Today I was inspired to turn a honey dipper after the discussion of them in the forum. I had always used a parting tool to make straight cuts into the dipper end, until Greg Haugen informed us in that forum thread how Alan Lacer used the skew. I haven't seen an example dipper turned by Lacer but this is what I came up with.
The backscratcher is my concept of the ideal scratcher-- basically a long honey dipper, with sharp corners on the business end for maximum scratching effect. A rounded end that easily slips into the shirt collar or up into the shirt bottom, and long enough to reach the center of the back from either direction. And you don't have to think about which way the scratcher is oriented, it has full 360 degree action on the business end.
The backscratcher is 14" long, of white oak, and the dippers are 7 1/2" long--one from the same oak and the other from an old maple floor plank.
