3月和4月天气暖和时，明尼苏达人的心思就转向了除冰。
钻石湖五金公司(Diamond Lake Hardware)的老板戴夫·斯沃博德尼(Dave Svobodny)说:“想看看春天的人都知道，天气暖和了，冰上的冰就会变软，所以他们就会刮到阴凉的地方和车道上硬化的轮胎印。”
近20年来，Svobodny销售了一个冰拆除工具，他称之为“我们销售的最好的工具”。最终的刮刀不喜欢，但一些本地硬件商店运营商和商业雪和冰拆卸承包商不会没有它。
明尼阿波利斯Snowpros商业除雪公司的老板安德烈·布拉尼茨基(Andrei Branitski)在一次贸易展上测试了这些刮雪机后，买了几百台。
明尼苏达州污染控制署喜欢这种方法，因为它可以减少对环境有害的除冰化合物。
“这是一个很好的刮刀，”MPCA的氯化物计划管理员Brooke Asleson说。“明尼苏达人可以在低盐饮食上放湖泊和溪流，并尝试刮刀或铲子。”
这种柔软的钢刀片是由北达科他州大福克斯(Grand Forks)的戴夫·杨(Dave Young)发明的，用于清除行人和车辆路上压实的冰雪。
但年轻的兴趣在发明和创新方面，而不是营销。他的侄子，布莱恩的保罗麦克风，认为冰刮刀需要与更广泛的受众共享。
他说:“我原以为所有的scraper都是一样的，直到我搬到伦敦金融城，开始使用其他的scraper。”“我叔叔的设计可以在劈冰的时候不会碎裂或卷冰，而且刀片足够薄，可以钻到冰面下面，放松和分离。”
麦克纳米向他的叔叔要更多的刀片，因为他的岳父是个画家，非常喜欢这把刀，他提出要把它带到附近的五金店去卖。
刮刀在大叉子中制造。然后将组件组装和粉末涂覆在Bemidji的职业发育中心，这是一种雇用残疾人的非营利组织。
即使在20年后，最终刮板也仍然是明尼苏达州和交易的卑微工具。它不是由家庭仓库，爆炸或洛杉矶的携带，尽管它是10个州的销售。
由于柔性刀片不是不锈钢，每次使用后都应该擦干它，或者它将生锈。McNamee说，更换刀片可用但不需要，但不需要。
“你用它的时候，它会自己磨快，”他说。“如果你想要，你可以多买一把刀片，但在你需要它之前，你可能会把它放错地方。”
麦克纳米说，当冰雪融化时，刮刀也能很好地去除旧的瓷砖、瓦片和干墙泥。
20年来，他已经出售了大约75,000个单位，但卖刮刀仍然是喧嚣的。他还在明尼阿波利斯湖街街资本市场的首席财务官，在布莱恩的一家冷石奶油冰淇淋店的共同主人。
“冰淇淋或刮冰器，它们对彼此来说都是很好的对冲工具，”他说。
这款“终极刮刀”售价40美元，在70多个地方有售，比如精选的Ace Hardware和Fastenal商店，也可以在UltimateScraper.com上买到。
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