whetstone

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Martin’s “A Game of Thrones” series, said, “A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2025

Whatever knife you choose, buy a honing rod, sharpening steel or whetstone.

From Washington Times • Jun. 9, 2023

Over the past two million years huge sheets of ice ground the landscape of central Illinois to a whetstone flatness.

From Scientific American • Feb. 13, 2023

Here's how to sharpen your knives with electric sharpener and a whetstone.

From Salon • Jun. 25, 2022

“I tell you this. The one of you who catches it, he alone shall have it!” and so saying, he tossed the whetstone into the air.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman