Found I got best results holding the chisel tight on the end keeping the bevel level with the stone then adjusting the Honing guide and tightening.

Although I am effective free hand honing chisels and plane irons, this guide renders more consistent results allowing me to polish the whole ground edge, which holds sharp longer and brings pearing to a cleaner and safer standard

This will take a bit of practice, but once you get a "feel" for it provides spectacular results.

I think some additional general directions on sharpening techniques coupled with how to "move the guide" and where/how to apply blade pressure would help some of the folks who are not getting positive results with this honing guide

First use today, good results

This device should be sold only for sharpening plane irons, got excellent results in just a few minutes.

Properly mounted and locked as tight as possible, the results were far worse than hand-held.

It took some trial and error and practice to dial it in, but once I did, the tool did not move or slip at all in the guide...and the final results were razor sharp.

Have honed many old chisels and iron blades without any difficulty and achieved great results

Tried the pairing chisel placement with small mortise chisels, but same inaccurate result.

Knowing what I know now, I would spend more and buy the Veritas sharpening kit instead, which I did, and it gives precise, repeatable results.

It works with multiple types of blades and chisels with excellent results.

Relatively easy to set up with good results even for a beginner like me.

Wow the results I’m getting from this simple guide are outstanding.

The price was fair, the shipping was fast and the results were excellent.

I did make a couple of modifications to ensure that the guide holds properly but after that I was able to get repeatable razor sharp results.

I tried it on a chisel that had been misused for many years and the results were fantastic, I can almost shave with it

I am building my own jig and expect better results.

good results.

I messed up a few blades and will spend a lot of time correcting the skewed edges resulting from the use of this thing

After these interventions you may get some good results from your sharpening efforts.

For years I have been sharpening chisels by eye and not getting great results.

Again, nothing specifically wrong that could be changed, it is just inexpensive materials, and you get inexpensive results

Much better results than trying to hold them steady by hand.

This thing is super easy to use and gives quick, reliable results.

Easy to use, I use it to sharpen my 1 1/2 chisel with great results.

This guide along with some diamond sharpening plates gives me consistent results.

I tried free hand sharpening first on some cheap chisels and got decent results

There is nothing specifically wrong with it, per say, however, you can not get consistent accurate results from it

I followed Atlins set up instructions and was amazed how easy it worked and how nice the results are

n’t anticipate any difficulties