Not an ordinary BOX as you can clearly see, but a special BOX...with a red sticker...
Inside this box was FLATWARE
Flatware like I have never seen before. This had to be too good to be true. I just knew there was gonna to be like all knives and may one fork and a spoon. Well to my surprised it was a complete set...well almost.
12 knives
11 dessert spoons
10 big spoons
10 dinner forks
10 salad forks
53 PIECES in all. Apparently it may have been a setting for 12 people, but hey 10 works just fine for me. Now do I need a place setting for 10 people? Will I ever have 10 people over for dinner? Heck! I don't know, but I do know they will have something to eat with...LOL...
Now this isn't your run of the mill flatware. Oh no my good friends! First off each piece has a good weight to them. There is a 95% engraved into each piece (wonder what that means). The portion closest to the neck of the flatware resembles a Roman column and the tip resembles the top portion of the Fleur die Lis. You wont find these at Macy's or Horchow...at least I dont think so...I already tried to look for them.
I almost forgot...the red sticker price...$29.99!
Well another post of GOOD WILL HUNTING!
UPDATED (8-30-16)
It has been almost 6 years since I posted about this flatware and I still have the flatware. Yes some of them are missing, but thats just life.
I want to update this post with a few photos as well as sources, just in case you want to grab this flatware yourself.
Although I previously mentioned the flatware could not be found at Horchow, that no longer holds true. A very similar version is available and you can click HERE to take a look.
If you visit Houzz, you can also find this flatware HERE.
When I was thrifting years ago, the prices were great and there weren't a lot of people blogging and bragging about the low prices. Since that time, the prices have gone up and the stores are OVERRUN with consumers trying to get a bargain and trying to get something thrifted. Although I don't thrift as much as I used to, I still find the find to pop in every now and then and score something amazing.