Thread: Seneca Stone Finish Stone info

I suspect the name comes from the Seneca Nation of American Indian tribes or reservation, in the south western part of New York. Interestingly, in the area of Cattaraugus County, Little Valley the home of prolific cutlery/razor manufactures in the early 1900.

The stone appears to be a natural, slate stone and not a reconstituted or manufactured stone. The structure is too random not as uniformed as a remanufactured stone or a Frictionite. There is also some whitish veining as seen in the following photos, taken while wet. See the last photo of the Seneca and a Thurigian side by side, the Seneca is the bottom stone.

It does appear to be an old stone and I as well, thought it may have been an imported and branded stone by The American Clearing Stone Co. NY.

But I have found nothing on American Clearing Stone, and it is an interesting name and what does that “Clearing Stone” name mean?

The stone was in a tight fitting box with the label down and probably never removed, as a result the label was preserved.