As long as I can remember from a very young age, we had flateware like this.. Of course back then, they were of a thinner thickness then these are.. and over the years they've dissapeared to where we now only have four from that original set left. When I found these on Wayfair, I was estatic! They're damn near excatly the type we had back then, only thicker.. I bought them for my mom's Christmas present. They look wonderful. She'll love 'em! ^_^