22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Nice... if they had better QA, perhaps., December 31, 2003
By A Customer
This review is from: Oneida Satin Easton 5-Piece Place Setting, Service for 1 (Kitchen)
Nicely balanced, attractive styling, and comfortable to hold, yet the quality leaves much to be desired.
The sides of the tines of both forks are unfinished/unpolished. Rough casting marks are uniform in the base of the tines and extend half way up the tines on some pieces, while extending nearly to the tips of others. The tips of the tines are simply clipped off square and are not polished.
The serrated portion of the knives came encrusted with a hard black compound. I was able to scrape this off with my fingernail. The gap between the two piece knife's handle and blade contained a similar, yet softer, black compound that I have been unable to completely remove due to the size fo the gap between the pieces.
The placement of the satin finish of the handles is not uniform across all pieces. On some, the satin finish transitions to the polised finish before the "bead", some at the bead, some after the bead. On some pieces part of the bead has the satin finish, and part of it is polished.
Issues described above existed on all four place settings ordered. After receiving the sets from Amazon and noticing the problems, I examined about half a dozen place settings at a Macy's store and all had the same problems as well.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
So pretty, August 13, 2008
This review is from: Oneida Satin Easton 5-Piece Place Setting, Service for 1 (Kitchen)
I love the design so much. It's got a special touch with the satin handles without being to fro-fro. I bought a set of 10 at a local department store and wanted a few more placesettings and the price was much better through Amazon.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Durable & Classic appearance, June 3, 2008
This review is from: Oneida Satin Easton 5-Piece Place Setting, Service for 1 (Kitchen)
I have owned several place settings of this pattern for 8+ years. It has held up extremely well (no problems at all). I have not had any of the issues the previous reviewer mentioned as far as irregularities in finish or detailing, including my most recent place setting which was purchased 04/08. We have been quite happy with the silverware through many years & one toddler. While the shiny end of the forks & spoons are not quite as mirror like after 8 years, they are otherwise as good as the day I received them.
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