Axe bevel guide?

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Where would I find a guide with various bevel cross section cutouts, printable or for sale as a physical item, that I could use as a guide to properly profile an axe? I'm having a hard time finding any mention of such a product, though I have seen this type of guide in various axe-related videos. Is this typically a make-it-yourself kind of item?

Thanks
 
There is a guy on YouTube that goes by wranglerstar he's got a videos that show u the way the us forest survive does theres. The the video with the bench grinder tells you the best way
 
Some information about bevel guides from an old thread:

cattledog said:
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I highly recommend the Bevel Gauge, before I had it my edges were inconsistent from just eyeballing it. Now I can dial it in and know how much or little I have to work with from top to bottom.
For general use 25degrees works really well. On this one I'm just going to even it out and leave it thick for awhile around 32degrees for splitting and taking out stumps. If I really like it I'll bring it down to 25.

I got mine here http://www.sharpeningsupplies.com/Bevel-Gauge-P9C2.aspx
worth the money.
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Steve Tall said:
Lee Valley Tools has a similar bevel gauge, but with 5 degree increments. Homemade is possible too, of course, with tin snips, an aluminum can, and a protractor. Dudley Cook (in The Ax Book) recommends making a bevel gauge from two halves of an old hacksaw blade, joined at the end holes and used in combination with a protractor.
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