I somehow lost like 4 forks out of my 8 fork set and had to find replacements.

I realize now that forks are like fonts - there are a lot of little things that make their design up that I never thought of.

Length of fork.
Length of tines.
The sharpe of the tines.(I guess it's from the point to the root.)
The geometry of the tines and slots. (Some times stay the same size, some get thinner near the top.)
The width of the neck.
The shape of the bottom/back of the fork.
Then length of the handle.
The shape of the handle.
The design pattern on the fork.
What the fork is made of.
Some forks are single pieces, some have the handle made of one material and the neck/tines made of another.
Some forks have two patterns on them-one on the handle the other on the neck - or sometimes on on the front and back.

Anyone ever trip out on forks?

(Okay, it rained in San Diego today and I'm stuck inside and bored.)

And don't get me started on spoons.

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Gone: My Discogs collection for The Roots:
http://www.discogs.com/user/tomhayes-roots/collection

that being said flatware is pretty low on my list of things to spend money on, I think I'll continue to make do

not that these don't have me wanting to upgrade, cause they do

http://thesweethome.com/reviews/best-flatware/

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/the-best-modern-gold-and-copper-flatware-228190

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I have priorities though, cant be dropping $53/setting...

The draws were full of perfectly serviceable cutlery that I just couldn't bring myself to use.

Strangely angled tines, weird plastic handles (WHOLE THING MUST BE ONE PIECE OF METAL) and general stench of other people's slobber.

Restaurants I obviously have to give a pass, but generally I like to know the mouths cutlery has touched before I'll engage with it. It's about the only thing I get a bit OCD over.

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They left a lot of stuff in the kitchen drawers, including some nice glasses and oven pans. Glass and metal can always be sterilized.

The plastic (or partially plastic) and wooden stuff hit the trash bin tho.