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This reminds me of the old porno threads where goon masters were able to identify a video based on scant information. It's been a long time since I've seen mastery like this.
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JOHN CENA posted:give dis guy a fork shaped plat icon Here it is: mercenarynuker, are you a flatware wizard? For real, I have a set that's missing a few utensils and I'd like to find them, or even better get a whole other set and double the size.
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VinylonUnderground posted:This reminds me of the old porno threads where goon masters were able to identify a video based on scant information. It's been a long time since I've seen mastery like this.
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unironically the best thread of 2020
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TITTIEKISSER69 posted:Here it is: Generally speaking, it's almost always easier to just get a new set. Like, you COULD go scouring for stuff, but... 
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coronavirus posted:unironically the best thread of 2020
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shoutout to the Corning Museum of Glass in upstate NY, seriously one of the coolest museums i've been to.
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mercenarynuker posted:Looks like a Corningware Home Select, based on that finish and the squared off-ish base. The ones made before 1998 had that prominent stamp on the back, later models had it it reversed (the letters were inset, not raised). Unfortunately the line was discontinued in 2009, as the market has been flooded by cheaper imitators and lower-grade steel from other countries. Your model looks more burnished than most, but that's not a surprise if this is a thrift-store cast-off. Something to be aware of, the top bit (the tines and the, uh, scoop?) had a bad habit of flattening out and then breaking over time, so the likelihood of finding replacements, let along a full set, will be difficult. You might be able to find some on eBay or something, going rate should probably be no more than a buck per utensil, but I'd be frankly surprised if they were even that high. Shipping will probably be more. One thing to keep an eye on is that these are, superficially, very similar to Target's Threshold Kayden style, so it may be worthwhile to showroom one of those at your local Target in lieu of scouring sites hoping for orphan matches Alright. I know everyone is busy 5'ing this but... how come a google search for 'Corningware Home Select Fork' doesn't come up with anything but casserole dishes? It doesn't look like corningware even makes silverware. Is there some grand repository of fork knowledge that could verify this? Because it seems like bullshit to me.
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bigperm posted:Alright. I know everyone is busy 5'ing this but... how come a google search for 'Corningware Home Select Fork' doesn't come up with anything but casserole dishes? It doesn't look like corningware even makes silverware. Is there some grand repository of fork knowledge that could verify this? Because it seems like bullshit to me. look at this heretical motherfucker
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Sitting Here posted:look at this heretical motherfucker I mean, it does seem a little suspicious how little comes back looking for Corningware flatware.
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mercenarynuker posted:Looks like a Corningware Home Select, based on that finish and the squared off-ish base. The ones made before 1998 had that prominent stamp on the back, later models had it it reversed (the letters were inset, not raised). Unfortunately the line was discontinued in 2009, as the market has been flooded by cheaper imitators and lower-grade steel from other countries. Your model looks more burnished than most, but that's not a surprise if this is a thrift-store cast-off. Something to be aware of, the top bit (the tines and the, uh, scoop?) had a bad habit of flattening out and then breaking over time, so the likelihood of finding replacements, let along a full set, will be difficult. You might be able to find some on eBay or something, going rate should probably be no more than a buck per utensil, but I'd be frankly surprised if they were even that high. Shipping will probably be more. One thing to keep an eye on is that these are, superficially, very similar to Target's Threshold Kayden style, so it may be worthwhile to showroom one of those at your local Target in lieu of scouring sites hoping for orphan matches Dude are trolling the thread or what? Don't listen to this fork fraud. Look at the lines (and the early flare of the handle, putting more weight at the center of mass), this is obviously a Rebacraft design, probably part of Reed & Barton's RDS series of flatware. My gut is telling me it's a RDS9, and it has to be a pretty old one, since by 1998 they had moved production entirely to japan and korea rather than taiwan. Curvature is a little off but that's common with older pieces.
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Tunicate posted:Dude are trolling the thread or what? 
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Go back to stacking spoons you fork fraud
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Tunicate posted:Dude are trolling the thread or what? M8, Rebacraft almost always has little design filigree going on, or at least *shapes*. "Straight and plain" was not really in their oeuvre
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maybe he meant this https://www.corningware.com/products/5621/flatware--silverware?sort_by=created&sort_order=DESC
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mercenarynuker posted:M8, Rebacraft almost always has little design filigree going on, or at least *shapes*. "Straight and plain" was not really in their oeuvre Why should we believe you this tine?
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I can't tell it any clearer than this image about Rebacraft's design aesthetic
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Rarity posted:These are the forks my parents have Next time you're there, flip them over and see where they were manufactured. As knives are nonreversable, you'll typically see that mark somewhere near the base of the blade rather than on the handle itself. The quality can vary pretty considerably between flatware putatively of the same design, especially when manufacturing keeps changing countries. I think Crate and Barrel was selling a chinese-made copy for a while as well, but their prices are always really marked up so I wouldn't recommend it.
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crabrock posted:maybe he meant this 
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mercenarynuker posted:I can't tell it any clearer than this image about Rebacraft's design aesthetic And yet: https://www.replacements.com/silver-reed-and-barton-rds9-stainless-fork/p/5734011
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mercenarynuker posted:I can't tell it any clearer than this image about Rebacraft's design aesthetic Sure the Royal Bamboo is overly ornate (and dare I say it? Tacky!), but you're posting a picture which has the Narvik as well, which is the polar opposite in terms of design. I have to agree that they went too far when streamlining it (though people calling it a 'spork' was just hurtful and rude), but it was the 1980's, what do you expect?
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Imagine stepping to the king and missing, for all to see
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curlingiron posted:And yet: https://www.replacements.com/silver-reed-and-barton-rds9-stainless-fork/p/5734011 This is the fork.
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bigperm posted:This is the fork. 
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bigperm posted:This is the fork. "Crafted in Korea" and yet, CobwebMustardseed posted:Back of fork close up:
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OTOH, while I am not a fork expert, I'd guess they can make the same model of fork in multiple different factories
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Leperflesh posted:"Crafted in Korea" Tunicate posted:My gut is telling me it's a RDS9, and it has to be a pretty old one, since by 1998 they had moved production entirely to japan and korea rather than taiwan. Curvature is a little off but that's common with older pieces. Pretty sure the one I linked is the same model but newer.
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mercenarynuker posted:Looks like a Corningware Home Select, based on that finish and the squared off-ish base. The ones made before 1998 had that prominent stamp on the back, later models had it it reversed (the letters were inset, not raised). Unfortunately the line was discontinued in 2009, as the market has been flooded by cheaper imitators and lower-grade steel from other countries. Your model looks more burnished than most, but that's not a surprise if this is a thrift-store cast-off. Something to be aware of, the top bit (the tines and the, uh, scoop?) had a bad habit of flattening out and then breaking over time, so the likelihood of finding replacements, let along a full set, will be difficult. You might be able to find some on eBay or something, going rate should probably be no more than a buck per utensil, but I'd be frankly surprised if they were even that high. Shipping will probably be more. One thing to keep an eye on is that these are, superficially, very similar to Target's Threshold Kayden style, so it may be worthwhile to showroom one of those at your local Target in lieu of scouring sites hoping for orphan matches
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Leperflesh posted:"Crafted in Korea" Oh do you have another, better matching fork to show the class?
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if the fork guy was making poo poo up they should be permabanned imo
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curlingiron posted:Pretty sure the one I linked is the same model but newer. probably wouldn't match exactly then, I'd guess bigperm posted:Oh do you have another, better matching fork to show the class? hell no
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I don't know what's real anymore.
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Leperflesh posted:probably wouldn't match exactly then, I'd guess Sure, but I didn’t say it did, just that there was a fork from the manufacturer that matched well and didn’t have any flourishes, which is what mercenarynuker was arguing against.
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Canine Blues Arooo posted:So, while you are at it, can you recommend me a flatware manufacturer that builds nice stuff assuming money is no object? I just want some Buy It For Life quality poo poo and everywhere I turn it seems to be trash. I have several sets of Oneida stainless steel flatware that are nice quality, and I like them.
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Pigsfeet on Rye posted:I have several sets of Oneida stainless steel flatware that are nice quality, and I like them. Just LOL if you don't have your flatware hand made from bog iron by a one-eyed, one-armed, one-legged, one-buttock-cheeked Norwegian name Bjarne.
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