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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 January, 2025: 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 January 2025
Derivation MethodRank | Company | Click Share |
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1 | Falcon Tool Company Inc. |
40.0%
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2 | NORITAKE |
26.7%
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3 | DISCO Corporation |
20.0%
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4 | Gesswein Co, Inc. |
13.3%
|
Derivation Method
The ranking is calculated based on the click share within the whetstone page as of January 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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Japan | 2 | 66.7% |
United States of America | 1 | 33.3% |
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JTEKT Grinding Tools Co., Ltd.
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■Features Adopts metal as the binder, has excellent heat resistance and thermal conductivity, and has a long life. However, metal wheels usually ha...
K’s Material Co., Ltd.
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It can be used in a variety of ways, including standing up against walls and improving barrier-free conditions.
Japan Resibon Co., Ltd.
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■Cutting whetstone with overwhelming cutting power - Cuts PC steel quickly and easily with overwhelming cutting power ・Ideal for cutting PC steel ...
Japan Resibon Co., Ltd.
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Last viewed: 17 hours ago
■Ideal for detailed processing of molds ・Ideal for working in narrow spaces ・Small but long lasting
Sowa Kasei Co., Ltd.
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Very Fast Response
■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...
Toyo Polishing Industry Co., Ltd.
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■Features ・Ceramic fiber is an artificial mineral fiber whose main raw materials are alumina and silica. - Ceramic fiber whetstones are made using...
Miniter Co., Ltd.
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Last viewed: 2 hours ago
Standard Response
■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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Last viewed: 8 hours ago
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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, ...
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...
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...
Xebec Technology Co., Ltd.
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■Summary ・Ideal for removing burrs that occur at the hole opening and exit side (back deburring) that occur after hole drilling, and for removing ...
7 models listed
JTEKT Grinding Tools Co., Ltd.
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Last viewed: 12 hours ago
■Features This is an electroplated CBN wheel used for high precision profile grinding of CVT ball grooves, compressor vane grooves, etc. It is poss...
K’s Material Co., Ltd.
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Last viewed: 9 hours ago
For cutting hard stones such as red granite
2 models listed
Japan Resibon Co., Ltd.
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■Luxury product with excellent grinding power and durability ・The most effective whetstone among Resibon's offset whetstones ・Very long lasting ...
Japan Resibon Co., Ltd.
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Last viewed: 1 hour ago
■Standard cutting wheel ・Suitable for various steel materials with a wide range of lineup ・Low price product with excellent economic efficiency
Sowa Kasei Co., Ltd.
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Last viewed: 10 hours ago
Very Fast Response
■Ceramic diamond fiber whetstone Seraton Diamond combines alumina fibers and diamond abrasive grains using unique fiber orientation technology. The...
Toyo Polishing Industry Co., Ltd.
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Last viewed: 7 hours ago
■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 ...
Miniter Co., Ltd.
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Standard Response
■Features - A CBN bar for precision grinding made of ceramic powder compressed and fired at high pressure. - CBN abrasive grains are distributed th...
Miniter Co., Ltd.
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Standard Response
■Features -A separate type fine grinding and polishing tool used in combination with a mandrail (shaft). ・Since mandrails can be used repeatedly, ...
Miniter Co., Ltd.
20+ people viewing
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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...
JTEKT Grinding Tools Co., Ltd.
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Last viewed: 12 hours ago
■Features Like the electroplated wheel, this wheel is made of super abrasive grains that are strongly bonded to the base. Since the abrasive grains...
K’s Material Co., Ltd.
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Last viewed: 38 minutes ago
4 models listed
Japan Resibon Co., Ltd.
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Last viewed: 1 day 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 ...
Japan Resibon Co., Ltd.
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■50mm (actual measurement: 49mm) type of the popular GA series ・Ideal for working in narrow spaces ・Small but long lasting
Sowa Kasei Co., Ltd.
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Last viewed: 2 hours ago
Very Fast Response
SHIN-EI GRINDING WHEELS MFG. CO., LTD.
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Last viewed: 1 day ago
■Features Offset type cutting wheels can be used with an attached flange and allow for deeper cuts than straight types. By reducing the amount rema...
Toyo Polishing Industry Co., Ltd.
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■Features -A natural whetstone with extremely high hardness. ・Used for precision polishing of cutlery, precision measuring instruments, etc.
Miniter Co., Ltd.
20+ people viewing
Last viewed: 11 hours ago
Standard Response
■Features - A CBN bar for precision grinding made of ceramic powder compressed and fired at high pressure. - CBN abrasive grains are distributed th...
Miniter Co., Ltd.
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■Features - Dressing and truing of various tools. A lineup of dressers that allow you to perform molding tasks quickly and easily. ・A dresser that...
Miniter Co., Ltd.
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Last viewed: 19 hours ago
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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...