Kingware Home Black Silverware Flatware Cutlery Set,18/0 Stainless Steel Utensils 20-Piece Service for 4,Include Knife/Fork/Spoon,Matte Polished,Dishwasher Safe(Black)

We ordered this set last year at a higher price - this August we ordered the same set to add to our collection. The silverware from a year ago looks solid - the black finish is durable, but shows normal signs of wear.When we received the new order in August 2018, the finish was slightly glossier than the previous set but it was close enough of a match for us to keep. THEN I left a fork in the sink with a bit of ketchup on the tines - only for a couple of hours - after washing it the black finish came off and by the next morning the exposed metal (obviously not quality stainless) was rusting. Most of the new batch are starting to look like this - we've pulled them from the drawer and are no longer using them.

This set does not actually contain salad forks or teaspoons as the description indicates. The small fork is the size of a cocktail fork not a salad fork and is less than 5 1/2 inches long. The small spoon is also only 5 1/2 inches and is useless as teaspoon. It is barely desert spoon size and actually is closer to something you would use to feed a baby. The color is very nice and the pieces have decent weight but without true teaspoon and salad forks the set will go back to Amazon.If you don't need those two pieces then this is a nice set aside from the deceptive product description.

The butter knives rusted in the dishwasher within a few weeks. Otherwise they look cool.

My daughter chose these for her shared campus apartment so she could tell hers from her roommates’.

Tarnish fast

Exactly what I have expected. Love it

They look really cool, I love the color. The small forks and spoons are ridiculously too small to do anything practical with them. The big spoons are almost too big, but they're okay I guess.

this is a beautiful purple color, very high quality, & very nice silverware!