Honing Guide for Chisels & Plane Irons – Precision Sharpening Tool for Use with Oil, Water & Diamond Stones

The entire guide is made of metal. It feels sturdy and strong. There are 2 slots - one for the much wider blade such as larger chisel or plane blade and the smaller slot for smaller chisel or bullnoze plane. Gripping the blade onto the guide is easy and no messy fiddling. Ensure that the angle is maintained at 30 degree is guided entirely by the honing device. Once it is gripped in place, it is must a matter of gliding the device either over the sanding stone or sand paper of your choice. Be it dry or wet sanding, this device is applicable under both condition. Well made and a breeze to operate.

Product arrived well packaged and in a timely manner. Product exactly as described. Got this on a whim as it was not expensive just to see what it was like as I have never used anything like it before. I have to say my experience so far has being mixed. It is easy to fix blades into the honing guide securely by tightening the silver screw on the side and I found it worked well when sharpening larger blades which utilize the wider grip on top (Jack and smoothing planes) while the narrower inner grips (for bevel edged chisels and smaller blades from spoke shaves etc) are much harder to get to work properly and to keep the blade square. The grips are not manufactured to a high standard and have being given a thick coat of paint which makes matters worse. I really liked the idea behind this product so grinded away the excessive blue paint from the inner jaws, as suggested by other reviewers, and this help somewhat. Impressed with my modifications I have also since carefully filed away part of the inner jaws so they now grip square edged chisels as well and have ended up with a really handy tool. I am now getting much better and far more even edges on my blades than I used to. Despite my earlier mixed results from this product I still have to give it four stars due to its price point and the fact it worked well with larger blades out of the box. Also with only minimal modification I have ended up with a really nice tool.

I have no patience for freehand sharpening at all, and using this is the first time I've achieved a hair shaving edge on any blade. I only wish I'd bought a slightly longer whetstone, as the 6 inch sharpel stone is quite short while at having to keep the wheel in contact with the stone. Would recommend if you've not had success freehand sharpening or need to mindlessly remove a lot of material like I did with my vintage plane. I also verified the angle I was sharpening to using a digital angle measure and it seemed pretty inline with the guide angles

This is a high quality product and a very useful set of gadgets it is my first stick that actually worked with my phone and Go pro setting up was a breeze and the fun and ease of access is 10/10 a good strong pressure calm holds your device nice and secure. I was not expecting a drawstring bag for all the extra bits and stick very good quality indeed plus if you need to you are able to attach the stick to a separate tripod (not inclded) and use the remote from the stick that can be detactched for convinces also a reflection miror for camera placement etc very well put together and feels very lush when holiding. There are endless uses for the stick depends on device of course just be certen its paired properly with blutooth. Highly recommend it for Android and iOS not tried it on Win yet but I will be happy with it regardless and I highly recommend the stick so don't hesitate.

Bought with the intention of rehoning a number of old chisels, I found that results were inconsistent. The small roller wheel has a tendency to rock one way or the other, and you really have to concentrate in order to try and get a true straight edge. Couple with this the fact that you have to make a honing gauge to set the correct angle (plenty of videos on YouTube), I really don't find it good value. Yes it gets a blade sharp, but not with any great accuracy. I've opted for another version with a wider roller wheel, angle finder, and set up guide (see my other reviews).

I read most of the reviews, and did some internet research before buying. In brief this is a good product, but you need to do some fettling before it works really well. There are guides on YouTube as to how to make the necessary adjustments, so I won't go into them here in detail, but all it needs is a file and about 15 minutes to make the product work for both plane irons and small files. One side of the jaws is curved and the other is flat - it is meant to be like this to give three points of contact to avoid wobbling (like a three legged stool does not wobble, but a four legged one can). Some people commented on the small roller wheel making it difficult to hone small chisels - I have only sharpened down to 12mm chisels so far, but found no issue. I imagine care will be required on my 4mm chisel, but certainly it will be a lot easier than trying to maintain a constant 30 degree angle by hand alone. This design of honing tool is a classic and has been around for decades - It works. Just one further tip - sand the angle/distance information on the end to remove the blue coating and make it much easier to read. A good buy.

Great little guide for plane blade and chisel sharpening. Quick and easy to use and fix correct angle to sharpen tools.

A perfect companion tool to go with the weightstone sharpening kit. Cheaper than some of the alternative brand names, but of equal quality and ease of use.

Morsetto guida con rotella. Molto comodo per fare scorrere lame di scalpelli o pialle su piani abrasivi (da avere o comprare a parte) per affilare senza troppi pensieri. Affilatura con angolo perfetto. Abbinando piastre diamantate o di pietra di buona qualità si possono ottenere affilature impeccabili.

Bon produit pour mon usage personnel. Je ne l'ai utilisé que pour affûter mes lames de rabot. J'en ai affûté 3, elle ont retrouvé une nouvelle vie. Petit bémol quand même, j'ai des doutes sur la durée de vie de la roulette car je fais mes affûtages au papier de verre et la roulette ce promène dessus, donc fort risque d'usure pour quelqu'un qui utilise souvent ce matériel. Voir peut-être pour remplacement par un roulement. Je n'ai pas utilisé le produit pour les ciseaux à bois. A savoir que sur le produit il y a les indications de distance de sortie des lames suivant le degré d'affûtage désiré. Si vous voulez des lames de rabot qui coupent bien sans être des lames de rasoir haut de gamme, c'est le produit qu'il vous faut. Après mes affûtages, j'ai fait le fameux test des poils et j'ai un avant bras aussi lisse que de la peau de bébé. :-))

its useless for chisel because the line where the chisel sit is not smooth and round . i made mistake thinking its gonna work . for planer blade i think its useful

Perfecta para afilar formones, en un lateral pone la distancia que debe haber desde el filo para conseguir los 30º

Ich habe das Teil trotz der auch negativen Bewertungen hier gekauft und getestet. Was auch immer der Grund sein mag, meine Schleifführung arbeitet gut und präzise. Weder habe ich ein unwichtiges Laufrad noch gestaltet sich das Einspannen der Werkzeuge als besonders schwierig. Eine Ausnahme dabei bilden allerdings besonders schmale Eisen (etwa ab 10mm und kleiner). Da wird es dann tatsächlich „fummelig“, aber damit kann man auch gut leben. So kleine Eisen sind obendrein auch fix mal händisch nachgeschliffen. Was gar nicht geht, sind die billigen Eisen mit den starken Flanken (Quasi zu dicke Eisen). Aber auch damit kann ich leben, denn ich arbeite eh lieber mit den qualitativ besseren Eisen. Von mir gibt es hier volle Sterne!