> I included 2 pictures of the Hirsch tool I found last week, which
> several people insisted is a bearing scraper. A quick comparison
> should dispel any notion that the Hirsch tool is a bearing scraper.

That certainly is a classic bearing scraper, but it isn't the only
form.  Mine is a simple triangular piece, hollow ground on all three
sides to keep the edges very sharp.  There are, I believe other shapes
as well.

The Hirsch tool still bother's me as a burnisher.  The surface, not
being polished, will abrade the surface on which it is used, and
abrasion is not what I want from a burnisher.  Still, the Hirsch
doesn't look like a bearing scraper either.

Mike in Sacto