whetstone

The clever design of this knife sharpening stone allows you to simply flip the whetstone sharpener over to go from rough to fine.
The best knife sharpener to keep your blades safe and effective|Edmund Torr|February 25, 2021|Popular-Science
When using a whetstone, you’ll have to flip the blade over to sharpen both sides, but it’ll work perfectly well.
The best knife sharpener to keep your blades safe and effective|Edmund Torr|February 25, 2021|Popular-Science
Even the best whetstones aren’t very expensive, but you can opt for a double-sided one for under $25.
The best knife sharpener to keep your blades safe and effective|Edmund Torr|February 25, 2021|Popular-Science
There are electric sharpeners, two-stage hand sharpeners, and whetstones.
The best knife sharpener to keep your blades safe and effective|Edmund Torr|February 25, 2021|Popular-Science

He approved of Parpon, and never lost a chance of sharpening his humour on the dwarf's impish whetstone of a tongue.
When Valmond Came to Pontiac, Complete|Gilbert Parker
Behind him, each of the natives had laid his stabbing-knife, skinning-knife, and whetstone.
The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries|Francis Rolt-Wheeler
It's colder'n a blue whetstone, so put on all the clothes you've got.
Wayside Courtships|Hamlin Garland
It is a profession which uses the conscience as a whetstone upon which to sharpen the intellect.
The Incendiary|W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy
His firm and close-grained mind was a sort of whetstone on which my father sharpened his wits at this weekly setting.
Spare Hours|John Brown

British Dictionary definitions for whetstone

whetstone

/ (ˈwɛtˌstəʊn) /

noun

a stone used for sharpening edged tools, knives, etc

something that sharpens

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