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Saturday, April 18, 2026

＜砥石＞
写真の砥石を使って包丁を研いでいる。
この砥石には思い出があって、京都・東寺の骨董市で親しい業者さんから購入した。
その業者さんは高齢のおじいさんでいつもご夫婦で各地の骨董市に出店されていた。12年ほど前に引退され、３年前に他界された。

私が砥石を眺めていると、「何を研ぎたいの」と尋ねられた。
「家の包丁」と答えると、「これ、買っときなさい。これだけで他の砥石は要らないから」と勧められ、この人の言うことなら信用できると思って購入した。これは天然石だから使う前に水を吸わせる必要はないと教えられた。

煉瓦のように分厚い砥石。使った後の砥石は中央部分がわずかであるが凹むので修正砥石で削って平面を出す。分厚いので私が死ぬまで使えるだろう。

#砥石 #Whetstone

Columbus - Feeds Nov 10, 2025

Whetstone High's Maggie Oliphint Shines as Multi-Sport Star in Columbus - Maya Collins

Whetstone High's Maggie Oliphint Shines as Multi-Sport Star in Columbus

Maggie Oliphint shines in high school soccer and wrestling, with multiple honors and a significant impact at Whetstone High School.

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Robin Marx's Writing Repository Jul 9, 2025

Capsule Review Archive – Whetstone: Amateur Magazine of Sword and Sorcery Issue One

This review originally appeared on Goodreads on September 14, 2021.

https://write.as/robinmarx/capsule-review-archive-whetstone-amateur-magazine-of-sword-and-sorcery-issue

Capsule Review Archive – Whetstone: Amateur Magazine of Sword and Sorcery Issue One

This review originally appeared on Goodreads on September 14, 2021. Whetstone: Amateur Magazine of Sword and Sorcery Issue One Edited...

Robin Marx's Writing Repository

❍sz™ 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇪May 3, 2025

Poor quality whetstones have many disadvantages. One of them often seems to be that they only remove heavy metal from a blade. If you grind several kitchen knives in a row on it, you should not use your finger as a spacer to the stone to maintain the angle. The stone is wet and cold, you won't notice if your finger is also being "sharpened" and at some point you'll just wonder what brown-reddish streaks suddenly appear to be coming out of the water stone. 🙄

#Whetstone #sharpening

Eastern Long-Whiskered Billy Apr 21, 2025

I got my water stones out a couple of weeks ago to tune up my knife and then a straight razor. After dialing in the bevel on the straight razor and getting a lot of experience with these stones, I went back and took another pass at the knife.

I've never had a kitchen knife so sharp before. Apparently I handle the bevel a lot? I've accidentally cut myself twice today.

#knife #sharpening #whetstone #accident