Card scrapers are the tool of choice when working with tear-out prone wood that will not respond well to a plane.  While not typically an item used everyday, it is a tool that when you need it, nothing else will do.  

We make our Thin Card Scraper with the same high carbon tool steel we use for our saw blades. Our Thin Card Scraper is 6 inches (152mm) x 2-1/2 inches (63mm).  The blade is .020 inches (.5mm) thick, making for a very supple scraper.  The blade has been milled flat (better than /- .001) and square on both of the long edges, and is ready for you to polish and turn a burr.

• Thin Scraper Blade: 6 inches (152mm) long x 2-1/2 inches (63mm) wide x .020 inches (.5mm) thick.