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    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?

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

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    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
    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.

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    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.
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    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.

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    +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.
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    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.
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    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.

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    +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.

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