Ed Minch wrote:
> For guitar disassembly, many use a chef’s icing spreading knife - very thin
and just the right shape.  I have found 2 of these at gar(b)age sales.
>
> http://cooksdream.
com/store/product/ca/a1375.html

I don't know the why's and wherefore's, but palette knives
(cooks' not artists') seem to come in two styles; one is parallel
and quite stiff, and the other tapers towards the end,
and is very thin and flexible.

A quick google has failed to find either names
for the variants, or any rationale, but I own
one of each. (*)

  BugBear

(*) the One True Way