A whetstone.
A sharpening stone. Water is the lubricating agent when sharpening knives or chisels. Probably should have been a wet stone but whet is the way it is always spelled. If oil is the lubricating agent then it is an oil stone.
No idea. You might do a search on "scythe stone", which is a sharpening stone used to sharpen scythes.
Probably a sharpening stone (for knives)
Sharpening steel knives and tool blades.It is also known as an oil stone.
A large stone carved in the shape of a wheel for sharpening axes and knives or for grinding grains.
You normally place the object that you're trying to sharpen on the stone, and then you obviously wear protection such as gloves for the procedure. You then slide the handle back and forth, ensuring that the sound of the sharpening can be heard.
what is another name for a small rock not a pebble not a stone
I just viewed a Fine Gardening video on sharpening gardening clippers. He used oil on the carborundum stone, then finished up with a "diamond stone" which he had sprayed water on. I think both liquids are used to attract the metal dust that occurs with the sharpening.
a stone
a stone
rubbing it against a sharpening stone i think called pyrite (spelling) or leather
A good knife sharpening kit contains at least the following. Hard Arkansas stone, soft Arkansas stone, storage pouch, and a small bottle of knife oil. A budget kit will contain a two-sided synthetic stone and a small bottle of oil.