I've always been a fan of shear scraping. It seems to be the only way to get rid of torn grain, which I always have. So I have made a dedicated tool for shear scraping. Never one to take the simple route, I also added a negative-rake to the shear scraper.

It only takes a bar of steel, an inexpensive HSS cutter, and a couple of inexpensive tools which you may already have. As a big bonus, it's easy to do and only takes an hour or two to make.

Here are some links that might be useful if you want to make your own dedicated negative-rake shear scraper:

HSS cutters:
[ Ссылка ] (Woodturning Tool Store)
[ Ссылка ] (AZ Carbide)
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Steel bars (beware the shipping costs)
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Tap set, 10-32:
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Tap wrench
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7/10/18 - Tod Raines at the Woodturning Tool Store (link is above) just sent me some information on how he sharpens his teardrop cutter. Here is what he said:

I grind and sharpen these cutters to about 75 degrees. For the initial edge shaping I use an 80 grit CBN wheel and for final sharpening I move to a 180 grit CBN. I put the grinder platform very close to the wheel - probably about a 1/16th inch gap. For resharpening, use a fine grit wheel (either friable or CBN) and use light even pressure. I place the cutter straight on the grinder platform and use my fingers to hold the cutter to the platform and rotate around the teardrop shape.

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