Veritas honing guide and angle jig set. The deluxe honing guide set includes standard and narrow blade clamping heads as well as an angle registration jig a straight roller base and a camber roller base. First use the guide in its normal position to grind the basic bevel angle for the tool. The veritas honing guide has a very wide roller and is uniquely suited to adding a micro bevel after sharpening. More information on using the mk ii for sharpening in this video.
Hone a micro bevel on fine stone by repositioning roller to higher position. The guide roller is mounted on an eccentric axle which can be set to increase the angle by your choice of 10 or 20 for very quick and controlled final honing of micro bevels. This makes your honing reliable accurate and consistent. Use in normal position to grind a basic bevel angle.
A companion to the honing guide is the veritas angle setting jig which lets you set the correct sharpening angle on chisels or plane irons quickly and accurately without regard to the tools current condition or bevel. An indexing jig will allow you to accurately set the right amount of blade protrusion in the guide to ensure that the sharpening angle is repeated each time you mount the tool into it. Accepts blades from 18 to 2 78 wide. Then on a fine stone hone a micro bevel at a slightly different angle set by a turn of the guide setting knob.
The standard head uses a clamping bar that registers on the face of the blade. One of the most popular honing guides around the veritas mkii is now available in a deluxe set which includes the standard and narrow blade heads as well as the angle registration jig a straight roller base and a camber roller base. Especially useful when used with the angle jig which has the five most common bevel angles built into a pentagon wheel. Return to exactly the same angle each time you sharpen a blade.
Morton runs through the features of the veritas mk ii honing guide explains how to use it. Precision honing guide and angle jig set. Veritas the maker of one of the most successful and popular honing guides in the market sells a great angle setting jig.