Whetstone Knife Sharpening Angle Guide by Sharp Pebble

This simple, slide-on angle guide does help maintain a consistent angle when sharpening a knife. I am not an expert sharpener and I do not trust myself to maintain the same angle for both sides of the blade and while stepping through different levels of abrasives. I am currently experimenting with the "Scary Sharp" approach, using 3M honing film mounted on float glass, to sharpen some of my older kitchen knives. The guide does help but for a really sharp edge, after setting the bevels and polishing to 12 micron/1200 grit, I finish with 9 micron/1800 grit. And I have to roll the guide up off the back just a couple of degrees to finish with the last half dozen strokes. And I do this for both sides of the knife, of course. The Scary Sharp approach is being adopted by many woodworkers for their flat chisel and plane blades. Most highly recommend using a bevel guide of one sort or another. It is also being used by Straight Razor enthusiasts, though the one tutorial video did not show a bevel guide being used. Given my stated above lack of confidence in my ability to maintain an identical bevel for both sides as I step through 40/30/12/9 micron honing films, a guide of some sort seemed mandatory. And this one is working for me well. I even used it with some 120 grit wet/dry sanding paper to remove larger nicks in the kitchen knives The ceramic rod at the back of the guide slipped over all of the various levels of abrasives quite well. The price seems a bit high for what it is. But most competitor guides were similarly priced. One guide is significantly cheaper but comes from overseas and takes weeks to arrive. I would buy this guide again. as it is well made and delivered very quickly.

Works wonderfully but has very scant instructions. Someone not familiar with sharpening knives might well have problems with it. This product is not usable on small knives lime paring knives.

Works great for me

It holds the back of the knife well, so it does give a consistent angle, as it claims. However, what is that angle? If the blade is very tall (edge to spine), you will get a lower degree angle on your knife's edge, but if the blade is short (edge to spine), you will get a much higher angle. You cannot select the angle you want to put on the knife edge. I am not giving a lower rating, because it does what it claims to do, and it was my mistake for not reading that.

This tool makes it easier to sharpen your knife in a uniform way. This allows you to apply the proper angle during sharpening

Very good workmanship!

The product is good for the price I use it for my pocket knife and it’s a good way to learn how to angle things for your first time using the a wet stone. Personally I like it it helps me maintain a edge on my knife. I would use it to learn not for professional uses.

This is great as I learning on how to sharpen knife and provide the much needed help to make sure that I get it right. The only issue is that it leaves marks on the back of the knifes since it holds the blade so tight.

It works very well I got my favorite knife to shave using this guide and a 1000 6000 grit stone and then a stroop There’s no need to say anything else

takes a little practice but does the job. Rinse well when moving along bigger knives or you may get fine scratches.

This Angle Guide takes the guesswork out of the 'what angle am I going for" question. The guide moves effortlessly and smoothly over the stone and guides the knife blade consistently until sharpened. The results for the blade are a welcome change to erratic edges on large knives.

It’s really not the fault of the device however grit from the stone gets into the guide and when you slide it along the blade to readjust the blade does scratch. If there was a way to open it, clean inside and then reattach in a new location this would be great. I’m using it on my cheap knife block which I don’t care about the finish. Be careful to have the ceramic part flat on the stone as it can create gouges if you only have a small portion on the stone.

Easy to put on and keeps your blade at the right angle for sharpening