Steak Knife (1870, 1892)

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   OED has 1895 for "steak knife," from that immortal MONTGOMERY WARD CATALOGUE.
   There seems to be a large gap.  There is 1870, then several in the 1890s.  The BROOKLYN EAGLE has 1894...More "steak" and possibly "butter knife" in a few minutes.


   24 September 1892, LIVING AGE (Making of America-Cornell), pg. 791:
   ...maddened by some remark, he grabbed a long steak knife and made a spring at her;...

(Making of America-Cornell)
Title: The New York state business directory and gazetteer.
Publisher:  Publication Date: 1870
City: Syracuse etc. Pages: 1410 page images
Subjects: New York (State) -- Directories.
Pg. 91 ad:
CHAS. D. PUTNAM'S
CUTLERY WORKS
POTSDAM, N. Y.
   CUTLERY
CARVING KNIVES, STEAK KNIVES, VEGETABLE KNIVES, PARING KNIVES, SHOE KNIVES, FISH KNIVES, SIDING KNIVES, SEGAR KNIVES, PUTTY KNIVES.