| Author | |
ElisabethGrace
Forum Pro
Joined: Aug 17 2005
Location: Texas
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 130
|
| Posted: Aug 14 2007 at 7:40pm | IP Logged
|
 |
|
I'm urgently searching for flatware to replace the motley crew I now have. It seems that at least once a week, we notice yet another piece MIA. 
I definitely need a larger set than the "newly married" set we began with.
Do you have a pattern that you like, that has a good "feel"? My dear mil gave us a verrry cheap set and we just could stand to use it. All of the pieces felt as though they were cutting our hands!
Please help! It is sad to see a grown man forced to eat with the plastic children's forks! 
Angela
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
JodieLyn
Forum Moderator
Joined: Sept 06 2006
Location: Oregon
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 12234
|
| Posted: Aug 14 2007 at 9:02pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
I have liked our Oneida.. look on ebay.. it's generally heavy enough that even the thinner styles aren't "cutting". My original style is out of production so I found a similiar style and mix the two. It's more expensive.. but I love the fact that even being run over by the lawn mower I only ended up with some scratches on that spoon. Same with the one that got dropped down a garbage disposal. So if I can just hang onto it.. it can hold it's own with hard use.
__________________
Jodie, wife to Dave
G-18, B-17, G-15, G-14, B-13, B-11, G-9, B-7, B-5, B-4
All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.
-Sir Walter Scott
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
LisaD
Forum All-Star
Joined: Dec 27 2005
Location: California
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 526
|
| Posted: Aug 14 2007 at 9:16pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
I have Oneida Easton. I really like it, and it has held up very well over 12 1/2 years of daily use. I do wish we had more. We started out wtih 8 place settings, and I bought a couple more on eBay, but we really need more than 10 place settings, especially when we have friends over for dinner! It is rather expensive, though, even on eBay.
__________________
~Lisa
Mama to dd(99), ds(01), ds(03) and ds(06)
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
LisaD
Forum All-Star
Joined: Dec 27 2005
Location: California
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 526
|
| Posted: Aug 14 2007 at 9:20pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
WOW! Check out this Oneida flatware on sale at Amazon. Service for eight for $34, plus free shipping. List price is $480.
__________________
~Lisa
Mama to dd(99), ds(01), ds(03) and ds(06)
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
Jennifer
Forum Pro
Joined: July 14 2007
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 51
|
| Posted: Aug 16 2007 at 2:42pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
Definitely Oneida. I've been using mine for almost 11 years. Every piece is still perfect, even after washing in the dishwasher.
Jennifer
Camp Homeschool
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
juststartn
Forum All-Star
Joined: Jan 17 2007
Location: Oklahoma
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1321
|
| Posted: Sept 05 2007 at 8:20pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
I have to ditto Oneida. I got the Aquarius pattern when DH and I married in 95, still have all of the pieces, have added several, and mom has been able to find pieces /settings at the outlet malls from time to time.
Rachel
__________________
Married DH 4/1/95
Lily 3/11/00
Helena(Layna) 5/23/02
Sophia 4/19/04
John 5/7/07
David 5/7/07
Ava Maria, in the arms of Jesus, 9/5/08
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
ElisabethGrace
Forum Pro
Joined: Aug 17 2005
Location: Texas
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 130
|
| Posted: Sept 06 2007 at 1:29am | IP Logged
|
|
|
I caved and bought some Wallace 18/10 which we like, but it's made in China. 
I'm on the hunt for older flatware, not MIC. So from now on I'll be turning over all the flatware I find at the charity & antique shops!
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
dollylima
Forum Pro
Joined: Aug 31 2007
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 149
|
| Posted: Sept 07 2007 at 5:35pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
I actually prefer non-matching flatware. Makes life more interesting. I go to the thrift stores where they are anywhere from 10 cents a piece up and just pick out the nicest feeling, best-made stuff. When things go MIA, I dont have to worry about losing part of a "set" because there was no set to begin with. Many of the pieces Ive gotten are silver or silver-plated.
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
juststartn
Forum All-Star
Joined: Jan 17 2007
Location: Oklahoma
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1321
|
| Posted: Sept 09 2007 at 8:02am | IP Logged
|
|
|
I've considered getting the non-matching stuff. But for right now, we've got plenty (I am sure that that will change, lol, as more people actually use it...  ).
Rachel
__________________
Married DH 4/1/95
Lily 3/11/00
Helena(Layna) 5/23/02
Sophia 4/19/04
John 5/7/07
David 5/7/07
Ava Maria, in the arms of Jesus, 9/5/08
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
4Real Forums : Mothering and Family Life
Topic: Flatware
