The Ostdiek Company Minneapolis Minnesota

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The Ostdiek Company Minneapolis Minnesota

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Goins' Encyclopedia lists this information:
THE OSTDIEK COMPANY MINNAPOLIS MINN.
c.1908-1926 Founded by Herman J. Ostdiek in 1908 he was born in Iowa in 1856 moved to Chicago and opened a business.
Then he moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota , and opened an importing business some of his cutlery was made by U.S. manufacturers.

Anyone else have knives with this stamp?

This one I have has sat in a cigar box it appears and unused just some age spots.
Not hard to figure out who made this one! 8)
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I have the same knife plus an additional fork in case I get company. I'll have to dig it out and take some pictures when I get a chance. Somewhere I got the idea mine was made by Case.____Dave
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djknife13 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 08, 2023 10:52 pm I have the same knife plus an additional fork in case I get company. I'll have to dig it out and take some pictures when I get a chance. Somewhere I got the idea mine was made by Case.____Dave
Would love to see them Dave!

Mine was definitely made by Case ::nod::

Some of the eating sets we're also made by Cattaraugus.
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I had one of those recently for a short time.It's idenicial to a Case.Not sure if they were Case made or Union.
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Miller Bro's wrote: ↑Wed Mar 08, 2023 10:36 pm Goins'.....
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Very nice MB!
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New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Wed Mar 08, 2023 11:20 pm Dimitri, you do come up with some classics!
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btrwtr wrote: ↑Thu Mar 09, 2023 12:22 am Very nice MB!
Thank you Wayne!
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