I finally purchased enough for 24 Place Settings and very satisfied with my purchase.

Rust appeared after soaking them in tap water and metallic stuff rubs off on rubber gloves.

These pieces are much sturdier than I expected--I was expecting something like cafeteria flatware, so the quality is a pleasant surprise. We use these in our small office break room, so having a smaller set available made sense. We only hand wash them, but so far, they look nice, have a good heft/weight to them, and are pretty like a pricier, larger set!

The low price made me a little leery these would be too flimsy, but was very pleasantly surprised! They have a shiny finish I like, necks of forks and spoons are a little thin but knives very sturdy and love the long tines on the forks. I got 2 sets hoping they'd be ok for company and they'll do just fine especially considering the great low price.