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    Happy house, No Spouse

    As a born-again-bachelor of thirty some years my honing station can be anywhere I want it. Storage is on top of the clothes dryer in room next to kitchen. Counter next to kitchen sink is honing central when hones are moved in from laundry room.
    "The sharpening stones from time to time provide officers with gasoline."

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    As I also have no female who I must appease (son's live in girlfriend doesn't count) so i usually have razor related crap scattered and all kinds of other crap either on the kitchen counter and or kitchenette table.

    I really should make a more concerted effort to pick things up (there's a reason I call my apartment The Boars Nest) as sometimes, I get bit in the butt. Like the time I left my Norton 4/8 out and my son's girlfriend got some cooking oil on it. She knew that I wouldn't be happy so she grabbed the liquid dish soap and put some on the hone and 'tried' to remove the oil/didn't work but it did add some interesting 'bubbles' for a while when honing. I didn't get angry as I should have put it away.

    Interestingly enough I didn't notice any difference while honing.

    As far as honing at the kitchen counter/I like the level as I've tried to hone sitting down and it just doesn't work for me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Razorfeld View Post
    Happy house, No Spouse

    As a born-again-bachelor of thirty some years my honing station can be anywhere I want it. Storage is on top of the clothes dryer in room next to kitchen. Counter next to kitchen sink is honing central when hones are moved in from laundry room.
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    l have about 50 stones on one side of the stairway to the bedroom floor of a split level home. Very easy access to any stone I need. Wifey hightailed it in '96.. Turns out she prefers women. What a fun life it has turned out to be. Anyway, all my stones are within easy reach on the stairway adjacent to the kitchen where I do my honing.
    JERRY
    OOOPS! Pass the styptic please.

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    I only hone in the shed so no problem,
    But she did have something to say when She caught me looking at the bamboo breakfast tray working out how many sets of scales I could make from it LOL
    So no bamboo scales and still no breakfast in bed either
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    I do the same.. I started out with a simple plastic bin and graduated to a small tool box from Harbor Freight.. it holds everything except the towel.

    My suggestion to you.. get a smaller spray bottle!



    Quote Originally Posted by BobH View Post
    Had a similar problem but I hone at the dining room table and have no eat in kitchen. Came up with a slightly different solution. Everything fits into the Plastic box except the spray bottle. Stores conveniently in a cupboard off to the side of the dining room table. One drawback though is that it is really inconvenient to use to bring SWMBO breakfast in bed with. Yea, ya gots to keep em happy, eh.

    Bob


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    I don't have enough stones yet to require this level of ingenuity.

    With the RAD and SA in full swing I might need something soon..... thinking an old timey shaving station with the stones in a reverse pull out tray.

    The wife is super relaxed along as I keep building what she wants too. Basement, roof, new flooring, painting, deck rebuild, new toilette.......When do I have time to hone razors again!??!?

    There goes the babies... ah such a relaxed life style :s
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    Hmmmm, instead of a Honing Trey that I can move out of site, I would like to build a Wife Trey that I can move out of sight.

    Pics coming soon?!?!?!?!?

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    I'm using a couple of big plastic boxes, too, and honing on a laptop desk that I can roll in and out of the kitchen (to be near water). When I get time, though, I plan to replace the plastic boxes with a rolling hone cabinet. I made one of those to go under the work table where I do buffing. The plan is to make a similar one to hold the hones.

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    I'm guessing a small chair and tv would not fit in your shop?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Neckbone View Post
    I'm guessing a small chair and tv would not fit in your shop?
    When I'm not buffing, I roll the buffing cabinet into a closet and roll a chair up under the work table. That way, the work table can be used for pinning and other tasks.

    There's a TV in the kitchen, but when I'm honing, mostly I'm looking at the hone. The TV is for the wife, when she's cooking.
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