Review on 🔧 DMT ABG Blade Guide Alignment Tool by Nicholas Erickson

I bought this little accessory to use with 6" DMT sharpening stones to maintain pocket, camping and kitchen knives. After a few months and a few rounds with my humble knife stand, a shrug and general no-ooaa sense sums up my experience with the ABG Aligner Blade DMT guide. Almost every part of the shape of the guide and my experience with it leaves a lot to be desired.- BLADE THICKNESS IS MINIMAL- Several times I have had to guide a pair of my knives with a sharp (tapered) blade to get it working. Definitely won't work with some of the thicker survival/bushcraft knives. - THE GUIDE slipped off the blades several times - I stopped tightening the plastic blade clamp thumbscrew when the guide started to flex and I had a feeling this would not happen again. pull off the plastic threads and it still slipped off every now and then. This can be corrected by using some type of high friction material on the blade clamping surfaces or a metal clamping screw. - INCORRECT GRINDING ANGLE - Because the angle is determined by the adjustable height of the plastic posts/arms (?) and because the posts/shoulders make spot contact with the work surface (table, bench, etc.) rather than all over the blade, the sharpening angle becomes steeper the larger the blade distance between the guide and the point of contact of the blade with the stone. After several months of semi-regular use (I sharpen/maintain 2-3 knives a week) one of the plastic lugs used to index the sharpening angle through the posts/arms of the guide has failed. It broke out of the inside of the post/arm hub, allowing the posts/handle to move freely in and out of the hub without being able to lock them in place. I fixed this by screwing it into a position that permanently fixed the sharpening angle. - POOR MATERIALS - Perhaps all the problems I had with this guide, except for the inconsistent sharpening angle, could have been avoided if it had been made out of something stronger and tougher than soft plastic. TLDR: Not exactly a nightmare, but hardly a dream either. The plastic construction creates many problems. The resulting blade edge is good but not unattainable when sharpened by hand with a good set of stones and some patience. save your money This thing isn't built to last, and I doubt the average Joe/Jane would want to replace it if he/she suddenly lost it.