AZ4 Angle Guides Combo, Blue for Sharpening Stones, Orange for Rods

The pieces are very well made. Very accurate and tidy mouldings. I’m impressed with the quality of manufacturing AND by the design. The materials used are, clearly, well chosen. Lovely. I’ve been accustomed to fiddling about with an assortment of coins (of as many different thicknesses as possible), a micrometer, a rule and a calculator. It’s possible to do get the angle on the stone this way BUT the wedges are SO MUCH MORE CONVENIENT. The cones are a brilliant solution to the question of quite how to use the steel.

5 stars 🌟

Works as intended

I had been trying to sharpen my knives freehand for several months, but I found it difficult to judge the correct angle both on whetstones and steels. What I thought was a 15° angle was actually far shallower than with the guides, making it a lot more difficult on myself. I suggest getting these at least as an introductory piece of equipment when you're starting out with sharpening because they do help.

Bought these to help me keep my newly purchased Japanese steel knives in tip-top condition. They are really useful and give me the confidence to hone my knives regularly.

Simple but effective. great to keep constant angles and learn sharpening

The very high price for these pieces of plastic makes the following feature of them unacceptable. The text on the pieces - especially upon the yellow pieces, which are for honing rods - are considerably hard to read. The 'tutorial', which is advertised on the otherwise textless packaging, says that one should hone at 3.5 degrees greater than (i.e. more obtuse than) one sharpens. My pull-through sharpener has an angle of twenty degrees. So, I should hone at 23.5. The most obtuse honing guide within this set is . . 20 degrees. So, I cannot properly hone my knife with this set.

The work as expected, no problems at all!