sterling silverware

[apdigs8]

"I am also a big fan of having a nice set of unmonogramed sterling flatware. Silver that you can use....boy is it nice to break it out for the holidays."
-Rodebaugh

considering silvers beneficial healing and anti disease properties, you'd be crazy not to use sterling EVERY day- do NOT save it for the holidays! If you don't have any SILVERware... I would definitely recommend getting some... they're the first pieces i'd recommend buying and the last i'd recommend selling...
it is the last part of my stack i'd liquidate, that is for sure... we have known for 5,000 years that silver obliterates bacteria and viruses... but we simply forgot this in the last 50 years of brainwashing... if you have sterling available to you, you would be crazy not to use it every day. ( Assuming you want to live longer of course-- maybe keeping your silver in mint condition is more important than potentially adding a few more years to your life )

It boggles my mind how many people have their shinies all locked away and get them twice a year to count- why not enjoy your investment every single day... while it nurses you back to health? Holding sterling is grossly efficient if you're trying to cut down on the amount of possessions you own- you can count it as your dishes and then again as your investment

[Kurr]

People back in the day used to put a silver dime in their quartofmilk to keep it safer longer.

I have an aunt that makes cooked cabbage on New Years, and ALWAYS cooks it with a silver dime or two in the pot!

And recently I have seen a set of brass table service I thought looked REALLY nice. The FDA and the EPA recently approved copper as a solid antimicrobial as well.

Silver particles, I have heard, destroy virus' on contact by causing their protective protien shell to literally disintigrate, killing the virus.

I been meaning to get some collodial sometime.

[TXBullion]

Hey Kurr, does she pull them out before serving or is it a game to see who wins the silver?!

Very cool about the milk too

[Devil Soundwave]

Copper flatware would look nice, but it tastes kinda funny...

[Market Harmony]

I still have the Gorham 12 piece Shamrock set that I listed for sale earlier. And now, I also just have another set that I recently picked up... this one is the Lunt 12 piece Mount Vernon design. It isn't as heavy as the Gorham set, but the design is highly collectible. However, at these high silver prices, people are most interested in them as scrap, or less.

So which 23 realcent members should I invite over for a silver dinner?

[Treetop]

I prefer my valuables hidden. but I agree with the premise..... I use plated silverware, it plated in .999 also. and if it gets stolen I can replace it real easy. I paid about 4-5 bucks for it, in a bulk bin at goodwill.

[Pennysaved]

Would you get the same benefit with plated silverware vs sterling for the antimicrobial?

[Treetop]

Yeah of course, only silver touches my food, and in fact the silver that touches my food is .999 not .925.

[appjoe]

Years ago I use to raise Angel fish and if they got sick and I didn't know what kind of bacteria it was as in gram positive or gram negative to treat with antibiotics. I would drop a silver bar in the tank and it seemed to help of course there is good bacteria that they need and it would also kill that off so you had to do a lot of water changes to stop amonnia from building up.

[beauanderos]

I have to wonder if this is why I haven't been sick in years? I'm constantly handling silver.

[aloneibreak]

ive only eaten with real sterling silverware once... it leaves kind of a different taste in your mouth.

is that normal ?

is that something one can become accustomed to ?

[Treetop]

ive only eaten with real sterling silverware once... it leaves kind of a different taste in your mouth.

is that normal ?

is that something one can become accustomed to ?

interesting. I find mine rather neutral in taste. In fact if I use a steel fork now, it tastes strange..... Was there any cleaners or anything used on this stuff? I know my grandmas used to whip out a sterling set every now and then, and it tasted strange from whatever she polished it with.

[aristobolus]

About five years ago, I went around Antique shops looking for REAL SILVERWARE. If one doesn't care about everything matching perfectly, one can still put together an impressive set of silverware to eat from. I just found some good utensils at Goodwill! Just look for individual spoons, forks, etc; soon your family and you will be "eating from a silver spoon".

[PreservingThePast]

ive only eaten with real sterling silverware once... it leaves kind of a different taste in your mouth.

is that normal ?

is that something one can become accustomed to ?

I NEVER could eat with the silverware that my mom had. She used it on a daily basis and didn't keep it put away to be polished and brought out on holidays.
She had to keep some regular tableware for me to use.

It not only left a different taste in my mouth, it caused my mouth to water terribly. Just thinking about it today does the same thing--my mouth is watering and my skin is crawling just thinking about silver in my mouth. Aluminum does something similar. If I miss a piece of aluminum foil that the baked potato had been wrapped in and it comes in contact with my teeth it is as if an electrical shock was sent through my body.

Must be some sort of allergy/intolerance reaction.

Same thing about the lining on crowns I have had. The dentist had to go to using a titanium lined crown as I had no reaction to that type.

[Lemon Thrower]

a few years ago when silver crossed $20 the first time, i picked up some. ASE's were $4.50 over melt, 90% was 2 bucks over, but i got a nice set on ebay a little under spot. It was monogrammed, but it was the right letter for me so there you go. It was well used, but no more than the stuff you have in your drawer now.

my wife says you can't clean it in the dishwasher, so we don't use it every day. any thoughts on how to clean it?

[Sheikh_yer_Bu'Tay]

a few years ago when silver crossed $20 the first time, i picked up some. ASE's were $4.50 over melt, 90% was 2 bucks over, but i got a nice set on ebay a little under spot. It was monogrammed, but it was the right letter for me so there you go. It was well used, but no more than the stuff you have in your drawer now.

my wife says you can't clean it in the dishwasher, so we don't use it every day. any thoughts on how to clean it?

Yes, hand wash it in the sink with hot, soapy water. Then, hand dry with a soft towel. Gloves help as you don't want to get body skin oil on them before you put them away. Your body oil can tarnish the silver.

If the silverware is tarnished, you can easily remove the tarnish by lining a large plastic bucket with aluminum foil. Then place the silverware onto the aluminum. Make sure all silverware is in contact with the aluminum, or touching another piece that touches the aluminum. Next, pour in very hot water. Then stir in pure baking soda. I forgot the amount per gallon, so you will have to look it up online. A chemical reaction will occur. The tarnish (sulfur oxides) will transfer to the aluminum.. Last, wash in hot soapy water and gently rub off any remaining softened tarnish. This really works. Be careful and don't overdo it, though, for this can remove any designer patina on the silverware, too.

[Dumpster Diver]

I have to wonder if this is why I haven't been sick in years? I'm constantly handling silver.

I just swallowed a 40% half. I'll keep you posted.

[999Ni]

Years ago I use to raise Angel fish and if they got sick and I didn't know what kind of bacteria it was as in gram positive or gram negative to treat with antibiotics. I would drop a silver bar in the tank and it seemed to help of course there is good bacteria that they need and it would also kill that off so you had to do a lot of water changes to stop amonnia from building up.

Thats pretty neat! Although I wouldn't want to get my silver wet if I had any, but thats just me.

LOL @ dumpsterdiver How you feeling now?

[Sheikh_yer_Bu'Tay]

I have to wonder if this is why I haven't been sick in years? I'm constantly handling silver.

I just swallowed a 40% half. I'll keep you posted.

DD, I hope you "pass" the silver test!

[Rodebaugh]

I have to wonder if this is why I haven't been sick in years? I'm constantly handling silver.

No it’s because you work in C-dif all day, have had million vaccines, and subsequently have an immune system like a mule.

Silver flatware has virtually no effect on your food’s cleanliness or sterility. There are no health benifits gained from using it. To think that it can add years to one's life.......well thats just plain silly.

[beauanderos]

Okay... so just as an experiment... the other night I started to get a sore throat, so next morning I popped a slick SLB quarter into my cheek after reading online that silver "possibly" has some medicinal benefits from doing so. Next day... sore throat gone. Who knows? Placebo effect or does it really work?

[Rodebaugh]

Okay... so just as an experiment... the other night I started to get a sore throat, so next morning I popped a slick SLB quarter into my cheek after reading online that silver "possibly" has some medicinal benefits from doing so. Next day... sore throat gone. Who knows? Placebo effect or does it really work?

Prob in the head Ray, but Ag is good for coating the inside of trachea tubes to slow the spread of bacteria.

Didn't your mom tell you when you were a kid "money is dirty, so keep it out of your mouth"

[Thogey]

There is a perscription wound care ointment called.

SILVADINE (silver sulfadiazine). I once had to use some for a deep burn on my hand that would not heal because it was in a bad spot.

The results were amazing, of course testamonial is no way to judge the effficacy of a medicine. But it is a perscription med that is FDA approved.

FDA approval usually requires at least three phases of study, including double blind trials.

[Treetop]

silver has undeniable anti bacterial properties actually. LOTS of cash is spent to keep people thinking it doesnt though.

[Rodebaugh]

Couldn't agree more with you guys that colloidal silver is a great antimicrobial.....but i stand with my statement:

Silver flatware has virtually no effect on your food’s cleanliness or sterility. There are no health benifits gained from using it.