Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Prim Media 1187 Material Stone, with different levesl of abrasion Natural Cultural Cultural Function For sharpening knives Creation Purpose Functional use fro sharpening knives Technique Unknown Material Source Unknown Conecept A chef's knives are their most important tool. In his carrer (35years) Paul has only had four 'every day' knives. He has recently bought a new knife and is still getting used to it after eight months. The sharpening process is practice that chef. Paul, learnt at hte atrt of his career from a mobile knife sharpener. This cultural practice has changed significantly over the last century - knives can be sent away for sharpening, or practitioners learn to maintain their own. Production Quality Mass produced / Factory External ID AAS_AR_13 Field Worker Netty Soapta Craft other (specify) Tool Mass produced/factory Place The town or city Cross, Ness, Isle of Lewis Wiki A link to a wiki entry about this item. https://culturality.museum/wiki/index.php/Wetstones Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wetstones Type The nature or genre of the resource Physical Object Description An account of the resource Two wetstone blocks for sharpening knives. One 400/100 grain and one 3000/8000. Language A language of the resource English Extent The size or duration of the resource. 40cm x 4cm x 15cm Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource iain Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 574 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived scotlandobjects,highlandandislands References A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource. Please see references for AAS_CP_004 Date Submitted Date of submission of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Submitted may be relevant are a thesis (submitted to a university department) or an article (submitted to a journal). 19/08/2025 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,58.47337203,-6.283909406745984; Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Europeana Type The Europeana material type of the resource. TEXT