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Thread: Veritas Side-Clamping Honing Guide?

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    Veritas Side-Clamping Honing Guide?

    I dont know how long this tool has been available, but I've only just seen it. LINK I searched the archives and didnt find any posts.

    Has anyone bought one, or tried one in an LV store? For $40 US, Im tempted to try it. (Not that I NEED another piece of sharpening gear, you understand.)

    Best regards,
    Fred
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    Sorry, not much help. I bought one when I first heard about it here, but I haven't even taken it out of the box. I didn't really "need" it either, but didn't have one.......

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    Hi Fred

    This was the subject if much discussion several weeks ago ... along with a second guide from Veritas for small blades. I posted a large number of photos. Do another search. They are there.

    Regards from Perth

    Derek

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    Thanks Derek. I must have missed that one.
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    Yes, I bought one and find it to be well worth the price. I nostly use it for plane irons.

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    Here is the link from a Google search, since I couldn’t get the SMC search function to find it with “veritas” or “side clamp”.

    https://sawmillcreek.org/showthread....g-Honing-Guide.

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    Thanks Curt. Thanks Jon. I appreciate the help.
    Fred
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    Thank you, Jon. I thought it was just me.
    Chuck Taylor

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    I just wanted to say.... I always appreciate the links, thanks. Sometimes I cannot find them; and sometimes I can. So always appreciated.

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    I too have been mystified by the search function on smc-I often can find threads that I’ve started when jay the the thread title...!
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    I wonder what the LV guide can do with this:
    Fat Max Chisel Abomination.jpg
    This thing appears designed to defy, even punish any attempt at sharpening.
    Chuck Taylor

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    Quote Originally Posted by Charles Taylor View Post
    I wonder what the LV guide can do with this:
    Fat Max Chisel Abomination.jpg
    This thing appears designed to defy, even punish any attempt at sharpening.
    Punish any attempt at sharpening, indeed; it looks like the inbred offspring of a steak knife, a chisel, and a froe. I've never seen anything like it.

    What should we (nick)name it?

    I wonder: is it actually worse than the chisel rasp?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Charles Taylor View Post
    I wonder what the LV guide can do with this:
    Fat Max Chisel Abomination.jpg
    This thing appears designed to defy, even punish any attempt at sharpening.
    Yeah, that's a beast. I found it online and they call it a side strike chisel. There are several references to using it for demolition. Another blurb says you can use it like a spokeshave. Anyway you use it, I agree it's going to be a beast to sharpen. Here's a short Stanley promo video I found. LINK

    Edit: The vid says the serated edge is for cutting banding on materials. (Shrug)
    Last edited by Frederick Skelly; 06-23-2021 at 7:12 PM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Frederick Skelly View Post
    Yeah, that's a beast. I found it online and they call it a side strike chisel. There are several references to using it for demolition. Another blurb says you can use it like a spokeshave. Anyway you use it, I agree it's going to be a beast to sharpen. Here's a short Stanley promo video I found. LINK

    Edit: The vid says the serated edge is for cutting banding on materials. (Shrug)
    It's a solution looking for a problem.
    Sharp solves all manner of problems.

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    The problem with SMC's search function has a flaw that may not be fixable in software.

    When using the SMC search function the search term looks like this with some of the results below:

    Demo Search 1.png

    To improve the results, highlight > www. < in the search term:

    Demo Search 2.png

    Do not forget to include the period (or dot) when deleting www. from the search term.

    Press delete and the press enter/return for results like this:

    Demo Search 3.jpg

    Why this can not be fixed in the software is beyond me. It may actually be fixable in the BBS software to remove the > www. <, but not by me.

    jtk

    Quote Originally Posted by Derek Cohen View Post
    Hi Fred
    This was the subject if much discussion several weeks ago ... along with a second guide from Veritas for small blades. I posted a large number of photos. Do another search. They are there.
    Regards from Perth
    Derek
    Quote Originally Posted by Frederick Skelly View Post
    Thanks Derek. I must have missed that one.
    Quote Originally Posted by Jon Snider View Post
    Here is the link from a Google search, since I couldn’t get the SMC search function to find it with “veritas” or “side clamp”.
    https://sawmillcreek.org/showthread....g-Honing-Guide.
    Quote Originally Posted by Frederick Skelly View Post
    Thanks Curt. Thanks Jon. I appreciate the help.
    Fred
    Quote Originally Posted by Charles Taylor View Post
    Thank you, Jon. I thought it was just me.
    Quote Originally Posted by Andrew Pitonyak View Post
    I just wanted to say.... I always appreciate the links, thanks. Sometimes I cannot find them; and sometimes I can. So always appreciated.
    Quote Originally Posted by Christopher Charles View Post
    I too have been mystified by the search function on smc-I often can find threads that I’ve started when jay the the thread title...!
    Last edited by Jim Koepke; 06-24-2021 at 2:59 PM. Reason: add and the press enter/return
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