Stop Ruining Your Chisels: This Sharpening Kit Locks Angles Every Time - Yanko Design

"Sharpening often feels like a mini exam you did not study for. Freehand on a stone, trying to hold a perfect angle while your wrists and elbows quietly betray you. Narrow rollers wobble, short blades tip, and edges never quite feel right. The hard part is not abrasion but keeping geometry consistent over dozens of passes, which is why chisels and planes end up less sharp than you want and why knives get retired prematurely."

"EdgeForm is a portable precision honing guide that tries to solve the problem at its core by mechanically locking your sharpening angle and stabilizing your stroke. Instead of a one-size-fits-all gadget, it is a modular system built around an all-metal sharpening plate, a wide roller, an angle-measuring plate, and a clamp that holds blades firmly. The goal is to turn sharpening into a repeatable workflow rather than a hand-eye performance that depends on feel and experience."

"The main plate has a grooved face for sandpaper strips and a large flat back for full sheets, letting you choose grits for everything from coarse shaping to fine polishing. You cut sandpaper to size, stick it down flat, and get a fresh, predictable surface every time. That means you are not locked into proprietary stones, and you can move through grits quickly without changing machines, just swapping paper and continuing the same motion."

"The woodworking workflow uses a precision angle-measuring plate with engraved markings to help you find the right bevel angle for chisels and plane irons. You align the blade with the desired line, attach the clamp, and tighten it to lock the angle. Once clamped, the wide roller rides on the sandpapered plate, keeping the edge at that exact angle as you push and pull, so every pass reinforces the same geometry instead of drifting over time."

Sharpening often fails because maintaining consistent geometry over many passes is difficult freehand. EdgeForm is a portable precision honing guide that locks the sharpening angle and stabilizes the stroke through a modular system: an all-metal sharpening plate, a wide roller, an angle-measuring plate, and a clamp. The main plate accepts grooved sandpaper strips or full sheets for rapid grit changes and predictable abrasive surfaces. The angle-measuring plate has engraved markings to set bevels; the clamp secures blades while the roller maintains the set angle during push-and-pull passes. Specialized boards accommodate small carving tools. The system avoids proprietary stones and costs $85 during limited availability.

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