Comments on: Fancy flatware for flighty friend?

Question: Fancy flatware for flighty friend?

ericbop — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:23:55 -0800

Where can I find a fancy travel flatware set as a 60th birthday present for my quirky, foodie colleague? He currently brings his own sterling in lieu of the plastic utensils at the local taco joint. I was inspired by this exhibit, which displayed travel fork/knife/spoon sets, which were apparently very fashionable hundreds of years ago, when my coworker really should have been born. I'm looking for a travel set to replace his current flatware, which he just rolls up and lugs around, either new or vintage, that's around $100. Something nicer than a typical camping set. Where should I look?

By: rumposinc

rumposinc — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:37:37 -0800

I like helping out anachronistic friends.

This I love because it matches, in my head, your description of your duffy friend. Who sounds great, and is lucky to be so appreciated.

By: GuyZero

GuyZero — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:48:28 -0800

Perhaps not quite as fancy, there is this maple utensil set and this titanium set both for camping.

MEC also has a titanium spork, which I find kind off funny because it's such a bizarre combination of cheap and super-expensive.

By: holgate

holgate — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:51:38 -0800

The German army-issue knife-fork-spoon-opener kit isn't fancy, but it's really well designed. (That's the German Amazon listing, but a few US places and lots of UK surplus shops sell them.)

By: Sassyfras

Sassyfras — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:52:26 -0800

Why not go to an antique shop and put together your own travel set? Get a fancy matching knife, fork and spoon and find and equally antique box (like the one that displays the one in rumposinc's post) to put them in?

By: Sassyfras

Sassyfras — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:53:24 -0800

** an equally antique box . . .

By: GuyZero

GuyZero — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:15:37 -0800

This titanium set also looks fairly nice. Though definitely modern and not antique at all.

By: daisyace

daisyace — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:04:56 -0800

Here's a contemporary, designerly travel set I like -- stainless steel utensils plus aqua melamine plate, bowl, and cup. They'd have to cost three times as much to qualify... but I thought I'd toss them in here anyway, since I think they're a nice looking gift (from a site that has a lot of other nice looking gifts, incidentally).

By: web-goddess

web-goddess — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:31:45 -0800

Some friends got my husband and I a fancy little box set of Splayds (i.e. "sporks") for a wedding gift. They're awesome! The website says they're available in the US now.

By: ericbop

ericbop — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:39:12 -0800

Thanks for the great suggestions so far! I guess I should make a disclaimer that I certainly don't mind recommendations that cost well under $100 - that price was just a rough limit to what I can spend. So feel free to link to bargains as well as high-end stuff.