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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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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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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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