Cutlery
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toastybase

Original Poster:

2,305 posts

236 months

Monday 9th April 2012
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Bought a house - need cutlery.

How much should one part with for a set of cutlery?

The Nur

9,168 posts

213 months

Monday 9th April 2012
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Can get some cheapy stuff from Tesco from the student range that will do... for now.

Admittedly it is ste, but it is still physically possible to eat off so it can't be that bad.

K77 CTR

1,659 posts

210 months

Monday 9th April 2012
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I would just buy cheap from tesco/argos/ikea until you can afford to buy a better quality set. It's not something I would spend a large amount on if I'd just bought a house.

sensa

141 posts

237 months

Monday 9th April 2012
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TK MAxx is your friend, go to one of the larger stores and you'll get a decent set for a discounted price.

Personally, st cutlery gets my goat and it won't cost you that much more to get a discounted set from Tk Maxx than a st set from IKEA and the like.

Just my 2p.

sparks_E39

12,738 posts

241 months

Monday 9th April 2012
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It's not something I'd ever be bothered about, so I'd buy it from Tesco or whatever and leave it at that.

joe58

711 posts

179 months

Monday 9th April 2012
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http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/5008718...

Used every day without fail. Ergonomic and strong. Never bent one. No silly 'wood' handle to get dirt stuck under.

Why buy any more?

oldcynic

2,166 posts

189 months

Monday 9th April 2012
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Spend as little as possible. Then if it irritates you for the next few months find yourself a decent set in the John Lewis summer clearance or similar. If you don't care then just keep using it.

PumpkinSteve

4,247 posts

184 months

Monday 9th April 2012
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IKEA sell properly solid cutlery. My Mum bought the cheapest set she could find, felt like Uri Gellar the first time I used them silly

AndyT77

1,755 posts

190 months

Monday 9th April 2012
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O'Nedia are decent. I have a set from when i got married, and they feel very heavy (yet still easy to use), compared to the cheap st i bought to take to work with my lunch.

Toaster Pilot

14,853 posts

186 months

Monday 9th April 2012
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joe58 said:
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/5008718...

Used every day without fail. Ergonomic and strong. Never bent one. No silly 'wood' handle to get dirt stuck under.

Why buy any more?
Holy st!

Going to be buying a set soon, that'll do!

bennyboydurham

1,617 posts

202 months

Monday 9th April 2012
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Pay a visit to a villeroy and boch outlet shop. We picked up two sets of top class cutlery for less than the price of one from John Lewis.

Tunku

7,703 posts

256 months

Monday 9th April 2012
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joe58 said:
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/5008718...

Used every day without fail. Ergonomic and strong. Never bent one. No silly 'wood' handle to get dirt stuck under.

Why buy any more?
Doesn't come with forks, only trident shaped things. biggrin

HOGEPH

5,249 posts

214 months

Monday 9th April 2012
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Use chopsticks. 1.3 billion Chinese can't be wrong!

Bat Fastard

1,031 posts

192 months

Monday 9th April 2012
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HOGEPH said:
Use chopsticks. 1.3 billion Chinese can't be wrong!
But they can be long getmecoat

XG332

3,927 posts

216 months

Monday 9th April 2012
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Bat Fastard said:
But they can be long getmecoat
Or Wong

Chapppers

4,483 posts

219 months

Monday 9th April 2012
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joe58 said:
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/5008718...

Used every day without fail. Ergonomic and strong. Never bent one. No silly 'wood' handle to get dirt stuck under.

Why buy any more?
I realise these are a little more expensive but they're also aesthetically and ergonomically perfect.

Anything more or less than that is either pointlessly fancy or not as good.

rohrl

8,984 posts

173 months

Monday 9th April 2012
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Buy solid metal cutlery. Plastic and wood handled stuff looks crap.

Places like InStore and Wilkinson are what you need for the basics when you've got your own place for the first time.

joe58

711 posts

179 months

Monday 9th April 2012
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Chapppers said:
joe58 said:
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/5008718...

Used every day without fail. Ergonomic and strong. Never bent one. No silly 'wood' handle to get dirt stuck under.

Why buy any more?
I realise these are a little more expensive but they're also aesthetically and ergonomically perfect.

Anything more or less than that is either pointlessly fancy or not as good.
See no I much prefer the shapes and straight lines of the cheap ones. No need for the fancy curves.

And yes they are very much like tridents, my friends call them that too.

DannyScene

8,068 posts

183 months

Monday 9th April 2012
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joe58 said:
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/5008718...

Used every day without fail. Ergonomic and strong. Never bent one. No silly 'wood' handle to get dirt stuck under.

Why buy any more?
Why? I'll tell you why http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X_Vmjy6A2ug