"AAvK" wrote in message
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Personaly, I cannot afford that, and it seems beyond principle (of
whatever sort,
economics?) to buy an Alisam at that cost. So, I'll try and make one
myself out
of hardwood.

I made a couple of honing guides from hardwood designed to provide a wide
and stable footing for "scary sharp" honing. The main design criteria was
that the guide should be self-aligning. Here are some pics -- complete
description on the sharpening page on my website.

http://home.earthlink.net/~kvaughn65/both_guides.jpg
http://home.earthlink.net/~kvaughn65...ide_bottom.jpg
http://home.earthlink.net/~kvaughn65...lane_guide.jpg
http://home.earthlink.net/~kvaughn65...iron_guide.jpg
http://home.earthlink.net/~kvaughn65..._guide_top.jpg

Ken Vaughn
Visit My Workshop: http://home.earthlink.net/~kvaughn65/