Basis of Presentation (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2016 USD ($) Subsidiaries	Oct. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2016	Oct. 31, 2016 employee	Oct. 31, 2016 employees
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Number of Subsidiaries | Subsidiaries	28
Percent of employees participating in a discretionary profit sharing plan				95.00%
Number of employees receiving post-retirement benefits					15	15
Goodwill	$ 27,490	$ 27,992	$ 30,036
Goodwill as a percentage of total assets		4.20%		4.40%
Furniture & Fixtures, Machinery & Equip, Assets specificall for Customer Programs [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Estimated Useful Lives	P3Y
Furniture & Fixtures, Machinery & Equip, Assets specificall for Customer Programs [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Estimated Useful Lives	P12Y
Land Improvements [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Estimated Useful Lives	P10Y
Land Improvements [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Estimated Useful Lives	P20Y
Building and Building Improvements [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Estimated Useful Lives	P20Y
Building and Building Improvements [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Estimated Useful Lives	P40Y
China JV [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Common Stock, Percentage Owned by Related Party				55.00%
MTD Holdings Inc. [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Common Stock, Percentage Owned by Related Party				47.20%
Foreign Subsidiary [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Cash	$ 8,219	$ 13,907
Cost of Sales [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Prior Period Reclassification Adjustment		$ 36,051	$ 46,706