I suspect I would manage to scratch my pan to hell with a palette knife, especially since I don't have a real crepe pan-- the sides of the pan are rather steep. One basically inverts it to get the crepes out, but they do come out okay. I can't damage either my crepe twiddler or my pan when I use the crepe twiddler, because it is a stick.

'Galette' is a better name for those than 'buckwheat pancake-style crepe', which is what they call them on menus around here for some reason. I have not tried making them at home but I like them and should.