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Robert Larson 800-1800 Honing Guide |  | Brand: Robert Larson
Category: Home Improvement
List Price: $10.49
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Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 1086
Media: Tools & Hardware
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 3.8 x 3.7 x 1.9
MPN: 800-1800
Model: 800-1800
UPC: 744391100504
EAN: 0744391100504
ASIN: B000CFNCKS
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| Features:
| • | Simple to use | | • | Use with chisels | | • | Works with oil and waterstones | | • | Use with plane blades | | • | Ensures a true square edge |
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Product Description
This simple to use tool will securely hold wood chisels and plane irons at the correct angle to the oil stone, and ensures a true square edge. Easy to use works on both oil stones and waterstones.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 19
 Honey of a Honing Guide June 4, 2008
Retired Coastie (Galesburg, IL)
16 out of 18 found this review helpful
When my father died, I inherited his chisles and planes. He had not been able to take care of them for years.
This tool when used with a good set of sharpening stones or mounted, quality sandpaper allowed me to bring my father's tools back to the razor sharpness he was famous for.
I am not the sharpest tool in the box, but this "Honing Guide" has allowed me to now have the sharpest tools!
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a nice little guide September 23, 2008
J. Ibberson (Owatonna, MN, USA)
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
I was hesitant to buy one of these economical honing guides. There seem to be lots of bad reviews but I figured I wanted one and took a chance on the Robert Larson model. Previously I had use grinders or belt sanders to shape a plane blade or chisel and hone by hand on an oil stone. I was never satisfied with the results I got with my bench planes, so I started looking around at sharpening systems. I settled on the scary sharp method and ordered this guide as I thought it would work. I also found some Granite floor tile on sale at Lowes along with 180 and 320 grit adhesive paper. It took a couple minutes to figure out how the honing guide worked, noting the shapes and sizes of the grooves that hold a plane blade or chisel.
It took only a minute and I was getting good results. It held blades and chisels just fine if you take the time really look what you are doing. I did my plane blades and a set of chisels all in less than an hour. They turned out great considering I only sharpened to a 320 grit.
I recently ordered some 3M micro paper to get a grit range from 1200 to 3000. This make steel reflect like a mirror and sharp like a razor.
Overall I am very satisfied with the honing guide and the results. do some research on blade sharpening and you will do fine with this economical little gem.
I think the problems others have had with these devices relates to abuse and just over working them. They are a honing guide, not a heavy duty sharpening tool
novice woodworker March 25, 2010
Jacob Chancery
This guide makes sharpening my plane blades and chisels much easier and quicker that doing it freehand. Helps me keep a consistent angle on the bevel. Also helps keep the cutting edge perpendicular to the sides of the blade. Along with a flat hard surface (plane of glass) and several sheets of sandpaper of various grit, you can get most old bladed woodworking tools back into good cutting condition.
Great August 25, 2010
A. Bostick
This is a wonderful honing guide used by many skilled craftsmen (Chris Schwarz, David Charlesworth, and Lie-Nielsen Toolworks demonstrators to name a few). Most of the critics are complaining about the lack of versatility or simply don't know how to use this guide properly. This is not a universal honing guide and won't accept everything in your shop but for most standard plane irons and bevel edge chisels it will do the trick(might have trouble with the thinnest chisels). The small roller requires the user to check for square and apply finger pressure where needed to correct squareness, with a little practice this is a simple task.
Don't sharpen your blades without one! September 23, 2008
Leebo (USA)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have been hand sharpening my chisels, scrapers and planes on waterstones for years. This is the first time I have used a guide like this and I can say that I have been doing it the hard way. This makes it much easier and faster to get a superior edge.
I use a straight edge placed on the roller wheel and item to be sharpened to determine the bevel angle. It comes with recommended distances out from the front edge of the guide to create a 25 or 30 degree bevel, but it is much more accurate to sight it with a straight edge.
Well worth the modest investment compared to the price of tools and sharpening stones.
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