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Honing guides are a great thing, especially when a person is getting started. They help you find your angle, and keep your edges straight and square. As people continue in the hobby, some want to use the guides for every sharpening, and others go the freehand route. After a couple years of on/off woodworking, I’m mainly freehand, and I only use my guide to reset the bevel angle when I find my freehand sharpening has gotten off-kilter and is impeding my wood work, or I am setting up a new tool. It takes me 2-3 minutes to resharpen a tool freehand, whereas with the guide 6-7 minutes.
I can’t speak for other guides, but I do like my Veritas guide.