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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 March, 2026: 1.Falcon Tool Company Inc., 2.NORITAKE, 3.DISCO Corporation.
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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 March 2026
Derivation Method| Rank | Company | Click Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Falcon Tool Company Inc. |
43.2%
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| 2 | NORITAKE |
21.6%
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| 3 | DISCO Corporation |
18.9%
|
| 4 | Gesswein Co, Inc. |
16.2%
|
Derivation Method
The ranking is calculated based on the click share within the whetstone page as of March 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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Toyo Polishing Industry Co., Ltd.
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■Features ・It is mainly used by hand with an A-grain whetstone impregnated with oil. ・The whetstone has strong strength and is difficult to lose ...
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■Features ・PVA whetstone is a spongy elastic whetstone that uses polyvinyl alcohol as a binder. ・The elastic effect makes it easy to finish the m...
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Cains Co., Ltd.
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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...
Naniwa Polishing Industry Co., Ltd.
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■Summary This product allows you to quickly and satisfactorily sharpen knives made of hardened steel (such as Aogami No. 2), which is difficult to ...
SHIN-EI GRINDING WHEELS MFG. CO., LTD.
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Toyo Polishing Industry Co., Ltd.
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■Features ・Rubber whetstone is a type of elastic whetstone that uses rubber as a binding agent. ・It has a more impact-absorbing effect than resin...
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■About vitrified whetstones ・This whetstone uses clay, glass, etc. as raw materials and is fired at a high temperature of 1,200 to 1,300 degrees. ...
Xebec Technology Co., Ltd.
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■Summary Ideal for polishing and deburring molds ■Features Improved polishing efficiency and grinding wheel strength due to the structure aligned ...
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Tie Sea Ins
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The ultra -high -performance cutting whetstone "Powered Masamune", which boasts an outstanding cutting power and durability of cutting whetstone. M...
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Miniter Co., Ltd.
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■Features ・In order to cover a variety of needs, we have prepared grindstones with various types of abrasive grains, bonding agents, and degrees o...
Marto Co., Ltd.
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■Features CBN (cubic boron nitride) and a layer of metal binder abrasive grains are continuously molded onto the outer periphery of the rigid and h...
JTEKT Grinding Tools Co., Ltd.
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■Features A resin bond wheel that excels in high precision and high efficiency machining. Application to high-precision grinding by optimizing abra...
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■Features ・This is the most common type of whetstone and is also called the No. 1 whetstone. ・We have a wide range of sizes available, from small...
Japan Resibon Co., Ltd.
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■Achieving low costs with high-speed grindstones Low-priced product with excellent economic efficiency
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■Features The SSX whetstone, which uses special ceramic abrasive grains, is a whetstone for tools, molds, and precision grinding that has a remarka...
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■Glass cloth disc for cutting non-metallic materials ・Suitable for cutting non-metallic materials such as aluminum, brass, plastic, and FRP. ・Eco...
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The ultra -high -performance cutting whetstone "NEO Masamune", which boasts an outstanding cutting power and durability of cutting whetstone. Made ...
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Cains Co., Ltd.
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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. - A highly elastic ...
JTEKT Grinding Tools Co., Ltd.
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■Features A resin bond wheel that excels in high precision and high efficiency machining. Application to high-precision grinding by optimizing abra...
TKX Co., Ltd.
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■Features DPG (Diamond Pellet Grinding) wheels are capable of continuous high-precision grinding by using a soft bond that emphasizes sharpness and...
Naniwa Polishing Industry Co., Ltd.
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■Summary ・For polishing and grinding of internal surfaces and details ・Particle size: #60 Hardness: P ・In addition to [WA], there are also [A] a...
TKX Co., Ltd.
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■Features 99X abrasive grain is a new single-crystal abrasive grain with moderate self-sharpening action, and provides a sharp cutting edge compara...
Naniwa Polishing Industry Co., Ltd.
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■Summary ・Abrasive material: A ・Binder: B (resinoid) ・Maximum circumferential speed: 3,000m/min (50m/s) ・Shape edge type 1D ・With 2 nylon bush...
Miniter Co., Ltd.
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■Features -A separate type tool used in combination with a mandrail (shaft). ・Since mandrails can be used repeatedly, there is less waste after us...
AKASEL A/S
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■Aka-Cut 3,000HV Resin bond diamond cut-off wheel for precision cutting of very hard ceramics,e.g.aluminium oxide,silicon carbide,sintered carbides...
Kuroda Co., Ltd.
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■Summary Electroplated diamonds now available in the Serap Compo series ■Application work Alignment of metal parts and mechanical parts, lap fine ...
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