Sharpening - Viking Whetstone


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Josh S. (Meridian, US)
Awesome Whetstone!

This Whetstone is awesome! It's exactly what I wanted. I requested a certain look and Ragweed Forge nailed it! It looks great and it's functional. Fast shipping and great price. No complaints at all.

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Mara (Nashville, US)
Exactly what I was looking for!

My bf has been saying he needs a whetstone for a while now so now that the holidays are near as I write this I figured it was time. I found these and was immediately drawn to the beautiful color options. I placed my order on their website and added a note telling them the kind of stone I was hoping to receive if it was possible and lo and behold about a week later its here! It came in a generic usps box (perfect for secret Santa shopping ;3) and bubblewrap with a hand written note saying "I hope you like the stone we picked!". You guys, its so perfect and pretty!!! Thank you so much guys, the stone you picked is infact perfect! I know he's going to love it! I told him already thats probably my favorite surprise in his stocking~

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Katie P (Santa Ana, US)
Whetstone

Quick, pleasant, good product

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Z.E. (Oklahoma City, US)
Love this thing.

Beautiful, and smooth stone. Gave me the color i wanted and shipped fast, i will likely order more of these for more colors.

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Nancy E Haas (Vancouver, US)
Effective for honing

I’ve hade one of these stones that I bought from Ragweed forge for years. I’ll admit it functions better as a honing stone than a sharpening stone. My process for my pocket knives is to use a sharpening ceramic, then hone with the jasper stone, then strop with a leather razor strop. The jasper significantly reduces the time of this process. At some point my stone did break in half, but I most likely dropped it on some tile or fell on a rock while hiking with it in my pocket. Probably my fault, not the stone’s. I still use the broken pieces to hone.

Description


In Viking times small whetstones were often worn as pendants. These are reproductions of whetstone pendants found in Viking Age York. Similar pendants have been found in Kalåstad, Norway, Birka, and Gotland. They are cut from Jasper, and seem about midway between hard white and hard black Arkansas stones in action. That means they are very fine, and suitable for the honing a final edge rather than basic sharpening. They vary a little in size and shape, but most are about 3 1/4" long, just under an inch wide at the base, and 1/4" in thickness. Colors are mostly grays, browns and the occasional green. If you have a preference let me know and I'll do my best. Each comes with a string and descriptive packaging. I use them dry, and clean off the clogging residue as often as necessary with water. Imported from Sweden,

 

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