Season Whetstone with Bamboo Base

£35.00

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For getting your knives back to a razor sharp finish, the Season Whetstone has a 1000 coarse grit side for sharpening your knives and a fine 6000 side for finishing and honing. The double sided whetstone comes with a non slip base that sits inside the bamboo base to raise the stone for a more comfortable sharpening experience.

To make sharpening on a whetstone easier, we recommend using with the Season Knife Sharpening Guide, which clips to the spine and holds the blade at about 15 degrees.

Grit: 1000 (sharpening) and 6000 (finishing)
Whetstone 18 x 6 x 3cm
Bamboo base 21 x 9 x 2cm
Handwash only
Designed in London, made by partners in China

Three questions people ask

Which side first? 1000 to raise an edge, 6000 to polish it. A knife that is only slightly dull may need the 6000 side alone.

Will it work on my knife? Any steel kitchen knife, Japanese or German. Serrated blades excepted.

How long does it take? About ten minutes the first time on a dull knife; two or three minutes once you have the hang of it. Our sharpening film on YouTube shows the whole method.

Whetstone, steel or pull-through? How to keep a knife sharp

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We currently only ship within the UK

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charge (see below for prices).

(As standard, Next Day means next working day, so goods sent on Friday will arrive on Monday)

Orders over £40 - Next day DPD/Fedex – Free
Orders between £10.01 and £39.99 - Royal Mail 48 - £3.50
Orders between £20.01 and £40 - Next day DPD/Fedex – £4.99
Orders £10 and under - Royal Mail 48 - £4.99
Saturday and Sunday Delivery - £25.00
Northern Ireland Shipping - £15.00

Returns of incorrect, damaged or defective items

Please contact us on hello@seasoncookshop.co.uk with your order number and what the issue is (a picture sometimes helps where appropriate) and we will help arrange the return of any items that are incorrect, damaged or defective. We will cover our courier cost.

Returns of unwanted items

Unwanted items can be returned to us within 30 days for an exchange or full refund, so long as they are unused and as new, complete with original packaging. Please contact us on hello@seasoncookshop.co.uk with your order number and we will either provide you with return details for you to send it back to or help you send it back using our courier service. The cost of the latter is £7.00, which will be deducted from your refund. Alternatively, we can arrange for your order to be returned to one of our London stores.

Season Whetstone with Bamboo Base

£35.00

How to

Sharpen your knives using the Season Whetstone

Achieving the best results is easier than you may think.

Watch The Video

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Have only used it once but seems to be doing the trick. I agree with the other reviewer, an instruction guide or at least a link to the video on your website would have been appreciated with this product.

Thanks JH. There is a video on the product page showing the technique, and we email a sharpening guide to anyone who's opted in - but granted, they're easy to miss. We are changing the packaging so a link is on there. Much appreciated feedback.

The whetstone seems to be good, I have only used it once, the knife is sharper. However, it would have been very helpful to have been supplied with instructions for its use, or at least a link to the online video, which I found when I searched for some guidance. I have never used one before and really did not know how to use it. As it is quite complicated - I would never have guessed that it required soaking in water for half an hour before use - it is surprising that you do not supply some information.

Thank you for the review - and you make a fair point. A whetstone isn't obvious the first time, and soaking it for half an hour before use is exactly the kind of thing nobody would guess.
We do have a full guide, with a video from our founder: it's under 'care & seasoning' at the bottom of our website, titled 'How to sharpen a knife with a whetstone'. We also email it to customers when they order - but only if they've opted in to hearing from us at checkout, which means it doesn't reach everyone. That's something for us to think about, because instructions shouldn't depend on a tickbox.
Glad the knife is sharper. It only gets easier from here.

I’ve seen whetstones more expensive than this. My concern is that yours maybe wears so that it is no longer flat to be able to sharpen knives consistently. Can you please comment and tell me how you would deal with a query such as that if I buy it? Thank you.

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We’ve seen whetstones at much higher prices, so it’s a fair question to ask what you're getting - and whether it will last.

Ours is part of our own-brand range, which tends to be considerably more affordable than the top-spec equivalents, as we don't pay a middle-man or spend much on marketing, packaging, etc. We use this whetstone regularly for the cooking videos we share with our customers, and haven’t yet needed to resurface it.

That said, everyone’s setup is different. The need to re-flatten can depend on how often you sharpen, the hardness of your knives and your sharpening technique. With that in mind, we’ve ordered in some resurfacing tools - they’ll be available on our website in the next few months, likely around £10. If you'd like us to let you know when they arrive, please just drop us a line at hello@seasoncookshop.co.uk

How often would you expect to sharpen your knife like this for general domestic use? (MARVELLOUS video, thank you!)

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How often a knife needs sharpening depends on the type of knife, the hardness of the steel, and how frequently it’s used. For general domestic use, most knives benefit from regular honing to maintain the edge after every few uses, while a full sharpen on a whetstone might only be needed every few months. Harder steel knives hold their edge longer, so they require sharpening less often.

A simple way to check if your knife needs sharpening is the tomato test: a sharp knife should slice cleanly through a tomato’s skin without squashing the fruit. If it struggles, it’s a good indication that a sharpen is due.

Is this a waterstone or oil stone?

Jason M.

It is water stone.