These utensils are great! They have a nice weight to them and they look good. I can see where there's a disproportionate weight to them, but I don't understand how some of the people who make that complaint have these utensils falling off their plates all the time.  Where are they walking and why didn't the first time prevent the next time? We haven't dropped any yet, and I don't think it's because we're doing anything special. I certainly wouldn't let someone else's dropped fork prevent me from buying this set. The price is great and I'm really pleased with my purchase. This Oneida set replaced an Oneida set that was 23 years old and still looked great but was mysteriously missing a few pieces (probably thrown away by accident).