GolfSteve in Calgary
Beautiful furniture, nice job on the construction.

The comment below is kind of late, and I'm sure you considered your sharpening method when designing your bench, but it seems awfully high for hand sharpening - especially if you do any freehand sharpening.

My sharpening bench (a piece of melamine nailed to the wall) is a tad lower than groin height so that I'm working right above the stones. I freehand sharpen almost exclusively.