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Honing Guide

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3.5

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Product Information:

You can hone edge tools between grindings with this unique self-centering guide. Chisels and plane irons from 1/16" to 2-5/8" wide can be held securely in one of the two sets of stepped jaws. The accurately ground hardened steel roller glides across the surface of the stone to allow for a consistently fine edge. Complete instructions are included.


  • Hone edge tools between grindings with this unique self-centering guide
  • Chisels and plane irons from 1/16" to 2-5/8" wide can be held securely
  • Two sets of stepped jaws
  • Hardened steel roller glides


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    3.4

    (based on 40 reviews)

    69%

    of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

    Pros

    • Easy to use (18)
    • Effective (10)
    • Ergonomic (8)
    • Well built / quality (6)
    • Smooth running (5)

    Cons

    • Poor ergonomics (6)

    Best Uses

    • Sharpening (21)
    • Small projects (5)
    • Home repair (4)
    • Large projects (3)
    • Cutting (2)
    • Reviewer Profile:
    • Avid do-it-yourselfer (20), Casual do-it-yourselfer (13), Professional (4)
    • Primary Use:
    • Personal (11)

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    3.0

    Good product

    By  Bamboo

    from Curitiba PR Brazil

    About Me Avid Do-It-Yourselfer

    Pros

    • Easy To Use
    • Ergonomic Design
    • Smooth Running

    Cons

    Best Uses

    • Shaping/Finishing

    Comments about Honing Guide :

    Sharppening Chisels

     
    3.0

    A good start for a honing guide

    By  Bigharl

    from Black Hills, SD

    About Me Avid Do-It-Yourselfer

    Pros

    Cons

    Best Uses

    • Sharpening

    Comments about Honing Guide :

    works well without slipping, grooves to hold chisels seem too small and so chisels are hard to align and hold

     
    2.0

    Will not hold small chisels

    By  Luthier wannabe

    from Yosemite

    About Me Casual Do-It-Yourselfer

    Pros

    • Works ok with plane blade

    Cons

    • Small chisels won't clamp

    Best Uses

    • Plane blades
    • Sharpening

    Comments about Honing Guide :

    I bought this to sharpen plane blades and it does that just fine. Works ok on a 1" chisel, but I had no luck with anything smaller because the small clamp area is not the right shape to clamp a chisel with square sides and tapered edges. The slot for clamping is for something with tapered but not square edges at all. Also the wheel does allow it to rock a bit with chisels.

     
    4.0

    I own three of these guides, the best.

    By  Mike

    from Southwest Harbor, ME

    About Me Professional

    Pros

    • Easy To Use
    • Simple to use
    • Very versatile

    Cons

    Best Uses

    • Sharpening

    Comments about Honing Guide :

    I use this so much that I own three, one for shop, one in tool bag and one in work truck. Takes the guess work out of sharpening chisels plane irons and is a great time saver. Cheers/ Mike

     
    3.0

    Not the best, good enough.

    By  Edgar Sanginés

    from Mexico City, Mexico.

    About Me Avid Do-It-Yourselfer

    Pros

    • Ecomomic
    • Smooth Running

    Cons

    • Difficult to adjust

    Best Uses

    • Only for wider chisels
    • Sharpening

    Comments about Honing Guide :

    It's somewhat inexpensive and works ok, the roller is too narrow so it rocks easily from side to side.It's a little hard to make the chisels parallel to the honing guide. Once you get it right, it works well.

     
    4.0

    I would buy this product again

    By  Luiz Gomes

    from Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.

    About Me Avid Do-It-Yourselfer

    Pros

    • Easy To Use

    Cons

    • Poor Ergonomics

    Best Uses

    • Sharpening

    Comments about Honing Guide :

    Practic to use.

     
    1.0

    You get what you pay for ......

    By  Hot Dog

    from annapolis, Maryland

    About Me Professional

    Pros

    Cons

    Best Uses

    Comments about Honing Guide :

    Poor quality control results in two machined halves being out of plane with each other. Unit will not produce a chisel with a square edge if the device is out of square itself. Roller not wide enough to prevent rolling side to side. Great design but needs a few changes and it could be best guide on market for the money.

     
    1.0

    Does not work with chisels

    By  Dave the woodworker

    from Rogers, AR

    About Me Casual Do-It-Yourselfer

    Pros

    Cons

    Best Uses

    Comments about Honing Guide :

    This tool is very hard to use with chisels. I was very frustrated. Works fine with plane irons. I wish I would have found one guide that worked on both.

     
    1.0

    you get what you pay for

    By  Grateful Fred

    from Johnson City, TN

    About Me Avid Do-It-Yourselfer

    Pros

    Cons

    • Cheap

    Best Uses

    • Learning what not to buy

    Comments about Honing Guide :

    Tried for an hour to get this thing to hold a 1/4" chisel and the only thing I accomplished was learning how far I could throw it. Several other reviews describe the same problem, noting that it does seem to work well with wider chisels and plane irons, but what's the point? I just have to buy another jig anyway if I want to use one for my 1/4" chisel. Oh well, I think I'll just practice my free-hand technique.

     
    4.0

    good tool

    By  Bill

    from Lanoka Harbor NJ

    About Me Avid Do-It-Yourselfer

    Pros

    • Easy To Use
    • Ergonomic Design

    Cons

    Best Uses

    • Sharpening

    Comments about Honing Guide :

    worked great

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