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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%
|
| 3 | DISCO Corporation |
18.9%
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| 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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■About resinoid whetstone ・This whetstone is made from synthetic resin such as phenolic resin and hardened at a temperature of around 200℃. ・It i...
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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...
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■Applications stainless steel, high tensile steel ■Features It uses only WA (white alundum) and exhibits excellent performance in grinding difficu...
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■Applications For general steel ■Features An economical general-purpose type that maintains excellent sharpness for a long time.
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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...
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■Features ・A molded felt stick made of high-quality, fine-grained wool compressed to a high density. ・Excellent ability to hold abrasive and enab...
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■Summary -A cutting wheel that meets standards and has superior cost performance. -A product that will satisfy you with its sharpness, durability, ...
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■Aka-Cut NF10 Cut-off wheel optimised for cutting of non-ferrous metals with a hardness of 50–250HV (10HRC) .Provides optimal planeness and minimal...
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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 ・Binder: B Reinforcement material: F Rough side specification ・Maximum circumferential speed 72m/s (4,300m/min) However, outer diameter ...
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■Summary - Provides elasticity and absorbs vibrations. No tapping occurs. ・Low noise and reduced work burden. ・The grooves on the surface that is...