A few weeks ago Rex Carpenter wondered about Deerlick Oil Stone Company. Jim 
Crammond mentioned he possessed one of their stones. At the time I did a 
quick web search and found that Deerlick stones came from an area of 
northeast Ohio near the Deerlick Falls, and were one of the many types of 
honing stones that competed the well known Arkansas stones.

Now, thanks to some help from Pat Zalba, a sweet lady and curator of the 
Chagrin Falls (Ohio) Historical Society, I have some additional information 
that may be of interest.

NOTE - the following was gleaned from articles that appeared in the Chagrin 
Falls Exponent, a weekly newspaper published from 1874-1963.

11/11/1886 - Deer Lick Stone Company organized by M.B. and Z.L. Kent.

02/17/1887 - DeerLick Whetstone Co. reports bright outlook for business.

12/28/1893 - Z.L. Kent sails to Europe on Deerlick Company sales trip.

03/29/1894 - Deerlick Company reports large volume of trade. Z.L. Kent on 
sales trip to Russia.

02/03/1898 - Deerlick Oil Stone Co. incorporates in Columbus with $20,000 in 
capital. Incorporators areMarcus Morton, Willis Victory, Chas. S. Bentley, 
L.B. Beers, and N.C. Brooks.

12/08/1898 - H.S. Kent purchases old C.F. paper mill building on River 
Street in rear of Exponent offices - to be fitted for warehouse and offices 
of Deerlick Oil Stone Company.

05/14/1903 - Deerlick Oil Stone Co. purchases Frazer's Mill building on 
River Street and consilidates operations at that location.

07/02/1903 - Deerlick Oil Stone purchases old Bullard & March turning mill 
for timbers.

02/11/1904 - Deerlick Oil Stone purchases giant chestnut tree of J.W. 
Harvey, Bainbridge, Ohio for $25. Tree measures five feet in diameter. Will 
yield estimated 3000 board feet of lumber to be used for oilstone cases.

11/25/1909 - M.B. and Z.L. Kent sell Deerlick Oil Stone Company to eastern 
interests due to lack of operating capital. Company sells products in all 
states and many foreign countries.

12/30/1909 - Carborundum Company announces they are "eastern interests" 
which bought Deerlick Oil Stone Company. H.S. Kent attends yearly meeting of 
salesmen.

And that, as Paul Harvey says, is the rest of the story.

Dennis Heyza - pondering getting 3000 BF of chestnut for 25 bucks
Macomb MI

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