One Whetstone, Four Hidden Features
“Whetstones are among the most common items found from the Viking Age. There were so many of them,” Irene Baug, archaeologist and researcher at the University of Bergen, Norway.
[READ: History & Evolution of the Viking Whetstone Pendant]
The popularity of sharpening stones for the “Vikings,” comes from their useful everyday practicality. After all, what use is a dull tool? Abraham Lincoln is attributed as saying,
"If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first six of them sharpening my axe."
While it’s unlikely the quote originated or was ever said by Lincoln, it still makes a good point (see what I did there).
This traditional idea is what inspired us to design our own form of wearable natural stone sharpeners, the Viking Whetstone and Viking Spark.
However, we wanted to maximize functionality, so after over a year of R&D, we created and patented a stone shape, made from the rarest natural abrasive, Novaculite. And we did it in the USA!
The making of the whetstone at our facility in Arkansas, USA.
Our whetstone design includes 4 different surfaces (Flat Surface, Rounded Edge, Bevel Edge, Groove) so it can not only sharpen pocket knives, but also fishing hooks, gigs, machetes, spears, awls, saws, and more!
But what we've learned, is that most folks, even those that have worn one of our whetstone pendants for years nonstop, do not realize the usefulness built into these things.
To give the full picture of what this whetstone can do, I made a few videos to show how to use the Viking Whetstone or Viking Spark to sharpen non-traditional tools! Check them out via Instagram and Youtube below.
Your products are are as unique as they are functional. I will be adding the whetstone to my Christmas List. Keep the innovations coming.
I don’t have the detachable clip on mine I have the sliding fisherman’s knot but I guess I can figure out how to loop it around a tree limb or something. I also emailed a question about applying obeneaufs lp to the necklace that afterwards left a stain on the novaculite stone but I received NO REPLY about how to clean the novaculite.
The most versatile tool that I have.
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