What's the difference between "good" silverware and "bad" silverware?

[her209]

I just bought some "cheap" silverware from Target and was wondering what the difference was between the two?

 

[isekii]

read CorCentrals thread about his "Stainless China"

 

[shiner]

2 puffs on a crack pipe and dating a girl named Tina.

 

[Pepsei]

i guess good silverwares are made with precious metal and name brand...

you know, like wedgewood for fine china.

 

[Nitemare]

depends on what section in china it was made

 

[Kelvrick]

I prefer mine to be forged and then quenched in the blood of infants.

 

[bctbct]

Flatware is usually 18/8 or 18/10

10 is better

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: isekii
read CorCentrals thread about his "Stainless China"

Oh no... I just looked and I have the same ones.

FUCK ME!!!1

 

[summit]

use your hands...

 

[Eli]

The alloy used.

I have silverware from the 60s that is fine...

 

[PCMarine]

Originally posted by: Eli
The alloy used.

I have silverware from the 60s that is fine...

Yup the composition of the stainless steel; usually the higher chromium/nickel content in the steel, the more resistant to corrosion it is.

Thus, cheap silverware may rust/corrode after being tossed in the dishwasher a bunch of times.

 

[Shawn]

I have cheap silverware from walmart that I got 3 for $1 and they are all starting to rust. They are less than 3 years old.