Thread: Honing is ruining my marriage! (dinner table)

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

I put the hone holder I use on a plastic shoe box lid with a couple of paper towels between the holder and the lid to keep the water from sloshing around when I go to empty it. I also have more control honing standing up so I use the counter tops in the kitchen.

I use a cookie tray, and, like Joe, I also use papertowels in the tray to prevent the water from sloshing around.

Originally Posted by tonybuddha

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

Look for a poly cutting board with a moat to capture meat juice.

Put an old bath or hand towel on the table, then the cutting board, and then
a half sheet of paper towel under the hone.

Done right the table should not get wet and is always protected.

That poly cutting board with the juice grooves sounds like a good idea for honing on a table. I hone in front of the kitchen sink with the hone on a piece of that webbed shelf material like in Lynn's dvd. I have a folded paper towel under that. When using Nortons or Shapton pros I use the cases they came in which double as stone holders. It is just me and the cat and so far he hasn't complained as long as I feed him and empty the litter box regularly.

Niftyshaving,

Hmmm, I really like the idea of the poly board with the juice groove. I hone on my kitchen table, which is mosaic stone. It seems to be imprevious to scratching, but still I think I'm going to try the board.

Thanks.
David

+1 for everything that has been said here.
I use wooden tray, coated with Unica (marine lack) i made for my wife years ago. A towel between a tray and table.
Plastic tray, or cutting board is the safest you can get. Get one and your marriage is saved.

My dinette table is formica so nothing is going to ruin that however I put a plastic place mat over it and use the Shapton Honing Station. It's all rubber and is about the most stable secure piece I've ever used and won't scratch anything.

I use a cuttung board with a damp dish towel folded(which I have dedicated to honing) and my hone in a hone holder sitting on it. Once and a while I have to wring out the dish towel so that does not become super saturated and have water running everywhere.

+1 to the cutting board with a channel in it. I used that today while I was honing and it worked very well. The few splashes of water on the table were from taking the stones out of their water dish they were soaking in.