that's one reason why I don't want silver
I want stuff that can go in the dishwasher. Thing is right, you use cutlery every day, which will be a regular reminder of the generosity of the gift giver, as well as giving an appreciation of quality craftmanship and design. and I'm buggered if I can think of anything else that they will be happy to buy. It's one of the few things that is near unbreakable that will keep for many many years.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 19:53, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

When you put it like that, it's a nice idea.
If I had to choose, depending on the size of the house I'd maybe ask for a nice dining table. Make it the centrepiece.

Or a Steinway. Dare to dream.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 19:54, Reply)

my massive oak dining table used to belong to my grandparents ;-)
we don't have room for a grand piano, and already have a nice upright
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 19:58, Reply)

Fair enough.
Both of those would require living in a house like the one I live in (at home) though, which will be impossible for about 40 years. Of hard, hard work.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 20:00, Reply)

my house is a fairly standard 3 bed victorian terrace
but quite a large example of such. It's nice to have some space, but ours is currently full of shit because one room is out of action due to being decorated.

I really look forward to doing the dining room and being able to use it for its intended purpose, rather than having it piled 5ft deep in furniture, boxes of stuff, wood and plasterboard.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 20:04, Reply)

I can't have nice stuff in my house.
Not when I have B3tans coming round.
( girlinthehole, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 20:09, Reply)

I only have calm, sedate people round to my house

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 20:10, Reply)

My mate, a tuppence ha'penny snob
Her lovely mum got me and dj some cutlery.
It's very pretty but not my thing, and evidently not the priciest. I was genuinely touched that her muum would be so kind. Until she ruined it.
But the cheeky snobby threadcount-conscious mare has the gall to say to me "My mum got you this. Don't use it all the time. Save it for best." Like I'm some peasant who doesn't know good cutlery.(I don't have good cutlery, but I know it.)
Honestly, some of it was bent in the box!
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 19:58, Reply)

how irritating
we're not special-occasion-cutlery sort of people. Don't feel the need. I want something good and to use it all the time. More likely to have a nice set of crockery to avoid breaking the nice stuff during every day use.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 20:01, Reply)

If your cutlery is nice and classic and robust
you don't need stuff for 'best'. But yes, I have a very old china dinner service that I don't use day-to-day.
I also just smashed a Kit-Kat mug. I NEVER smash mugs. I fell through a chair without smashing a Royal Wedding mug when I was a kid. (Charles and Di, not Princess Elizabeth and Phillip of Greece and Denmark).
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 20:05, Reply)

this is the cutlery that shocked Lampito earlier
www.davidmellordesign.com/acatalog/David_Mellor_City_Cutlery.html

subject to getting my mitts on it at the weekend to test their claims of perfect balance, I think that is the one I will go for. I think I will have to ask my brother where to look for crockery though. He knows where to find the nice stuff like that and we have pretty similar taste.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 20:07, Reply)

I like stuff like that but sliiiiightly less curvy

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 20:10, Reply)

I'd prefer it a bit if the ends were slightly less bulbous
but there seem to be few sets about the have the right knife and spoon shapes and long enough tines on the forks to suit me
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 20:11, Reply)

Stop going on about Paul Weller's cock
for god's sake!
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 20:18, Reply)

Top tip Vipros.
When getting crockery or cutlery sets as wedding gifts, make sure you get an even number of place settings, never buy a dinner service suitable for 7 for example (not that they sell them, anyway).

That way, when you split up, you can easily split the set down the middle.

*Poster may own half a Denby dinner service*
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 20:12, Reply)

that's another thing
finding an 8 person dinner service is nigh on impossible
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 20:13, Reply)

Well most places sell items individually, if you know what it is you want.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 20:14, Reply)

yeah
difficult to find what I'm after. It's quite hard shopping for that sort of stuff on the internet really!
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 20:15, Reply)