| They say a workman is only as good as his tools and | | | | an extra inverted vee-shaped leather wheel for the |
| it's true that edge tools that are regularly honed will | | | | inside of vee tools and areas which are tricky to |
| generally perform better than those that are simply | | | | access. Both kits come with arbors, honing compound |
| sharpened. Leading supplier of woodcarving and wood | | | | as well as clear instructions on how to install and |
| turning tools and equipment, The ToolPost ( stocks a | | | | operate the system. The Ashley Iles system, much |
| wide range of tool honing products, both manual and | | | | favoured by wood carvers, features a dense cotton |
| power systems, that will help any wood craftsman or | | | | honing wheel used in combination with a diamond |
| woman get the very best from their tools. | | | | impregnated rubber sharpening wheel to give excellent |
| At the top end of the spectrum there's the Tormek | | | | results. |
| System which combines tool honing with tool | | | | The Slipstrop from Flexcut and also available at The |
| sharpening in a wetstone system that works with just | | | | ToolPost is a hand honing system – a moulded |
| about every type of woodcarving and woodturning | | | | honing block with the ability to match multiple blades |
| tool out there as well as bench chisels and plane irons. | | | | which comes with the Flexcut Gold honing compound. |
| This premium product is a worthwhile investment for | | | | This is a great low-cost portable and flexible |
| the serious user, however, so for those with less | | | | alternative to power honing systems. |
| critical needs or for those simply looking for something | | | | Finally, there is The Toolpost's own range of leather |
| a little more affordable, The ToolPost has a great | | | | tool honing strops, products that were sourced by The |
| choice of Powerstrop and Slipstrop products, as well | | | | ToolPost after noticing the dearth of basic yet |
| as the Ashley Iles honing and sharpening system and | | | | essential hones easily available to wood carvers and |
| their very own hand leather honing strops. | | | | woodturners. The 1215-P honing strop is a mounted flat |
| Powerstrop, as the name suggests, is a power tool | | | | strop with pre-drilled holes to allow it to be screwed on |
| honing system: honing wheels that are mounted onto a | | | | to a workbench or table, perfect for knives and |
| power source such as a woodturning lathe, power drill | | | | straight-edged tools. The 1210-P is a handle-held strop |
| or powered arbor, allowing for excellent honing of | | | | designed for honing more complicated shapes such as |
| carving and edge tools. There are two products in this | | | | woodcarving tools. These are great value, traditional |
| range available at The ToolPost: the Powerstrop | | | | and highly effective ‘back to basic' honing products |
| Standard Honing Kit with a single leather wheel, perfect | | | | which are an essential part of any woodworker's |
| for skew chisels, whittling tools and carving knives, and | | | | toolkit. |
| the Powerstrop Deluxe Honing Kit which comes with | | | | |