A lot of woodworkers (myself included) find it easier to achieve consistent results with less hassle by using a guide of some sort. Since a honing guide holds the tool at a fixed angle to the sharpening stone, it’s a lot easier to get a flat, consistent bevel. Most honing guides are also adjustable, making it easy to dial in an exact bevel angle. The second thing I really like about this honing guide is that it does everything you want it to do. Some other honing guides (especially the cheap ones) don’t provide a way to set specific angles, meaning you have to make jigs yourself. They also don’t guarantee squareness, meaning you have to test for square yourself every time. sled requires that your sharpening stone has perfectly parallel sides. But for sharpening on a surface plate with sandpaper, where this isn’t an issue, this guide is a good choice. The tried-and-true design of a side-clamping guide is familiar to most woodworkers. Our side-clamping honing guide is a piece of modern-day engineering that improves on this established design while maintaining the flexibility of this type of guide. Chisels and plane blades ranging from 1/8" (3mm) to 2 1/2" fit securely for accurate honing. The unique three-point holding position holds odd shapes such as plow and shoulder plane blades.

I bought mine at a local Dutch store, but these are some good places to buy the Veritas honing guide:guide is simple to use and works well. It’s biggest downside is that it only handles blades up to 1 1 ⁄ 4 " wide, making it useful only for chisels. Thank you Veritas for making a great product. This is my first Veritas tool, but you can bet it won't be my last.

While some may prefer to sharpen freehand, I’m a big proponent of honing guides, and I recommend one for anyone looking to get sharp edges. Intended to hold blades at a consistent angle while you sharpen, these guides are essential to getting keen, repeatable results. Veritas has produced miniature versions of their tools for years, and while they certainly have appeal as collectibles, each is fully functional. To support their utility, this honing guide is a natural extension, so that those who use the Veritas miniature chisels and planes can keep the blades properly sharpened. It’s hard to find fault with this guide, but if I had to, I’d say that it’s a bit large and heavy compared to some of the other guides. This can make it a little harder to control when sharpening narrow chisels. Still, it remains my favorite in the mid-price range. sled straddles the stone rather than riding on top of it. This wide stance makes it easy to control.

The Veritas Honing Guide Mk II is an excellent tool, and a class above most cheaper guides. It can be a bit fiddly to set up at first, but when you know how to use it, you can get your blade ready to hone within a minute. Japanese Honing Guide Other honing guides Whetstone Holder Stone Pond Drawknife Sharpener Flattening Stones honing guide is a simple and elegant design. Made in England by craftsman Richard Kell, it’s beautifully machined and is silky smooth in operation. Rather than positioning the roller at the rear, this guide uses a pair of rollers on the sides of the jig.

A honing guide is really an essential for sharpening plane irons and chisels if the intention is to maintain or renew a clean, straight bevel. In fact, the aid is the only way for a beginner to manage this at all, and it is appreciated by the expert sharpener because it makes the job so much faster and easier. honing guide is one of the less expensive models on the market. But I think there are better options available.The Veritas does both things, making it extremely convenient to set up. That’s also how I see this jig, not as absolutely essential, but as a tool that makes it way more convenient to do woodworking. It gives you peace of mind that the tool you are sharpening will be the right angle and nice and square.