Alisam sharpening sled?

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A really major looking honing guide for big bucks, anyone here use one? Looks good to me... "oh but the price...!!!"

Tim · Accepted Answer

The Sharpening Sled is worth it's weight in gold. When you have it inyour hands you know you have a fine tool! I have most of them, from theEclipse to Veritas to Generals. Expensive? Well it's a bargain comparedto what's out there.  I balked at the cost of the new Garrett-Wade"Master" honing guide ($98.60), and you have to build wooden wedges anda box frame for it yet! You would have to buy both of their "Britishmade deluxe honing guides", ($54.50 & $59.95), to get the range of theSharpening Sled.It doesn't need any extra jigs, (Veritas), nor rides on thestone,(Veritas, Eclipse most others), no measuring how much of theblade is sticking out to get your bevel angle, no muss, no fuss. Setyour angle and hone to your hearts content. My blades are sharper thanever and I attribute this mainly to not worrying about having to grabthe pain-in-the-butt jigs and the time used setting up the guide. HenceI use it more often, which in turn decreases the time it takes tore-hone a micro-bevel. Since...

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