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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 April, 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 April 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 April 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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Japan Resibon Co., Ltd.
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■Compatible with various steel materials ・By using <3M> <Cubitron> abrasive grains, it can be used for grinding and polishing various steel materi...
Japan Resibon Co., Ltd.
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■"No burning, no rust, no clogging" ・Iron-free, less likely to rust - Cuts well and does not burn steel easily ・Soft steel materials are not easi...
Japan Resibon Co., Ltd.
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■Whetstone for grinding castings ・Offset grindstone for casting ・Economical as it does not clog easily and can be used till the end ・Easy to sha...
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■SuperFinish whetstone This grindstone is used to improve surface roughness by removing distortions, waviness, and damaged layers on the workpiece ...
Miniter Co., Ltd.
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■Features - Rubber grindstone suitable for grinding work. ・Due to its elasticity, scratches are less likely to occur and uniformly ground noodles ...
Miniter Co., Ltd.
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■Features -A separate type fine grinding and polishing tool used in combination with a mandrail (shaft). ・Since mandrails can be used repeatedly, ...
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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...
Miniter Co., Ltd.
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■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...
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Japan Resibon Co., Ltd.
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■Whetstone that makes grinding work gentler ・Low vibration and noise, making it easy for workers ・Large contact area for good scraping ・Very lon...
Japan Resibon Co., Ltd.
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■Excellent durability and high safety Top class long life
Japan Resibon Co., Ltd.
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■Whetstone for grinding castings ・Offset grindstone for casting ・Economical as it does not clog easily and can be used till the end ・Easy to sha...
Toyo Polishing Industry Co., Ltd.
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■Abrasive grain A wide range of abrasive grains are used, including WA, GC, WA+GC abrasive grains, other alumina-based abrasive grains, other chrom...
Miniter Co., Ltd.
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■Features - A whetstone with moderate elasticity that uses special foamed resin as a binder. ・It has excellent abrasive grain retention ability, r...
Miniter Co., Ltd.
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■Features -A separate type fine grinding and polishing tool used in combination with a mandrail (shaft). ・Since mandrails can be used repeatedly, ...
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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...
Cains Co., Ltd.
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We have a wide range of high-quality, high-precision products manufactured using specially developed abrasive grains such as silicon, ceramic, and ...
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Japan Resibon Co., Ltd.
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■ Lasts longer than skill touch ・By adopting <3M> <Cubitron>, it is compatible with grinding and polishing of various steel materials. ・Very long...
Japan Resibon Co., Ltd.
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■Durable offset grindstone for chamfering ・Ideal for thread chamfering work ・Because the finish is beautiful, the next process is reduced. ・Long...
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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...
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■Features - Abrasive grains and electrodeposition method: Diamond or CBN abrasive grains are generally used as abrasive grains. - Electrodeposition...
Miniter Co., Ltd.
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■Features - A whetstone made of compression molded nylon non-woven fabric coated with abrasive grains. (uni-polish) - Excellent heat dissipation ef...
Miniter Co., Ltd.
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Miniter Co., Ltd.
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Cains Co., Ltd.
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A straight type double-sided reinforced cutting whetstone. It has a sharp edge that you can tell the difference from the first cut. Despite being a...
Japan Resibon Co., Ltd.
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■Product overview The amazing grinding speed significantly shortens work time, reducing total costs. ■Grinding and polishing is now complete ・Fle...
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■A wide range of lineup supports a wide variety of workpieces ・A wide range of lineup, compatible with various steel materials ・Suitable for non-...
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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...