I need a sharpening jig. I have an ancient Veritas Honing Guide and I have always had a hard time clamping a chisel in it and aligning it properly – which means I have not used it lately. My chisels suffer… I have recently bought a couple hand planes so I need to get better at sharpening. I love Lee Valley and Veritas stuff, other than that jig, so I am looking at:
Veritas Side-Clamping Honing Guide, Item 05M0940
Veritas Mk.II Standard Honing Guide, Item 05M0901
Why would you chose one over the other? I think my sharpening needs are simple, basic chisels and plane blades.
Outside of LV, what other sharpening jig would you recommend?
Other sharpening options? Pretty sure I will never be Rob C and be able to do it all freehand.
My current sharpening stone setup is:
Trend Double-Sided Diamond Sharpening Stone, Extra Fine/Coarse, 8 x 3 inch, 300 / 1000
Shapton Glass Stone 4000
Leather strop
Thank you in advance!