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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 July, 2025: 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 July 2025
Derivation MethodRank | Company | Click Share |
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1 | Falcon Tool Company Inc. |
50.0%
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2 | NORITAKE |
20.0%
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3 | Gesswein Co, Inc. |
15.0%
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4 | DISCO Corporation |
15.0%
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Derivation Method
The ranking is calculated based on the click share within the whetstone page as of July 2025. 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 (%) |
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2 | 66.7% |
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1 | 33.3% |
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Kuroda Co., Ltd.
290+ people viewing
Last viewed: 5 hours ago
■Applications ・Rough processing of molds, jigs, machine parts, automobile parts, etc. ・Hardened steel with HRc45 or higher Tool steel (SKH, SKD, ...
4 models listed
K’s Material Co., Ltd.
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Outer diameter x thickness = 102 x 11mm
3 models listed
Japan Resibon Co., Ltd.
110+ people viewing
Last viewed: 1 day ago
■Easy to install with one touch ・Easy to install and remove with one-touch type that does not require any mounting hardware - Uniform and beautifu...
Japan Resibon Co., Ltd.
120+ people viewing
Last viewed: 5 hours ago
■Click, that's it. ・Grinding wheel exclusively for the X-LOCK system that can be attached and detached with one touch ・X-LOCK system requires no ...
Sowa Kasei Co., Ltd.
170+ people viewing
Last viewed: 2 hours ago
■Pink whetstone with shaft PA light pink alumina It has higher toughness, hardness, and better shape retention than WA, so it has a longer dressing...
TSUBOSAN
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Last viewed: 1 day ago
■Applications ・Correcting the cutting edge of drills, bits, cutters, knives, scissors, etc. after re-polishing hardened steel (blade stop). ・Modi...
Miniter Co., Ltd.
100+ people viewing
Last viewed: 19 hours ago
■Features -A separate type tool used in combination with a mandrail (shaft). ・Since mandrails can be used repeatedly, there is less waste after us...
Miniter Co., Ltd.
140+ people viewing
Last viewed: 6 hours ago
■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...
Miniter Co., Ltd.
120+ people viewing
Last viewed: 2 hours ago
■Features We have a lineup of rubber grindstones of representative sizes for each processing purpose. ■Compatible materials ・Tool steel, alloy st...
Cains Co., Ltd.
140+ people viewing
Last viewed: 20 hours ago
Replacement whetstone for EA826EM
Xebec Technology Co., Ltd.
250+ people viewing
Last viewed: 18 hours ago
■Summary The rubber binder makes it soft against the workpiece and conforms to its shape. ■Precautions for use The tool will be damaged in the fol...
2 models listed
Kuroda Co., Ltd.
620+ people viewing
Last viewed: 6 hours ago
■Summary ・Trusted by mold craftsmen as a pioneer in the industry for 80 years ・For all metals ・A wide variety of products ・At any finishing stage
10 models listed
K’s Material Co., Ltd.
330+ people viewing
Last viewed: 4 hours ago
7 models listed
Japan Resibon Co., Ltd.
120+ people viewing
Last viewed: 1 day ago
■Luxury product with excellent grinding power and durability ・The most effective whetstone among Resibon's high-speed offset whetstones ・Very lon...
Japan Resibon Co., Ltd.
140+ people viewing
Last viewed: 12 hours ago
■Achieving low costs with high-speed grindstones Low-priced product with excellent economic efficiency
Toyo Polishing Industry Co., Ltd.
160+ people viewing
Last viewed: 2 hours ago
■How to use diamond wheels and CBN wheels ・Generally, non-ferrous metals are called diamonds, and ferrous metals are called CBN. ・Diamond has a K...
Miniter Co., Ltd.
120+ people viewing
■Features ・In order to cover a variety of needs, we have prepared grindstones with various types of abrasive grains, bonding agents, and degrees o...
Miniter Co., Ltd.
90+ people viewing
Last viewed: 19 hours ago
■Features -A separate type tool used in combination with a mandrail (shaft). ・Since mandrails can be used repeatedly, there is less waste after us...
Miniter Co., Ltd.
140+ people viewing
Last viewed: 1 day ago
■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...
Miniter Co., Ltd.
140+ people viewing
Last viewed: 17 minutes ago
■Features - A special whetstone with ceramic fiber cutting blades. We offer a wide range of sizes and particle sizes. ・Please use by attaching it ...
Xebec Technology Co., Ltd.
260+ people viewing
Last viewed: 1 day ago
■Summary Can efficiently polish carbide and hardened steel (SDK, STAVAX, etc.) exceeding HRC57
5 models listed
K’s Material Co., Ltd.
290+ people viewing
Last viewed: 21 hours ago
7 models listed
Japan Resibon Co., Ltd.
150+ people viewing
Last viewed: 1 day ago
■Can cut better than skill touch ・By adopting <3M> <Cubitron>, it can handle grinding and polishing of various steel materials. ・Can be cut very ...
Japan Resibon Co., Ltd.
150+ people viewing
Last viewed: 14 hours ago
■<3M><Cubitron> Excellent sharpness using abrasive grains ・Uses <3M> <Cubitron> abrasive grains for good cutting. ・Ideal for stainless steel ...
Japan Resibon Co., Ltd.
110+ people viewing
Last viewed: 15 hours ago
■Cutting wheel for castings that can cut corners ・Ideal for edge cutting of castings such as sprue cutting ・Because I have a strong back, I can c...
Toyo Polishing Industry Co., Ltd.
120+ people viewing
Last viewed: 11 hours ago
■SuperFinish whetstone This grindstone is used to improve surface roughness by removing distortions, waviness, and damaged layers on the workpiece ...
Miniter Co., Ltd.
120+ people viewing
Last viewed: 1 day ago
■Features - Rubber whetstone suitable for polishing work. ・Due to its excellent self-growth action, clogging is unlikely to occur even with fine g...
Miniter Co., Ltd.
100+ people viewing
Last viewed: 18 hours ago
■Features -A separate type tool used in combination with a mandrail (shaft). ・Since mandrails can be used repeatedly, there is less waste after us...
Miniter Co., Ltd.
140+ people viewing
Last viewed: 1 day ago
■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...
Miniter Co., Ltd.
120+ people viewing
Last viewed: 2 hours ago
■Features - A special whetstone with ceramic fiber as the cutting blade. We offer a wide range of sizes and particle sizes. ・Please use by attachi...