In 2007 Norstaal entered into a business arrangement with a company in Denmark called Stelton. This is a difficult transition for us as we have enjoyed a very close relationship with the top-level executives at Norstaal for more than a decade. Currently, we have not found that the channels of communication have been very effective at providing information to us at Stelton. So there are still many issues that need to be resolved and quite a lot of information that we have not received from Stelton. We will keep this page updated as there is more information about Stelton-Norstaal products. Thank you for your understanding and support during this transition.

After the initial difficult beginning, we hope very much that this is going to be a positive change allowing us to receive products from overseas at a faster rate than what has happened in the past. We were not initially expecting the new products to have been marked “Stelton” on the back! Stelton has elected to put their own mark on the back of newly minted products. Previously we had been told that the change would be completely invisible to the consumer and that the products would be identical to previously produced items.

We have had a large number of customers re-order more Stelton products after receiving a first shipment. This is pretty impressive given the strong customer loyalty to the products with the older marks from Norway. So while we do have a lot of criticism regarding the speed at which Stelton is supplying our orders, we have found that the products which we receive from Stelton have been very well received by our customers.

Along the subject of backstamps: The "Stelton" marked pieces seem to say only "Stelton". There is no indication of alloy or country. The Stelton marked spoons should either be 18/8 or 18/10.  These are considered the ideal alloys for stainless flatware.  These alloys are used in all stainless flatware except the flimsiest of institutional grade products.  Due to variances allowed in the alloy mix for 18/8 and 18/10 they are pretty similar alloys. 18/10 *might* have slightly more nickel.  But the fact is that the manufactures have some leeway in the actual amount of chrome and nickel content.  The ratios are more of approximations.  18/8 being approximately 18% chrome and approximately 8% nickel.

We believe that the production of Stelton marked items are not made in Norway or Scandinavia.  As they are not marked and Stelton has not been very communicative with us (in an enormous change from Norstaal), we do not have certain information on the production location.  It is fair to guess that it is in Asia.

Additionally, Stelton has discontinued almost all serving and accessory pieces! We encourage you to contact us immediately about ordering any accessory and serving items from old stock while that possibility still exists.

We have some photos of the new 11109 Magnum Dessert Spoons. Unfortunately, we do not have staff that is experienced at taking marketing quality photographs. The other thing is that to compare the "Stelton" marked 11109 spoon we had only used pieces. So the comparison of a used Norwegian, and a used Korean (Towle) spoon to a new "Stelton" marked spoon is not entirely fair. The slight gold-tone appearance is purely bad photography.

Front side comparison
Left: (used) Norwegian, Middle: (new) Stelton, Right: (used) Towle (Korean)

Back Side Comparison
Left: (used) Norwegian, Middle: (new) Stelton, Right: (used) Towle (Korean)

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