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I have 3 stages of flatware right now:

1. Relatively nice stuff I bought for myself when I moved into my apartment

2. Cheap stuff I bought after a friend used a yellow-green scrub sponge and scratched up all my nice stuff

3. Nice stuff I bought for myself after the divorce (Except that it's poorly designed, which makes me wish I'd bought something a little more standard. They all have round handles, which means the utensils try to spin in your hands.)

[foobarian]

I can in no way shape or form stand "impostor utensils." I throw them away ruthlessly (we sometimes acquire them when guests bring over food or by accident from vacations). When we run low I throw away the whole lot and replace it. Same with plates, glasses, or socks. Seriously, who has time to match up socks? Just buy 40 identical pairs and throw away the rest.

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This is exactly what I do with socks, and then I replace the whole set.

But then it runs into (un)surprising problem: most brands don’t maintain their designs, so if you find something you like, it’s not going to be available when it’s time to replace entire set couple years later.

In the end I standardized on Blacksocks, which seem to have same design forever, although they are more expensive than I would like.