Hi P!
I taught a lady friend of mine to sharpen in that last couple years. It took about a week. She learned on a sharpmaker and a strop.
If I may give some advice to you I would keep it brief.
When you sharpen a knife all that you are doing is honing the edge from both sides down to an apex. The thinner the apex the sharper. If you go too thin the apex will not hold up and can form a burr more easily during honing. The best way I have found to teach a beginner to start is to get a SHARPIE. Clean the edge and apply the sharpie to both side of the bevel AND slice the edge from heel to tip into the sharpie to make sure any blunted section of the apex gets it too.
NOW, all you have to do is take a swipe and check. Check often, reapply the sharpie often. I also recommend learning on an opinel carbon. The steel is very receptive to natural stones and ceramics. From what I have found after teaching LOTS of regular joe's to sharpen in person is the BEST thing to do is show them QUICK success.
Once you have sharpened to the point that the sharpie is gone all the way to the apex and you will most likely have a burr. This is another important piece to talk to you about. You need to raise a burr from BOTH sides. Next you need to find a strop which a lot of things can work for in a pinch. This is something that takes skill. The best way I can help you learn this is with some training wheels to get you started. There are a lot of ways to strop, and I am not saying this is the best, BUT it will give you success AND confidence to push forward! Okay, so lay the bevel on the strop lightly and cut edge leading increasing the angle until it bites into the leather and then reverse to edge trailing with FEATHER like force. Do this until there is no burr. You can use newsprint as a quick way to check for burr removal.
Lets say you go slightly overboard stropping, thats OKAY. Go back to your hone and just KISS the apex and this will actually give you very clean micro serrations and NO BURR.
If you follow these steps you will have a sharp knife and the confidence to pursue and practice. You will find what works for you best and your knives will only get sharper over time.
The system you showed look fine, a skilled person can sharpen on just about anything. Its about knowing what your doing and the right touch.
Remember this is SIMPLE!!! Certain steels can complicate things and make sharpening become a more advanced discussion. TRY the OPINEL CARBON please
Also, you can get those guides for benchstones. I never used them. When you get good you can hear and feel when you are actually honing the apex. The way I keep my knives sharp? Hone and strop. Nothing like always keeping them sharp and when you have stropped out the microserrations it only takes a couple licks on the stone to bring the already hair popping edge back to a vicious savage sharp edge.
I hope this helps,
Kevin
Also, when you get real good and keep your knives sharp you do not always have to be raising burrs every time. You can just keep that baby honed.
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FOCUS ON SHARP APEX. DO NOT FOCUS ON SHINEY PERFECTION. Too many honing and stropping mistakes come from trying to get a pretty shiny edge to post on a forum. Once you figure out sharp, then TRUST me, those edges will get more impressive to look at. First achieve sharp, then worry about mastering pretty if you still feel like it. I had a lot of people criticize me for putting pretty edges on my knives. Thinking I just went for pretty. Not true, the pretty was a result of sharp and so much practice of keeping a steady hand.
), that may not be an issue at all. Others might want for something less than 20°/side, such as down to 15°/side. It would've been a nice touch to see 2-position (15/20) adjustability in the angle guides, but perhaps that might be integrated into a future version. 
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