Scraper - replaceable
Maker
Skarsten MFG Co Ltd
Production date
1950s
Description
A small wooden handled scraper used for removing paint from wood etc. Designed so as to enable the blade (hook) to be removed, and a new one inserted. The blade and its metal backing are incorporated into the wooden handle. The metal blade holder has the following information:
Renewable Hook
No 35
Skarsten MFG Co Ltd
London, England
Pat No 378/27 ALSO FOREIGN PAT
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Object Detail
108/99
9538
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If I’m not wrong, the story is that the inventor of the scraper was a Norwegian, and that no one in Norway would manufacture it. He went to England and was successful there.
- Edgar Borsholm
Posted on 19-04-2024 11:36:16