we had a knife sharpening discussion awhile back here and what everyone used. i'm too lazy to look it up. and its too hot for exertion. i have been using the Wicked Edge gen 3 pro for hunting and large kitchen and utility knifes and the Chefs Choice 2100 for table knives and small kitchen. am very satisified with the WE system, but WAAAY too over priced on accessories. i recently read about jasper whetstones that are harder than steel so they don't dish out over time. i have never been able to whetstone a knife worth a damn. my problems with WE was getting up to the finer grits, 800, 1000, 1200 and beyond as i didn't have a light enough touch and was rolling the fine edges over, or so i was told. so i got in a small jasper "viking pendant" stone and did as directed to create a coarse grit one side and a fine on the other. so far i have used the WE to the 600 grit then put the jasper stone to use. the results, for me, are amazing. i could get a pocket knife to shave before, but now i can get em to shave my arm with VERY light pressure. they're SHARP. i know thats subjective but....! had my son give me his folding blade he carries that he said was sharp enough. when i handed it back to him he extremely impressed. his would shave with a little pressure before. now theres little to no pressure required.
and no, i have no interest in the colorado company the stones come from, i pay full retail like everyone else. oh, i also carry a small hatchet in the kawasaki mule thats dull as hell. i also got in a jasper puk from them used for axes, took about 15 minutes each side to get all the knicks and gouges out of the edge and now it shaves easier than the knives do. i'm going to have to find a sheath of some sort for it. someone grabs it out of the mule wrong and there goes a finger. am i the only one that uses these stones?

I just use a plain fine grit India stone for knives and axes. Or the Jeep window in the field.

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Or the Jeep window in the field.

I have touched up a lot of knifes on the edge of a window.

John, I see them for $52 on the Zon, half that price from Ragnar at Ragweed Forge. This what you are talking about?
https://ragweedforgestore.com/...amond-bench-plates-1

thats them. using a diamond plate whetstone you can create a coarse grit on one side and a fine grit on the other. the company i was refering to is in colorado. and more expensive. they also offer barber size stones and larger stones. i see where the company you put a link to only offers jasper stones in the viking size. their larger whetstones are all of the typical materials. even with these small stones you can reshape blades and then sharpen them with the same stone.

I picked up a couple of stones.

They are obviously cast most likely out of some type of ceramic.

They have the word WONDER cast into them.

Very fine and very hard.

I can not find a reference to them.

Anybody ever heard of them.

In a pinch, you can sharpen your safety razor blades by rubbing them inside a water glass.

Or the bottom of a ceramic or clay coffee cup