an acute angle with the ceiling surface while applying a force through the force transmitting portion 42 to the blade member 50 while translating the scraper tool 20 back and forth along the surface to be scraped referring now to fig2 there is shown a perspective view of a second embodiment of a scraper tool more particularly a scraping tool having a pivoting blade assembly which is well suited for scraping surfaces oriented at any angle to the user designated generally by the numeral 20 u2032 the scraper tool 20 u2032 includes a first handle portion 22 u2032 which has a first end 24 u2032 a second end 26 u2032 and a pistol grip 34 u2032 the handle has a first handle portion axis 28 u2032 shown in fig4 which generally runs longitudinally along the portion which the user grips with his or her hand and defines the direction of the first handle portion 22 u2032 the second end 26 u2032 of the first handle portion 22 u2032 abuts a blade assembly 40 u2032 a pivotal mechanism portion 74 attaches the first handle portion 22 u2032 with a blade assembly 40 u2032 while providing pivotal functionality therebetween the pivotal mechanism portion 74 is further defined by a pivotal axis 70 shown in fig4 an acute angle u03b8 shown in fig4 is formed between the first handle portion axis 28 u2032 and the pivotal axis 70 the angle 0 is preferably at least 15 u00b0 and no greater than 45 u00b0 and most preferably at least 20 u00b0 and no greater than 30 u00b0 turning now to fig3 the pivotal mechanism portion 74 may optionally incorporate a pivot mechanism locking assembly 76 the pivot mechanism locking assembly 76 includes a locking mechanism the.