Cutlery Set

[freddie*rooster]

I want to buy a good cutlery set, what would constitute a good set to you?

[nevillesdaughter]

If you have any company locally that supplies to the catering/hotel-type trade, you can often get very good quality gear at good prices, provided of course that they sell to the general public.

Also, pieces are usually available singly, as opposed to having to buy full sets, which can make replacements, or building up the set a lot easier. We have resort rental accommodation, and bits and pieces are always going missing or being damaged, and these suppliers make it a lot easier - and you don't have the problem of your original pattern/style no longer being in production.

Hope this helps,
Marina.

[the*scarlet*pimpernel]

Freddie, you don't need fancy cutlery to peel bananas

Years ago I bought a Stanley and Rogers set, cost about 80 quid. I think it was half price. I got it at a jewellers shop. It's great.

A couple of years ago I bought a set online, heaps cheaper. They look the same so I thought I was getting a bargain, but they are really light and not nice to hold. So even good brands have a range of quality. Best thing to do is go in to the shops and put er mitts on them.

When I was a kid I think Oneida was the big name in cutlery.

[freddie*rooster]

Thanks Marina, unfortunately we have nothing like that locally, fairly basic shopping only. However I will be heading to Sydney in January so may get time to have a bit of a look around, if I do some searching before hand.

[freddie*rooster]

Thanks pimpy, I peel bananas with my teef.

[i-need-a-martini · Accepted solution]

Good quality - $200-400

Ok quality - $100-200

Anything under is going be rough.

What I look for:

• Must be stainless steel
• Made from one single piece of metal
• Run your fingers around the rim of the spoon - no sharpness. Should be polished smooth.
• There has to be some weight in the handle.
• Handle of knife should feel instinctive when holdng it in the cuttin position - some move around so you have to grip them.
• They should not bend or even flex when you give them a nudge to try. Particularly at the neck or the fork prongs.
• Knives should be slightly serrated.
• Forks can't be sharp (stick them in your mouth and see).

[the*scarlet*pimpernel · Accepted solution]

LOL @ Freddie testing out all the forks in the shops

[mtnlane · Accepted solution]

Perish the thought if Freddie was buying a new bed Pimpy 

[freddie*rooster]

As I said, we need to be back in Sydney in January, I will have a search around the Bondi Junction area, that's handy by bus from St. Vincents.

[freddie*rooster]

Thanks for your informative post Martini, you show decorum with a slight leaning to the naughty, as for the other's, I seem to attract the naughty people.

[freddie*rooster]

Talking of naughty people, I think Clair's been sin binned AGAIN.