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The term is based on the word "whet", which means to sharpen a blade, [3] [4] not on the word "wet". The verb nowadays to describe the process of using a sharpening stone for a knife is simply to sharpen, but the older term to whet is still sometimes used, though so rare in this sense that it is no longer mentioned in, for example, the Oxford Living Dictionaries.
August Wilson (né Frederick August Kittel Jr.; April 27, 1945 – October 2, 2005) was an American playwright. He has been referred to as the "theater's poet of Black America". [ 1 ] He is best known for a series of 10 plays, collectively called The Pittsburgh Cycle (or The Century Cycle ) , which chronicle the experiences and heritage of the ...
The Whetstone benchmark is a synthetic benchmark for evaluating the performance of computers. [1] It was first written in ALGOL 60 in 1972 at the Technical Support Unit of the Department of Trade and Industry (later part of the Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency) in the United Kingdom.
Knife sharpener in Kabul, Afghanistan (1961) The Knife Grinder by Massimiliano Soldani (c.1700), Albertinum, Dresden A railway camp cook sharpens a knife blade on a stone wheel, 1927 Knife sharpening is the process of making a knife or similar tool sharp by grinding against a hard , rough surface, typically a stone , [ 1 ] or a flexible surface ...
Whetstone, Arizona, a census-designated place; Whetstone, West Virginia, an unincorporated community; The Whetstone River in South Dakota and Minnesota; Whetstone Gulf State Park in New York; Whetstone High School (Columbus, Ohio), a high school located in the Clintonville neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio; Whetstone Mountain in Colorado
There are many different kinds of honing oils to suit different needs. It is important to use the appropriate solution for the job. In the case of knife sharpening, motor oil is too thick or heavy and can over-lubricate or clog a sharpening stone, whereas WD-40 is too light an oil and will not carry the metal filings plus stone dust (collectively known as swarf) away from the stone, and clog it.
A grindstone, also known as grinding stone, is a sharpening stone used for grinding or sharpening ferrous tools, used since ancient times. Tools are sharpened by the stone's abrasive qualities that remove material from the tool through friction in order to create a fine edge.
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