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Post by JC Lamont on Dec 1, 2008 19:33:08 GMT -5
ok, is it just me or is "wet stone" the stupidest term I've ever heard, well never heard, before now.
Anyway, I've tried everywhere to find a different synonym and can't find anything?
Does anyone know a good term for the hand held thing a warrior would use to grind his sword on?
Thanks!
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Post by Divides the Waters on Dec 1, 2008 19:46:48 GMT -5
Besides a "whetstone?" Can't think of one offhand.
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Post by mongoose on Dec 1, 2008 20:11:27 GMT -5
Just call it a sharpening stone? It's called a whet stone, I think, because one would spit on it before running their blade over it.
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Post by Divides the Waters on Dec 1, 2008 22:34:52 GMT -5
WHET:
1 : to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (as a stone) <whet a knife> 2 : to make keen or more acute : excite , stimulate <whet the appetite> <whetted her curiosity>
WET:
1 a: consisting of, containing, covered with, or soaked with liquid (as water) bof natural gas : containing appreciable quantities of readily condensable hydrocarbons 2: rainy <wet weather> 3: still moist enough to smudge or smear <wet paint> 4 a: drunk 1a <a wet driver> b: having or advocating a policy permitting the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages <a wet county> <a wet candidate> 5: preserved in liquid 6: employing or done by means of or in the presence of water or other liquid <wet extraction of copper> 7: overly sentimental 8British a: lacking strength of character : weak , spineless <thought him wet and violence petrified him — William Golding> b: belonging to the moderate or liberal wing of the Conservative party
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Post by J Jack on Dec 1, 2008 23:46:19 GMT -5
Some people use the term steel, chefs more than most. Sharpening steel, or it might be easier to use whetstone or make something new up.
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Post by torainfor on Dec 2, 2008 9:23:58 GMT -5
They're two different things. A whetstone is a block that creates an edge on a dull blade. A steel re-aligns that edge when you've used it and slightly knocked the tip of the edge over.
(Yeah, my dad sold hotel and kitchen supplies.)
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Post by J Jack on Dec 2, 2008 11:34:39 GMT -5
Huh, didn't know that. Learn something new every day.
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Post by scintor on Dec 2, 2008 14:50:26 GMT -5
Yeah, it's an old English term. We only use it when talking about sharpening blades, or whetting our appitites. The only other thing that is used to sharpen a blade is a grinding wheel or grindstone.
Scincerely,
Scintor@aol.com
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Post by JC Lamont on Dec 5, 2008 0:00:02 GMT -5
Ok, make fun of me for not knowing it was spelt "whet". I did mention that I'd never heard of it before -- which includes never having seen it written. Someone "live" mentioned it to me when I asked what's a hand held grinding your sword thing called. Anyhow, I don't think whet stone looks anywhere near as riduculously as wet stone (for the life of me, I couldn't see how that made any sense). And so I thank you all, very much!
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Post by Divides the Waters on Dec 5, 2008 13:43:18 GMT -5
You know we love ya, JC!
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