• Whetstone, a sharpening stone
  Sharpening stone
  Sharpening stones, water stones or whetstones are used to grind and hone the edges of steel tools and implements. Examples of items that may be sharpened with a sharpening stone include scissors, scythes, knives, razors and tools such as chisels, hand scrapers and plane blades...
  
   used for knives and other cutting tools
• Whetstone (benchmark)
  Whetstone (benchmark)
  The Whetstone benchmark is a synthetic benchmark for evaluating the performance of computers. It was first written in Algol 60 in 1972 at the National Physical Laboratory in the United Kingdom and derived from statistics on program behaviour gathered on the KDF9 computer, using a modified version...
  
  , a benchmark for measuring computing power
• Operation Whetstone
  Operation Whetstone
  Operation Whetstone was a series of 48 American nuclear tests conducted in 1964 and 1965. These followed the Niblick series and were in turn followed by Flintlock. All but one of these blasts were conducted beneath the Nevada Test Site...
  
  , a nuclear test program in the 1960s

Places

• Whetstone, Leicestershire
  Whetstone, Leicestershire
  Whetstone is a village and civil parish in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England. It has a population of 6,000 and largely acts as a commuter village for Leicester, five miles to the north...
  
  , a village and civil parish
• Whetstone, London
  Whetstone, London
  -Buses:* 34 - Barnet Church to Walthamstow Central bus/tube/railway station* 125 - Winchmore Hill to Finchley Central* 234 - Barnet to Highgate Wood * 251 - Edgware bus/tube station to Arnos Grove tube station...
  
  
• Whetstones (stone circle)
  Whetstones (stone circle)
  The Whetstones are, or were, a stone circle beneath Corndon Hill on the border of Powys, Wales and Shropshire, England. They lie immediately to the west of the village of White Grit and close to Priestweston...
  
  , an ancient pagan monument in Shropshire
  Shropshire
  Shropshire is a county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. It borders Wales to the west...
  
  

• Whetstone, Arizona
  Whetstone, Arizona
  Whetstone is a census-designated place in Cochise County, Arizona, United States, north of Sierra Vista. The population was 2,354 at the 2000 census.-History:Whetstone was once named Sulger City, after a rich landowner who lived in the area...
  
  , a census-designated place
• Whetstone, West Virginia
  Whetstone, West Virginia
  Whetstone is an unincorporated community in Clay County, West Virginia, United States. It lies at an elevation of 741 feet .-References:...
  
  , an unincorporated community
• The Whetstone River
  Whetstone River
  The Whetstone River is a tributary of the Minnesota River, about 35 mi long, in northeastern South Dakota and a very small portion of western Minnesota in the United States...
  
   in South Dakota and Minnesota
• Whetstone High School (Columbus, Ohio)
  Whetstone High School (Columbus, Ohio)
  Whetstone High School is a public high school located at 4405 Scenic Drive in Columbus, Ohio. It is a part of Columbus City Schools. Whetstone's mascot is the Brave....
  
  , a high school located in the Clintonville suburb of Columbus, Ohio

Surname

• George Whetstone
  George Whetstone
  George Whetstone was an English dramatist and author.He was the third son of Robert Whetstone , a member of a wealthy family that owned the manor of Walcot at Barnack, near Stamford, Lincolnshire...
  
  
• Peter Whetstone
  Peter Whetstone
  Peter Whetstone was an early pioneer leader in the Republic of Texas most remembered for founding the city of Marshall, Texas with Isaac Van Zandt.Whetstone married Dicey, or Dicy, Webster in 1816 in Arkansas...
  
  
• Rachel Whetstone
  Rachel Whetstone
  Rachel Whetstone was Political Secretary to former Conservative leader, Michael Howard. She is now global head of communications and public policy for search-engine company Google....
  
  
• W. E. Whetstone
  W. E. Whetstone
  William Edwin "Ed" Whetstone was a businessman and civic leader from Monroe, the seat of Ouachita Parish in northeast Louisiana, who served as the Fifth Congressional District member of the Louisiana State Board of Education during the 1960s and 1970s.Whetstone was born in the village of Oak Ridge...
  
  
• William Whetstone
  William Whetstone
  Sir William Whetstone was an officer of the Royal Navy in the later 17th and early eighteenth century. He eventually rose to the rank of Rear Admiral, having spent his career serving with several distinguished figures.-Family and early life:...