Oneida Flight 85-Piece Banquet Stainless Steel Flatware Set, Service for 16

What's in the Box
16 place settings, 5 serving pieces. Each place setting includes: dinner fork; salad fork; soup spoon; teaspoon; knife. Service set consists of: butter knife; sugar spoon; serving fork; 2 serving spoons. 85 pieces total.

The knives appear to be molded and the rest of the pieces appear to be stamped. The forks and spoons may look a little flimsy but do not feel flimsy at all -- a good feel.

A couple things to be aware of:
Only the knives have the nice thick ends. The various forks and spoons have a shaped but clearly stamped end. It still has a nice feel but we were suprized when we opened the box.

The thick ends on the knives are "thick" which means that when you stack them in your drawer you may have to alternate direction for the knives (minor knit).

All in all this is a good, everyday set of flatware that we're happy we purchased.


Good price, not great quality   December 16, 2002
 7 out of 9 found this review helpful

I am comparing this with some Flight flatware from the 1970s. Although Oneida says the flatware is 18/8 gauge stainless steel, I think it is flimsy. Ok for the price though. If I paid for it I would return it.


Beautiful, practical & a great set for the money!   December 6, 2002
 5 out of 7 found this review helpful

I recently purchased this set for the holidays to add to my existing 20 piece set. This flatware is really beautiful and has a nice weight to each piece. I particularly like the soup and ice tea spoons, which have to be purchased separately. (So far, I've only found them on the Oneida website.)


Finally   November 20, 2002
 18 out of 18 found this review helpful

OK so I am a college student. So I bought silverwear in IKEA. So it was the biggest mistake I ever made :-P Since then (almost 4 years ago) I have been on a quest for the perfect silverwear. finally I found it. This set is not obtrusive, it is classic and stylish. It is comftorable to hold and my favorie part is it NEVER gets spots in the dishwasher!! It looke like I just opened the box every time that I take them out!! And trust me it had NOTHING to do with my dish washer! I highly recomend this set I LOVE IT !!!