F. Dick Bell Scraper

After a hog is scalded, the hair and the outer layer of skin have to come off quickly, and a bell scraper is the hand tool for that job. This F. Dick scraper is used by butchers, small farms and home processors who dehair pigs by hand.

The bell shape lets the user press down with the palm and draw the scraper across the hide, clearing a wide strip with each stroke. Its rounded edge follows the curves of the shoulders and hams without cutting into the skin, which keeps the skin and fat intact for products that need them.

Work while the hide is still hot from the scald, since the hair releases most easily then. After dehairing, the carcass moves on to opening and evisceration with tools such as the F. Dick ErgoGrip special gutting knife and the ErgoGrip skinning knife. The F. Dick hand hook helps move and hold pieces as they are cut.