STANLEY 3 Piece Set Sharpening Stone and Oil with Honing Guide, 0-16-050

Excellent service, value for money and fast delivery!!!

Sharpens great but setting up is a little fiddly at first but you soon get used to it

Managed to sharpen my chisels. So I am delighted.

Having purchased a couple of the eclipse style jigs that clamp from the side and are prone to shift as you sharpen. This design is far superior the chisel or plane blade, it does both , is firmly clamped in position from above and below with 2 screws that can be tightened to beyond the point were the metal would start to bend. It has a fold out protrusion guide with 25, 30 and 35 degrees clearly marked on it. Because it holds the blade so rigidly you can put a razor sharp edge on your plane irons and chisels very quickly whether you are using waterstones , diamond plates or just sand paper. The oilstone and honing oil are so so but this is worth the price for the jig alone.

Better than no guide at all, but not a high quality item. The clamp adjusting screws feel rough in their threads, and even when tightened fully do not hold the chisel particularly firmly or indeed straight. The guide for setting the cutting angle is very 'plasticy' and vague - better to adjust the clamping angle by checking by eye that the bevel of the chisel is lying flat on the stone. The stone itself is OK, with supposedly a different grade on each side - but actually it's hard to decide which is the coarse and which the fine! Somewhat surprised that Stanley are prepared to put their name to this product!

Only bought this for the guide (why is it not sold separately any more?) as it is the only guide I know that can hold narrow (3 mm) chisels , firmer and mortise chisels, and cutters that do not have parallel sides. I find the Eclipse honing guide is better for everything else, mostly because this is so fiddly to get the blade square.It also feels a bit cheap and weak-you can see the top beam bending when you do the screws up, and the plastic rollers are already scuffed after just a few uses. The plastic angle guide is a nice touch, but I can't see it lasting very long.Would have happily paid more for a more robust tool.

Chisel sharpening block, simple and easy to use

I got this to sharpen some old chisels I had. Have to admit the instructions were a bit pants, I had to go on YouTube to work out how to use the angle guide. But, I followed the instructions and now all my chisels and my plane have a nice edge on them ( the plane blade was a tad too wide for the stone and I had to angle it, but it worked)The stone itself was in good condition, seems some people got damaged ones in the past.It might not be something a professional would buy, but I can't think why not. It did the job for me and quite well I thought.Arrived quickly and no issues.