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A short while ago my better half mentioned that I had been honing for the last 3 hours. I silently put things down and left the room for the computer in the library. She is on her way to bed now. I shall return to it shortly. Anyone else have this problem?
Tim
I do my honing after she is in bed. But that just so she does not see what all i have collected for this hobby and add up the cost.
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Originally Posted by knightwolf
One of my greatest fears is that when I die she will sell my things for what I told her I bought them for.
Tim
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Thanks, you make my day.
It sounds like your wife needs a hobby too. Does she do anything that would occupy her time, and free up some of yours?
On friday nite's when swmbo and I are putting together weekend plans, I make it a point to say "One thing I'd really like to do this weekend is touch up my rotation"....or something like that. Then she automatically knows that I need some time to myself.
It works for us.
Good luck
Library? Really?
Just tell her you love to hone and you'll hone the kitchen knife tomorrow. :gl:
My wife likes to sew.. while I am honing she will sew and everyone is happy.
When I first started though my wife was unable to sew do to a medical issue and would clock watch all the time so I would normally do it after she was a sleep or when she was at her mothers to visit.
For me, the wife always has to come first. If she is upset with me I will get no pleasure from anything until she is put right again. Always best to keep her happy.
Happy wife happy life!Quote:
Originally Posted by ndw76
Teach her how to hone:D
The saying 'You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.' was about a woman.Quote:
Originally Posted by baldie
Have you ever tried to teach a horse to hone?
Talking about happy wife, I hope she doesn't read this.
I get the time check after 1 hour..Women are not happy unless you are attached to the end of the couch next to them..Or working on things they want dne around the house..:thinking:
I told the Woman that i hated saving (which i did) and so i made a hobby out of it when i started using a straight razor. shaving is like the testing part to my hobby, and if i couldn't do it this way i wouldn't shave at all.
Perhaps convincing her to use a straight on her legs could solve this issue?
Imagine a straight razor could really spice up a marriage!
But seriously, relationships of any kind takes an investment of time in order to function, sacrifice for your wife even when it hurts, you wont be sorry. like the Bible says "a man who loves his wife, loves himself"... and Love is sacrificial.
bold, I like it! I hope for your sake that she is not a fan of saving either :pQuote:
Originally Posted by 111Nathaniel
"a man who loves his wife, loves himself"...
and Love is sacrificial.
Fantastic words 111Nethaniel
As a Police Officer... I wished more blokes would listen to such
wise words.
As to the horse... everybody knows they don't have thumbs.
But has one tried to strop on the hide of a standing horse.:whipped:
Well, as they say, "If Mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy." Words to live by . . .
What would she rather you did or is it just that you were taking too long at one task? Women seem to be time oriented. I heard a comment from an automobile designer that answers to some sort of study indicated that women drivers would prefer a clock, rather than a speedometer, in the center of the dash instrument cluster. :rock:Quote:
Originally Posted by 32t
that makes sense, considering how many of them drive as if there is no time left in the world and speed doesn't matter. the instrument cluster around the clock would be replaced with a mirrorQuote:
Originally Posted by Bruce
I must watch what I say as my wife is a member here, but in all reality we have set a series of checks and balances when it comes to my hobbies and everything else. Basically what I have done is for every five razors I hone I touch up one of hers or for every ten(ish) flyrods I build, I build one for her. The lesson here is to get her interested. I truly enjoy honing, but if I ever get to the point where I don't have time to hone a razor it is simply a matter of having her do it. Though I never let her use the naturals.
In fact, I even get her to help at the meets. Last year she did the video work and this spring she is looking to cook!
That is hilarious--and true. Thanks.Quote:
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She is actually very good to me and puts up with a lot! She was crocheting the whole time. My shop is in an old coal room in the basement and if I need to get away that is a good place. One of the reasons I hone upstairs in the living room is to be around people and be part of the houshold. Of the different things I do related to razors like sawing hammering etc. honing is one that is relativley clean and I can pick it up easily. I wonder what my sons girlfreind thinks of me. About everytime she sees me I am sharpening something by the door. Maybe I need a hobby that is more spectator freindly.:D
Tim
When my daughter starts dating I will take up guillotine construction and testicular golf as hobbies.
I am past that. My daughter is 21.Quote:
Originally Posted by deighaingeal
When she was 16 my brother sent me a castration device that looks like a bolt cutter! :rofl2: He is "different" When she was due to be born he sent me a twine string like what we used to pull calfs. I still have that in a drawer.
Tim
I like your brother already. If I were normal I wouldn't be here.Quote:
Originally Posted by 32t
Wife? Wazzat?:w
I think you meant "you can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think."
lol , great :)
Nope, never have honed anything for 3 hours. If you're not getting results in five minutes, drop back to a coarser grit. Honing is a progressive process so start at whatever coarse grit you need to and go finer from there. You should be able to hone any razor in less than 30 minutes and most in 20.
There's an answer to that, but it's too crude to post here.:angel:Quote:
Originally Posted by ndw76
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Originally Posted by Howard
I have been known to spend 3 hours on Glenlivet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!? :beer1:
I dunno...my wife finds it pretty easy to lure me away from stroking my edges.
I agree with you. This wasn't a "normal" razor. Long story short I should have taken it to a belt sander. After this project one is at the top of my wish list. I was working on a pattern welded blade that I got as a hardened/heat treated blank. I finished it hand sanding and left the edge to thick and the blade to wide for the spine. I etched it and started to hone. I figured it was wide and used 3 pieces of tape at first. The bevel got pretty wide and I went to 5 pieces of tape. The included angle is much better. I have a servicable edge on it now and stopped for the time being. What I should do in the future is butternife the edge back at least 3/16 inch and start over. I am not going to do that without a sander! If I got $1.00 an hour for the time in this project I could probably afford one. All in all it has been a frustrating yet enjoyable learning experience. I also did my first domed washers on this one but that is another story.Quote:
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Tim
It is getting warmer outside...perhaps another 30 days.... and the belt sander in the garage will be repaired. Your welcome to use it. :)
Hey Randy, In about 30 days I may be ready to give it another try. I made my first hanging strop today and started on a loom style one. When its warmer I can hone on the front porch and my wife maybe won't be able to hear it over the street noise. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by randydance062449
Tim
Start giving your hones female names. I'mm going out with Sally for a while. Or gonna take a few laps around Denise. That'll shake her up.
Come on Guys Not all of them soooo ....... or i am LUCKY ONE?
My GF, not wife yet, but soon...is cool about it. She doesn't bother me when I'm honing, restoring, what have you, normally, I'll get tired, or my back will start hurting...it sux getting old....
What bother's her, is all the stuff that comes in the mail.....
My wife who is a wonderful woman and a teacher was off last week. Her and a freind went off for the night and when she came back she brought me a Duram Duplex razor. very intersting. I got a few origional blades and found that i could go to Home Depot and buy ones that would "fit". Tonight I thought that I would try and hone one of those on my Chinese 12K.
OMG! I sounded like scratching finger nails on a chalk board. It irritated me. She was certainly right this time! I will wait until she is gone before trying this again.
Tim
I should have retired 5 years ago, but I didn't because I'm married.