Cheap whetstones?

[DR2501]

Anyone know where I can get a cheap but decent whetstone please?

Thanks in advance

 

[ozzy1977]

ebay .

 

[DR2501]

Yeah I looked thanks, but I guess the issue is I don't really know what I'm looking for in terms of quality etc, so I was hoping for a link?

 

[ozzy1977]

it would help if you said what you want them for and a budget

 

[MartiniDave]

Wickes do them for about a fiver.

Dave

 

[DR2501]

Great thanks

 

[Dave Budd]

when you say whetstone, do you want waterstones, oilstones or diamonds?

lidles/aldi/wilkos all often have diamonds

b&q, local hardware stores and the market stalls normally have oilstones

I have waterstones

 

[Adze]

I bought a B&Q one for a fiver or so a while back... it wasn't what I'd call 'good quality'. It was fit for purpose if the purpose was taking burrs off a lawn mower blade, but for knife sharpening? Forget it.