And

On 2014-10-19 08:41, JAMES THOMPSON wrote:
> A scraper is one kind of tool, and a burnisher is another.

The tools we are seeing in these ads are designed for the engraving
trade. It is possible that scraping and burnishing have slightly
different meanings there. Perhaps the goal of scraping is closer to the 
goal of burnishing in that trade. If both remove detail from an etch, 
then they are not doing something we do in woodworking (even in the 
sharpening part of woodworking).

Which brings us back to an earlier thread on knife steels. Some serrated
- scrapers(files). Some smooth - burnishers.

Brent
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Brent Beach
Victoria, BC, Canada