Thread: Wife approved honing station !!!

I must be lucky, my wife doesn't say anything about what I do. I have my few hones out in the kitchen. I hone (try to anyways) next to the sink. She doesn't complain, nothing. But I do try to pick up after myself.

Nice Ideas so far guys! Keep them coming!
I live alone, I often have other wet shavers stop bye. I keep my two sets of hones in this old med cart where I can roll it to the kitchen table for honing and/or inspection of edges. It hides behind the cabinet when not in use. The shave cave is to the left and the kitchen is behind the phototaker. The white storage cabinet to the right is for hones and fru-fru- and house cleaning products. Two sets of hones? One box is with the normal 1k, 4-8K, and a finisher or two. for training. The other box is of the hones I am enjoying for my rotation at this time.

Have fun!
~Richard

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Don't know how your house works, but in mine it is rather simple

"Happy Wife Happy Life"

Wifey was beginning to give me some flak about having the hones always out on the coffee table, and here I thought is was working well

Spend much of they day in the shop working on restores and stacking razors for honing each night, figured after dinner I spent a few hours after dinner watching TV with her and honing razors..
She of course didn't see it that way, she saw an extension of the workshop in her Living room and that is where the fight started (you have heard those jokes right)

Anyway I came up with a simple solution

"The Honing Tray"

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I built is to fit all the tools I need and it is simple to pick up off the coffee table and move out of sight so the wife is happy.. Waterproof outdoor paint and a few coats of Spray Poly should keep it in shape for some years.. Hopefully it might give you an idea if your better half has had it with hones all over the house

***Laying a towel under everything there is the normal way, but I left it out so you could see the tray***

Genius Glen!

Originally Posted by Geezer

Nice Ideas so far guys! Keep them coming!
I keep my two sets of hones in this old med cart where I can roll it to the kitchen table for honing and/or inspection of edges.

Have fun!
~Richard

Richard, is that a microscope on the med table? Looks interesting. Details?

Joe

Wife is unhappy both about me leaving "razor stuff" laying around and all the time I spend on it. Now I spend time with her instead and hone when she's gone or sleeping. Since I have a job that doesn't involve honing I figured it worked well and she agrees. Plus I get to spend more time with the kids. Win win

Originally Posted by carrolljc

Richard, is that a microscope on the med table? Looks interesting. Details?
Joe

I was lucky enough to find it at a junk sale. A training tool for the most part!
A while back honing was all about looking at edges at a very high magnification. Well you can tell a lot but...I have now some experience and can see most deviations from a good bevel by eye and a good light. A loupe is a good investment while you are learning to set a bevel.
~Richard

Originally Posted by Geezer

I was lucky enough to find it at a junk sale. A training tool for the most part!
A while back honing was all about looking at edges at a very high magnification. Well you can tell a lot but...I have now some experience and can see most deviations from a good bevel by eye and a good light. A loupe is a good investment while you are learning to set a bevel.
~Richard

Yeah, I'm moving in that direction, too. I take fewer and fewer microscope shots. The loupe and even the naked eye tell me most of what I need to know about the bevel--that and the thumbpad. I can imagine eventually being weaned from the scope altogether. And indeed, if I didn't have one now, I could get by without one, and it would probably save time. But I still get a kick out of looking at the finished product under the scope. I'm comparing several finishing stones now, and the scope will help me see if I can detect differences.

Joe

I sort of take the cowardly approach. I wait until SWMBO leaves the house for the appropriate amount of time then clear a stainless steel counter in kitchen, bring in my best task lamp and my honing gear. By the time she returns everything is back in its place and the counter is cleaner than when I started....a plus is that I think the rags with slurry on them are good for the counter tops . The frosting on the cake is the yap factor is missing while I enter into the deep quiet that I need for honing.

"Happy Wife Happy Life"

My wife loved that sentence, she laughed for some time and said that this is the right behaviour

I love the ideas and believe I'll be in the same situation soon.
I was thinking of something like this: