If I hadn't learned about this wonderful little tool when I was in Italy, I would never have given it a second glance. It is very versatile and I use mine all the time. It can be used for mixing and spreading your cement onto your base, scraping your surface clean or removing grout from between your tiles, and those are just to mention a few. Very useful and they last so much longer than the little plastic ones I used to get from the art shops which are really for paint and not cement. A must get.