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People have years of experience and use whetstones and other expensive machines.
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David Hochman, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
On her right side was a small oak chest containing a whetstone and flints, and on her left side was a knife and an iron object that could be a key.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 29 Aug. 2024
Jacobs-Jenkins’s 2013 play takes place during a queasy reunion of three adult siblings at the former plantation in Arkansas that belonged to their recently deceased father — and, if anything, the past ten years have only taken a whetstone to the story’s blade.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 16 June 2024
Simply stroke the blade along the whetstone until all the marker is removed.
—Craig Caudill, Field & Stream, 12 July 2023
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David Hochman, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
On her right side was a small oak chest containing a whetstone and flints, and on her left side was a knife and an iron object that could be a key.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 29 Aug. 2024
Jacobs-Jenkins’s 2013 play takes place during a queasy reunion of three adult siblings at the former plantation in Arkansas that belonged to their recently deceased father — and, if anything, the past ten years have only taken a whetstone to the story’s blade.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 16 June 2024
Simply stroke the blade along the whetstone until all the marker is removed.
—Craig Caudill, Field & Stream, 12 July 2023
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“Whetstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whetstone. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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whetstone
noun
whet·stone
ˈhwet-ˌstōn 
ˈwet-
: a stone for sharpening blades
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