Flatware

I'm shopping for some new dishes and silverware for our apartment. I plan to go to Kam Man and Pearl River. Any other places you recommend? What about for silverware?

by Jim Leff 1 month ago

It's hard to find nice informal flatware. I bought a set of this at Target 15 years ago (see photo). You can see that unlined copper is starting to appear. Yikes. Guess I need to replace. That e...

by john333 8 years ago

The people I know (relatives) who have sterling silver flatware never seem to use it, saving it for "special" occasions. My brother in law also bragged about his mother's sterling silver flatware...

Hi, I have Noritake colorwave dishes, which I guess are stoneware, certainly not fine china, and they have dark marks from the stainless steel flatware, from cutting your meat etc. Is there any wa...

by kaleokahu 2 years ago

This has been quite a quest for me. For the longest time, I've been searching for a "good" set of steak knives. I've been gifted several sets, set about making my own (still uncompleted), and hav...

My old stainless flatware, Easton by Oneida, has become worn and I have lost pieces after the roughly 15 years I have owned it. I am pretty happy with its service, but I am ready for a new pattern....

Does anybody have any advice on the cheapest way to purchase coin silver flatware for everyday use? Just looking for a spoon, fork and maybe dinner knife. One of each. To use. I have figured ...

Hey guys! So I have a tendency to bend spoons, forks, etc. when eating at the table. I would like to buy my wife a nicer set of utensils but everywhere I look online, it's hard to tell if they a...

Hey guys, Help Me Out Here! My mom is turning 50 on next month. So i thought of buying her something she loves. She is really craving for a good flatware set for her dinner table lately. So i have...

HI all- There are many forums on which stainless steel flatware to buy but I haven't found much on alternatives to stainless steel. I read that stainless steel is both reactive and corrosive,...

Hi Hounds, Is there a significant difference in style and quality (heft) between Sambonet's Baguette stainless pattern vs Guy Degrenne's Beau Manoir? Also, which one stylistically is closest to...

I am an RA patient and take a chemo drug that has the gosh awful side effect that I taste metal only when I eat with metal. For the last couple of years, I eat with plasticware but it looks tacky,...

by Melanie Wong 3 years ago

Thought I'd share this notice I received for the sale this Saturday, 8/13, 10am of Chino restaurant's effects. Tacolicious 1509 Church St. San Francisco, CA "These lights are pretty aweso...

by kaleokahu 8 years ago

With all the knife knowledge and esoterica on perpetual parade here at CH, I've never seen a post devoted to the humble table- or butter-knife. Yet, if you think about it, unless you're a butcher ...

Hi, I am a US citizen living in Brazil, and am sick of using the low-quality, plastic-handled stamped flatware that is available (and still expensive) here. I am not able to travel to the US to ...

I know this is a goofy question... But I sure could use some advice. I taste flatware when eating. Have since I was a kid. Hate the taste. The ones that I get the least taste out of were made i...

I want to purchase the flatware used by Rachael Ray. It looks as if the tasting panel on ICA uses the very same pattern. I cannot find this pattern. If anyone KNOWS the name of the pattern, plea...

Sterling silver flatware, I mean. I'm not using what I have, would like to sell it, but am not finding good ideas. I know there are options like Replacements, that buy for very little, but then...