DANSK Bistro Cafe 43-piece Flatware Set, 5.85 LB, Metallic

I purchased this set as a gift for a young couple hosting a holiday dinner. They love the set. Its design is simple, sleek and modern. The ends of the tapered handles are weighted and rounded. The style pairs well with their beautiful yet informal ceramic dinnerware. No problems thus far with scratching or dishwasher. Affordable quality!

We bought this same set 7 years ago and lost a few so we duplicated that purchase. Amazing how much brighter and shiny the new set is in just 7 years of use. So I'd say the style is nice but the finish is not that durable.

We are impressed of the quality! It is very elegant and has a good amount of weight. Amazon is about $50 cheaper than the one at Macy's! So the purchase comes as a no brainer. It comes in a generic box, and each piece of silverware is protected with plastic. I would not be surprised if this set would last a lifetime.

The silverware is nice. This is the higher end silverware at Macy's. I was excited to find it on Amazon for a much better price.I am a caterer and needed nice silverware for small corporate dinner events. I ordered service for 40 people. This cost me quite a bit of money, so I was very disappointed when it came in a very cheap, small brown box. For how much I paid for this it could have at least come in a nicer box I can keep it in. It is boxed like cheap silverware from Walmart. Not expensive, high end silverware from a nice department store. It makes me feel like I way over paid for something the company doesn't have a lot of pride in.My star rating is for packaging and presentation. We will see how the silverware holds up, time will tell. I will be very meticulous with its use and storing because of how much I paid for it.Quality in product and presentation really does matter when you're paying for it.

Very good looking set, but the handle is much heavier that the front making the utensils unstable. They fall of the plate often. Also, knives are blunt.

I am very happy with my purchase. I bought two sets. The lines of the utensils are very clean, sleek and modern. They also are very shiny, but not with a cheap-looking shine, a sophisticated shine. They are very light to use. We ate with them the first day that we got them and my husband said this is what we should have been using all along.

EDIT Feb. 2019I've had this set of silverware for a couple months now, and dropped my rating from 3 stars to just 2 stars. They are still just as pretty as the day I got them, but I find myself reaching for my few old pieces instead of these because of how unbalanced they are. The handles are very heavy at the bottom ends. All pieces are elegant and refined where they contact food. It's the backs of the handles that don't work for me. They slide off plates easily and it's a matter of time before my dishes are chipped from using this set of flatware. The bottoms of the handles are thick, weighted and rounded. They also don't stack well, but I have enough storage space to work around that. Too bad, as they are still very pretty.This set of Dansk silverware is pretty, with clean lines and a modern shape. The pieces appear to be well made.However, function doesn't follow form in these pieces. All are a bit larger than expected, though they still look elegant and refined, they are not balanced when you hold them. All pieces except the knives are bottom heavy, and seriously so.This means they fall off the edge of plates and don't have a pleasant feel in hand. I'm afraid they will chip my dishes if I'm not overly careful with them.Good design is only truly good design if it functions well. These don't meet that criteria.I can't speak to durability, as I've not had them long enough. They do just fine in my dishwasher, however. (I'm not using citrus soap.)

As described. Very stylish and practical. Holding up well