Sharpening the blade of a tool... | Quizzland Trivia Answers

wildcoaster1

got it right because of poem called Sea fever. where the wind's like a whetted knife

tonyl

it's used figuratively as in whetting your appetite.

Canis Lupus

My great-grandfather had a round whetting stone. He would sit behind it and spin the wheel with a foot pedal

NeedyEttin292

i got it wrong

Player #12729067

Thank you Witcher

Player #19646353

whetting is only if liquids are used on the stone, otherwise it is grinding.

TMOD

whetting is correct; however, polishing is also a description of what is happening. whetting is smoothing or polishing off the edge at a particular angle. You can polish a blade straight (holding the blade at 90 degrees) across the edge and it will be shiny, but dull as a hammer.

Player #51597660

from Oxford Languages:"Old English hwettan, of Germanic origin; related to German wetzen, based on an adjective meaning ‘sharp’." if anyone is interested :)

Mike

when you play too much games and know a whetstone is usually needed to sharpen the blade

constantgamer0421

I have always known it as honing, in which a whetstone is used.

Player #142458158

My father and husband had whetting stones. They put a small amount of water on the stone and then sharpened the knife.

Gamer

This was easy because the wrong answers made no sense

Maddy

NeedyEttin292, I did too

JJ

had to guess that.Still got it wrong. Sorry about that!

44MysticMind

I guessed whetting because I know some knives, like my kitchen knives need to be wet when sharpening.

marimargo

My son has a very extensive knife sharpening kit that he needs for his line of work.

Rufus

wildcoaster1, also - "where the wind's like a whetted knife"

Rufus

wildcoaster1, wow! I remember that poem from Grade 6 in 1978! One of my favourite poems as it brings home the love of and the pull of the ocean. Extracts are: "I must down to the sea again..." and "it's a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied"

Lambchops

Player #19646353, I thought that too

Julles

wildcoaster1, the song There's a hole in the bucket helped me :)

BeckiSue

wildcoaster1, I only got it right because I thought of wet stone to sharpen

Crs

chicken wing, wet your whistle/ whet your appetite. I remember a segment in a book that told about steins that had a whistle as part of its build ( possibly in the handle) that would only work when the mug was empty. If you wanted another, you blew the whistle. The title was Wet Your Whistle, but I don’t remember if they claimed that’s where the saying came from

Crs

Cats, IKR. I got a set of “sharp “ knives for Xmas one time. When they later needed sharpening, my dad said it couldn’t be done because of the serration on the edges. It made me use knives less because, growing up, our knives were always kept sharp. I’m clumsy enough without a knife that can’t slice.

jim

chicken wing, maybe to hone it, to sharpen its tone, or simply have a drink to quench ur thirst :)

DrShiitz

...And if you do it where you sleep, it's called Bed Whetting

margie jane

sorry i didn't know that one i know now

Chrissistom

whetting i got it😂

Cats

my grampa sharpened all his tools, now we throw out and get new ones from Dollae Store :)

chicken wing

I wonder how this relates to the saying "whet your whistle".

Player #48691770

Working as a vet tech I've use this technique to sharpen my dental tools (elevators) and I so love the fact that this goes back so far...why fix or change what is not boken right!

leprechaun

never heard of this. I grew up with my grandfather and family calling it honing or polishing a blade. you wet the stone or put polishing oil on it

esingamer300

this not funn