I Love the weight and style of these dishes.  The size is really impressive too if the dinner and salad plates.  The bowls are really deep, but the bowls are the reason for my 4-stars.  There is a seam from the pattern down the side of each of the bowls.  When I first looked, I thought it was cracked.  I don’t love that.  It’s not enough to return, but a design flaw in my opinion.  Other than that, I love them. They are masculine and I use them in addition to our softer Christmas dishes for family gatherings.  Our grandsons and “clumsy”  adults use these!