Hyde Tools 43670 Dig-it™ Removal and Scraping Tool

The claimed ergonomics are the technique: the thumb notch is the pressure point for controlled digging, and the blade's bend is what keeps the driving hand above the work — hold the tool the way its anatomy says. Short strokes own the joint. An inch or two of controlled travel at a time; long sweeping digs are how points climb out of channels and into tile glaze and brick faces. Direction serves the corner. Push along open runs, pull out of dead ends — with a point facing each way, the tool never approaches a corner backward. Rotate the points. Two points are a working point and a spare; alternate them and the tool dulls at half speed. Keep them keen. Carbon steel hones: a few strokes of a fine file or stone along each point's original grind, the bevel dressed flat, and the bite returns — a rounded point smears a joint instead of opening it. Wipe the blade. The claims put corrosion resistance in the handle; the carbon blade is yours to keep dry — after wet joints, softener chemistry, or rinse water, a wipe and a light film of oil. Neither pried nor struck. Points concentrate force going in; side-loading them in a joint or driving the tool with a hammer is how ground points die, and nothing in the record rates the tool for either (striking rating unclaimed; the line's rule — struck duty is a design claim, never a default — applies).