that holds 90° is what makes the result repeatable.
Against the 40 mm sharpener: this one is built for a bench and for volume, handling a wider range of scraper sizes. The 40 mm is smaller, cheaper and fine for one person's scrapers.
Sharpen between every pair or two. It takes seconds, and a scraper that looks perfectly serviceable will cut noticeably better afterwards. Of everything on a wax bench, this is the step that most reliably improves a wax job for the least effort.
See scraper sharpeners and wax scrapers.
