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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%
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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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Iida Iron Works Co., Ltd.
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Borazon wheels are for HSS. Some models come with a grindstone as standard equipment.
Japan Resibon Co., Ltd.
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■Wide range of uses and long lifespan - Composite structure with special base material makes it soft and absorbs shock. ・Abrasive cloth can be use...
Japan Resibon Co., Ltd.
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■Mini size of Skill Touch suitable for polishing work in narrow spaces ・Ideal for working in narrow spaces ・Suitable for polishing various steel ...
Sowa Kasei Co., Ltd.
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Last viewed: 14 hours ago
Very Fast Response
■Daiwa Rabin By making full use of its elasticity, it can provide sharp and excellent polishing. Additionally, the surface can be polished uniforml...
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 ...
Miniter Co., Ltd.
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Last viewed: 1 day ago
Standard Response
■Features - A cutting whetstone with a structure that is resistant to cracking and bending due to glass fiber reinforcement. - Ideal for cutting an...
Miniter Co., Ltd.
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Standard Response
■Features -A lineup of acrylic tip holder tools with different materials and particle sizes. ・Adhesive tape is attached to the chip and sheet. - F...
Miniter Co., Ltd.
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Standard Response
■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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Specially treated abrasive grains provide excellent grinding and polishing power.
K’s Material Co., Ltd.
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Outer diameter x thickness = 102 x 11mm
3 models listed
Japan Resibon Co., Ltd.
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■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.
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■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.
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Last viewed: 16 hours ago
Very Fast Response
■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...
Xebec Technology Co., Ltd.
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■Summary The heat-resistant temperature is 200℃, so even ultrasonic tools can be used for long periods of time.
5 models listed
Miniter Co., Ltd.
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Last viewed: 9 hours ago
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■Features - A cutting whetstone with a structure that is resistant to cracking and bending due to glass fiber reinforcement. - Ideal for cutting an...
Miniter Co., Ltd.
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■Features ・Polishing wood and polishing metal are different from vitrified whetstones, which have different coarse grains and grain sizes. ・Pleas...
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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This is a hard type Rabin whetstone that does not dig into burrs and has excellent grinding performance.
K’s Material Co., Ltd.
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Japan Resibon Co., Ltd.
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■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.
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■Achieving low costs with high-speed grindstones Low-priced product with excellent economic efficiency
Toyo Polishing Industry Co., Ltd.
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Last viewed: 8 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.
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■Features -A cutting tool with excellent cutting ability. - Made of stainless steel SUS304 that is resistant to bending, it is extremely thin and s...
Miniter Co., Ltd.
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■Features - A polytar cutting tool designed to minimize the loss of minute ultrasonic vibrations. ・Please use by attaching it to the special holde...
Miniter Co., Ltd.
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Last viewed: 16 hours ago
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■Features ・Special whetstone used for precision polishing of cutlery, parts, etc. ・A natural stone made of silicate crystal particles with a micr...
Cains Co., Ltd.
30+ people viewing
Last viewed: 8 hours ago
It has excellent polishing power and durability because it uses a special silicone filler.
K’s Material Co., Ltd.
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Last viewed: 14 hours ago
7 models listed
Japan Resibon Co., Ltd.
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Last viewed: 11 hours 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.
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■<3M><Cubitron> Excellent sharpness using abrasive grains ・Uses <3M> <Cubitron> abrasive grains for good cutting. ・Ideal for stainless steel ...
Japan Resibon Co., Ltd.
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■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...