Veritas® Mk.II Honing Guide

Jeremy is probably right, but just out of curiosity, how many people own a Veritas® Mk.II Honing Guide?

I had to get in quick, silent, otherwise you could say 100% have one!!!!:D :D

Early days yet :wink:

Maybe the questions should be "Who has one and uses it"..:wink:

I have freehand sharpened for about 8 years every second day. Mostly just with diamond laps.

I love having a session with the MKII now. Quicker for me in some ways as you can set up a repeatable procedure and sharpen a bunch of chisels and plane blades to a smooth razor edge that lasts longer than my previous efforts.

I like it because it means I have to think less.:rolleyes:


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Still using the Mk1 which does me Ok I guess.

Although I have one, I find I am doing most sharpening by hand nowadays. Whether I am getting better at it, lowering my standards or just too lazy to fish it out the cupboard I can't say.

It certainly does a good job when I do use it though.

Still using MkI. But if I was looking for a new one I probably would go for the MkII.

In addition to the Veritas MkII I also have an Eclipse 36 and a Stanley honing guide. I never use the Stanley anymore, I use the Eclipse sometimes and I use the Veritas MkII the most. I regard honing guides as being a bit like training wheels on a bike. One day I hope to be able to hone my blades effectively without one. For now though, a honing guide helps me to eliminate a particular source of variation in my ability to sharpen and so I will continue to use one until I get a better handle on all of the other sources of variation.

I have a cheapie from Supercraft that I use when I'm in a hurry, otherwise, I use the Tormek.

I have a Mark 1 and only use it occasionally, I usually sharpern freehand.

If I was going to buy another honing guide it would be the Mark II.

G'day,

Yep, I've got one. WoodBorer showed me the benefits of a Mk1 in his shed one day (:2tsup:) and not long after I ordered a MkII. Like Matrix I don't have to think too much now, and it leaves my brain cells for much harder things.

:2tsup:

(any brain cells left are probably getting killed off by those vitamins that I'm taking :; )

Veritas Honing Guide Mk II?

Never heard of it.

Can it do a cross stitch? :U

Regards from Perth

Derek

PS The first public use of the Mk II anywhere in the world!!

That's right, you saw it here first, folks...