The Wonders of Sand Dune Flatware
With wedding season in high gear, the gift on everyone’s list is a new set of flatware. However, why wait for a marriage to invest in a beautiful set of your own. Now only will you be complimenting your dining set, you will also be investing in a future heirloom that can be passed down to your children and even your grandchildren.
Don’t let the many different brands of flatware on the market overwhelm you. You may think to yourself that you could never choose between the different prices, styles, colors, qualities, and brands of flatware. However, if you take a breath and ask yourself what is important to you in your new silverware purchase, you will be walking home with a new set in no time.
A great place to start is just to research and compare different brands and lines of flatware. A great line of flatware to start with is the Oneida brand Sand Dune line.
Oneida has a rich and colorful company history starting all the way back in the late 1800′s in a small commune in upstate New York. In fact Oneida Ltd and its silver works were the only interest to survive the communities rocky history and ultimate disbandment in the early 1900′s. Regardless of its history, Oneida has grown to be consistently one of the top flatware companies in the United States and the world at large.
Oneida’s Sand Dune line is just one example of the quality and craftsmanship that has been born out of the legacy of this company. Advertised as being “contoured, contemporary, and cool” the Sand Dune pattern consists of intelligent clean lines that edge a teardrop like shape. This modern yet classic design will compliment the styles of anyone’s tastes, but does it stand up to its competition?
The first comparison brand to consider would be Lenox. Lenox boasts a similar contemporary design but has much more detail and so lends itself to a more traditional feel. Lenox also offers a “breakage replacement” program in which if your product breaks in any way, Lenox will replace it as long as you have registered it. The downside to this is that they can only do this if the line has not been discontinued. A benefit of the Sand Dune collection being a part of Oneida, is that Oneida offers a “pattern for a lifetime guarantee”. This means that if you happen to lose, or have a piece of your set stolen, you will always be able to replace it even if the line has been discontinued.
Another brand you may want to consider is Mikasa. Compared to many other brands, Mikasa is quite new on the market, but is in now way any less established then other brands that have been around much longer. There are a couple of different lines from Mikasa that mimic the style and feel of the Sand Dune design. However, once again if you were to lose or have stolen any piece of your set, Mikasa does not have anything in place to help you replace those items. One such service that Oneida offers is an open stock policy allowing you to order only the piece that you need instead of investing in an entire new set.
These are just two of the hundreds of different brands and lines that you can choose from when it comes to comparing and contrasting flatware pieces with the Oneida Sand Dune collection. When doing your research it’s always important to not only take into consideration the style and craftsmanship of a piece, but it’s also important to study the warranties, guarantees that come along with your investment.
Buying high end flatware such as Oneida’s Sand Dune collection is not a cheap investment. This is why it’s so important to not only choose a brand that you will be proud to display on your tabletop when company comes around, but also a brand that will help you protect your investment for generations to come
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