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   lat_axe | Feb 19, 2020 09:32am | #1

   Can you be more specific?

   Do you mean this Veritas small blade holder

   https://www.leevalley.com/en-gb/shop/tools/sharpening/jigs-mounts-and-rests/44484-veritas-small-blade-holder

   And these chisels?

   https://www.leevalley.com/en-gb/shop/tools/hand-tools/chisels/butt/30029-lee-valley-butt-chisels

   The two aren't going to match as that holder is meant for short blades only, such as spokeshave blades, not for items with handles (such as chisels). ... But do you mean something else?

   Lataxe

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   invt | Feb 19, 2020 10:07am | #2

   Yes to the chisels, but no to the blade holder. it's this:

   https://www.leevalley.com/en-us/shop/tools/sharpening/guides/101900-veritas-mk-ii-narrow-blade-honing-guide

   Thank you for responding!
   Bill

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   user-7188754 | Feb 19, 2020 01:14pm | #3

   Can you describe the specific problem you are having? Perhaps then we might be of some help.

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   tbonetim | Feb 19, 2020 01:35pm | #4

   I have found that the Veritas MkII narrow blade attachment is finicky. I haven't studied the why's of the problem, but note that it grips some chisels well, and others not so well. It doesn't seem to be related to the width, so I think it must have something to do with the side edge profile of the chisels. I use this primarily with the mortise chisel attachment, and have to use care so that the chisel doesn't slip out of alignment as I sharpen.

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   lat_axe | Feb 19, 2020 05:22pm | #5

   Yes, I too have had a problem getting some chisels to stay in place with the Veritas Mk II guide meant for chisels. It does seem that the slightly in-canted slope of the guide's jaws doesn't match well with some chisel edges.

   I found mortise chisels located well - apart from one that turned out to have a face and back that weren't parallel and sides that consequently weren't symmetrical in the slight inward slope of their sides. That chisel wouldn't sit with it's bevel side flat to the bottom of the guide's jaws and was twisted to one side, so I couldn't make an new edge that was square to the chisel blade.

   That was a chisel issue, though. The mortise chisel in question was inexpensive (Two Cherries) and not well made.

   But I also had some difficulty keeping Narex dovetail chisels flat to the guide jaw floor. They will stay in place if I stuff a finger into the space above where the chisel is gripped by the jaws. But if I don't, any significant pressure on the stone when honing can see the chisel tilt front to back, altering the angle that the bevel meets the stone.

   That problem seems to be due to a mismatch of the jaw sides of the guide to the profile of the chisel sides. The jaws are gripping the chisel sides but not along their full length within the jaws, allowing the chisel to rotate forwards-backwards in the jaws. The chisel is being gripped at a point along its length rather than along the whole of those sections of its sides lying within the jaws.

   The guide seems to work well only with chisels that have well-made parallel sides, in other words.

   Some chisels don't have parallel sides because badly made. Others don't sit in the guide well because of their design of having a slight wedge shape (a little bit wider at the front than at the back).

   What's happening with your yellow-handled Veritas chisels? Are they perhaps too short to get located in the guide jaws well to hone the angle you want?

   Lataxe