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Six forks from a set that came with a flat, four more that turned up in a house move, a black-handled knife that outlived the six it arrived with, and a teaspoon nobody can account for. Every one of them still works, and that is exactly why the drawer never gets dealt with — nothing has failed, so it is always the wrong week to spend the money.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen you cook properly for people, lay the table, and notice you are dealing the matching forks to your guests and keeping the odd one for yourself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA handle borrowed from a column\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe handle is where this set makes its argument. It is a straight round shaft cut with fine flutes that run its full length, stopped at the top by a plain smooth collar and flared at the bottom into a short stepped cap. That is a classical column, shrunk to the size of your hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt also does something a flat handle cannot. Flutes catch light in alternating lines, so a polished handle reads as fine dark and bright stripes rather than one blank sheet of metal. Every piece carries the same shaft, collar and stepped base, so a laid table reads as one set from the doorway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhere the cheap set gives itself away\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA budget canteen cuts the same corners every time. The steel is thin, so a fork flexes against a baked potato and stays slightly bent. The handles are noticeably light the moment you pick one up, because there is less metal in them. And the steel is usually 18\/0, which carries the chromium and skips the nickel, so it dulls after a season of dishwashing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is 18\/10 — eighteen percent chromium, ten percent nickel. The chromium resists rust and the nickel holds the shine, which is why the surface takes a mirror polish and keeps it. It is dishwasher safe, and here that claim is doing real work, because the finish is what a dishwasher takes first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhich of the four to choose\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo things change across the four sets, and only one of them is the number on the label.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e24 Pieces and 48 Pieces are the same four-piece setting — fork, knife, dinner spoon, teaspoon — laid for six, or for twelve. 30 Pieces and 60 Pieces add a dessert fork to that setting, again for six or for twelve. So you are answering two questions at once: how many people you seat, and whether you want a second smaller fork.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you usually seat six and occasionally ten, the twelve-setting sets are worth having — a canteen you top up from the old drawer is the problem you were solving. And if a separate dessert course is rare in your house, the four-piece setting will not leave you short. Exact counts are below.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEither way it arrives as one thing, in one pattern, and the drawer stops being a compromise you look at every morning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePieces: 24, 30, 48 or 60, depending on the set chosen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlace settings: Six on the 24 Pieces and the 30 Pieces, twelve on the 48 Pieces and the 60 Pieces\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePieces per setting: Dinner fork, dinner knife, dinner spoon and teaspoon on every set, plus a dessert fork on the 30 Pieces and the 60 Pieces\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaterial: 18\/10 stainless steel, meaning 18 percent chromium and 10 percent nickel\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinish: Mirror polished on every surface, with no brushed, satin or matte areas anywhere\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHandle: A round fluted shaft with a smooth collar where it meets the head and a flared stepped cap at the base, identical on every piece\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDimensions: Dinner knife 9.4 x 0.8 in (24 x 2 cm), dinner fork 8.1 x 1 in (20.7 x 2.5 cm), dinner spoon 8 x 1.8 in (20.4 x 4.5 cm), dessert fork 5.5 x 0.7 in (14 x 1.8 cm), teaspoon 5.4 x 1.1 in (13.8 x 2.9 cm)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLongest piece: The dinner knife, at 9.4 in (24 cm)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKnife blade: Rounded tip, with a fine micro serrated cutting edge along one side\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForks: Four tines, on both the dinner fork and the dessert fork\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCare: Dishwasher safe\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eColor: Silver\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarking: None. 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