This is too funny and all too familiar. I always (even the first time) use a piece of (get it at Home Depot or Lowes for cheap) plastic on the table and put towels and hones and whatever else on it.

Table safe
Wife happy
Blade sharp

Problem solved

-Robert

-Robert
Quote Originally Posted by tonybuddha View Post
Well, I decided to start honing a few weeks ago. Unfortunately it's killing my dinner table. I have a norton 4k/8k that I put an old rag underneath. The problem is that every time I try to hone a razor, I wear off a little of the stain somehow. I suppose it's just due to the abrasive grit that I wear off the stone and it finds it's way to the surface I'm honing on with the water that runs off the stone.

I guess the question is what is your setup? Not stone, but what do you put it on? What kind of surface?

Thanks,
Mike