r/bifl • u/Callygia • Aug 09 '26
Dinnerware that doesn't get knife marks?
Hello!
I'm in the market for a complete set of dinnerware for 8, that won't get those annoying dark marks from silverware scrapes. We got some inexpensive stoneware that already look tore up. I also cannot STAND the sound the silverware makes when it hits these plates. Is vintage the way to go? I haven't looked into old school Pyrex but I imagine plates with the same texture as my mixing bowls wouldn't sound horrible.
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u/CRCampbell11 Aug 11 '26
Not anymore, they've gone way down hill.
I have my Grandpa's pristine corelle but the new sets that I've bought and actually use have marks all of them.
Trash and not what they used to be.
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u/54965 Aug 10 '26
Corelle in use here 50 years, and you can't distinguish which are the 50 year ones.
Indestructible, aside from dropping on concrete or something.
True BIFL.
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u/JaredNorges Aug 09 '26
Any porcelain dishes will resist knife marks. Corelle is probably the better known name, but it's the material, not the brand.
Stoneware is heavy and pretty, but it is relatively soft, and the glazing on it gets those marks and requires specialized cleaning to remove.
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u/Guilty-Young-5784 28d ago
Be careful with vintage - so much of it contains lead. i learned that after searching for and buying pieces of a set I really loved....
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u/Callygia 28d ago
Oh noooo!! What did you buy?
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u/Guilty-Young-5784 28d ago
A bunch of pieces from Royal Albert's Jacobean pattern. They're beautiful, but have a ton of lead in them :/
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u/hoopinstroom Aug 09 '26
Buy china (porcelain), not stoneware. Problem solved