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This section provides an overview for whetstones as well as their applications and principles. Also, please take a look at the list of 4 whetstone manufacturers and their company rankings. Here are the top-ranked whetstone companies as of May, 2026: 1.Falcon Tool Company Inc., 2.NORITAKE, 3.Gesswein Co, Inc..
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A whetstone is, in the broadest sense, a tool, such as "a tool for cutting and polishing rocks and metals."
A whetstone is widely used in a variety of forms, from household to industrial applications.
For home use, a whetstone is commonly used to sharpen kitchen knives, often found in rectangular or block-shaped.
Industrial whetstone is often disk-shaped wheels with a mounting hole in the center that is attached to a power tool.
Whetstones are used in the following applications.
There are various types of bonding agents used in whetstones, depending on the application.
The most commonly used resinoid is made by a process called the "bakelite method."
Next, the principle of how whetstones grind workpieces is explained.
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Falcon Tool Company, Inc. is an American manufacturer based in Traverse City, Michigan, providing tools for industrial applications. The company’s product range includes files, commonly used in industrial jewelry, dental, and hobby industries, as well as abrasives and abrasive stones. The company also offers various cutting tools, including carbide burs and tungsten vanadium steel burs, commonly used for deburring, milling, and finishing. It further provides diamond tools, brushes and wood sticks, and related equipment, such as air grinders and air profilers.
Disco Corporation is a producer of precision cutting and grinding machines founded in Japan last 1937. Aside from manufacturing services, they also offer maintenance, training, refurbishment, and lease of precision cutting and grinding materials. This company is entirely based in Japan with Tokyo as the location for its Head Office. Its three branch offices are located in Osaka, Kyushu, and Sendai. They also have three plants, two of which are in Hiroshima namely, Kure and Kuwabata, while their Chino Plant is in Nagano.
NORITAKE CO., LIMITED, established in 1904 as Nippon Toki Kaisha, Ltd., is a Japanese manufacturer headquartered in Nagoya, Aichi, specializing in tableware and technological products. The company crafts fine porcelain and bone china Western-style tableware, glassware, and cutlery, catering to residential and commercial settings. The company also offers ceramics in various forms, including electronic ceramic powder and engineering ceramics, thick film circuit substrates, and vacuum fluorescent displays. Other offerings include provides grinding and polishing tools, such as grinding and cubic boron nitride (CBN) wheels, as well as coated abrasives. The company further offers filtration systems and thin cut master (TCM) machines.
Gesswein Co, Inc., established in 1914 and headquartered in Bridgeport, Connecticut, is a distributor of jewelers' tools and supplies. The company offers a wide range of products, including additive manufacturing tools, abrasives, bench tools, burs & drills, casting tools, cleaning tools, dust collection tools, engraving tools, power tools, and more. These products are utilized by professionals in the jewelry and metalworking industries for precision work. Gesswein Co, Inc. also provides various services, such as operations review, product sampling, account maintenance, quality control, and price matching.
Ranking as of May 2026
Derivation Method| Rank | Company | Click Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Falcon Tool Company Inc. |
43.6%
|
| 2 | NORITAKE |
20.5%
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| 3 | Gesswein Co, Inc. |
17.9%
|
| 4 | DISCO Corporation |
17.9%
|
Derivation Method
The ranking is calculated based on the click share within the whetstone page as of May 2026. Click share is defined as the total number of clicks for all companies during the period divided by the number of clicks for each company.Number of Employees
Newly Established Company
Company with a History
*Including some distributors, etc.
*Including some distributors, etc.
| Country | Number of Companies | Share (%) |
|---|---|---|
Japan
|
2 | 66.7% |
United States of America
|
1 | 33.3% |
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Sowa Kasei Co., Ltd.
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■Selaton mini A mini series that is a smaller version of Selaton. Sizes range from 0.3 x 0.3 mm to 1 x 2 mm and are ideal for fine lapping finishin...
TKX Co., Ltd.
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■Features MF whetstones are used for roll surface grinding and polishing, and have a long lifespan and excellent grinding performance from the begi...
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■Mini size of Skill Touch suitable for polishing work in narrow spaces ・Ideal for working in narrow spaces ・Suitable for polishing various steel ...
Japan Resibon Co., Ltd.
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■Standard cutting wheel ・Suitable for various steel materials with a wide range of lineup ・Low price product with excellent economic efficiency
Naniwa Polishing Industry Co., Ltd.
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■Summary ・Abrasive material: A ・Binder: V (Vitrified) ・Maximum circumferential speed: 2,000m/min (33m/s) ・Shape edge type 1A 1D ■Applications ...
SHIN-EI GRINDING WHEELS MFG. CO., LTD.
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■Applications For aluminum ■Features Contains a special filler to prevent welding during aluminum grinding, allowing stable work to be done withou...
Naniwa Polishing Industry Co., Ltd.
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■Summary ・High grinding and polishing work efficiency with sharp cutting ability. For all types of concrete repair work ・This specification and d...
JTEKT Grinding Tools Co., Ltd.
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■Features It has good grindability on raw sintered alloy materials, raw ferrous materials, quenched raw materials, raw cast iron materials, etc., a...
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■Features The conventional alumina abrasive grains A, WA, and SA are further subdivided according to the application. This makes it possible to obt...
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Criston Disc is a disc-shaped grinding wheel that uses nano-bonded fibers. The thickness is 0.8mm, making it easy to fit into narrow grooves, makin...
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This is a hard type Rabin whetstone that does not dig into burrs and has excellent grinding performance.
Miniter Co., Ltd.
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■Features ・This is a professional stick whetstone that pursues not only quality and grinding performance but also ease of use. ・We have a rich li...
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■Summary ・Excellent ability to grind and polish non-metals. ・Excellent safety and durability. ・For stone, firebricks, roof tiles, tiles, glass, ...
SHIN-EI GRINDING WHEELS MFG. CO., LTD.
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■Applications Only for chamfering ■Features Cuts thread chamfering work process in half. There is no need for secondary deburring using paper abra...
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Grinding wheels for cemented carbide, stone, ceramics, glass, etc.
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■Christon Mini A mini-series with a smaller version of Christon. Sizes range from 0.3 x 0.3 mm to 1 x 2 mm and are ideal for fine lapping finishing...
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■Recommended for difficult-to-cut materials such as stainless steel and aluminum ・Excellent performance on difficult-to-cut materials such as stai...
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Japan Precision Machinery Works L-JK grindstone set with shaft G0072
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■Summary - Sharp cutting ability, excellent safety and durability. ・For stainless steel, special steel, heat-resistant steel, steel, etc. ・Binder...
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■Features By developing an innovative manufacturing method to uniformize ultra-fine diamond particles with the industry's smallest particle size of...
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■Applications For heavy grinding (general steel, high tensile steel, stainless steel) ■Features This is a high-performance offset whetstone that c...
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Grinding wheel for hardened steel such as high carbon steel, alloy steel, tool steel, etc.
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■About resinoid whetstone ・This whetstone is made from synthetic resin such as phenolic resin and hardened at a temperature of around 200℃. ・It i...
Miniter Co., Ltd.
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■Features ・This is a professional stick whetstone that pursues not only quality and grinding performance but also ease of use. ・We have a rich li...
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■Crystal fiber whetstone Criston is the highest quality crystal fiber whetstone made using only carefully selected raw materials. The crystal purit...
Cains Co., Ltd.
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Specially treated abrasive grains provide excellent grinding and polishing power.
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■Summary ・Pursuing excellent grinding and polishing ability and economic efficiency. ・Excellent safety and durability. ・For general steel materi...
SHIN-EI GRINDING WHEELS MFG. CO., LTD.
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■Applications stainless steel, high tensile steel ■Features It uses only WA (white alundum) and exhibits excellent performance in grinding difficu...
TKX Co., Ltd.
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Grinding wheel for raw materials such as general steel, rolled steel, carbon steel, forged products, cast products, etc.
SHIN-EI GRINDING WHEELS MFG. CO., LTD.
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■Applications For general steel ■Features An economical general-purpose type that maintains excellent sharpness for a long time.