Nice but strong crockery
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Shaolin

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2,955 posts

212 months

Monday 8th November 2010
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We currently have a selection of plates, bowls etc. that are the survivors of 3 sets that we bought with the usual few inclusions that we have no idea where they came from.

Mrs. S. is wanting a nice "set" again. Is it possible to get nice-with-tough to better withstand the bumps and knocks that plates etc. get on a daily basis or should I just get 2 (or even 3) sets in the first place to cope with the inevitable breakages?

RedLeicester

6,869 posts

268 months

Monday 8th November 2010
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Wear a helmet, the new crockery will bounce off and not implode on your steel bonce.

Roy E6

1,025 posts

255 months

Monday 8th November 2010
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Denby is good quality, and fairly robust as well.

Martin Keene

11,084 posts

248 months

Monday 8th November 2010
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I haven't got a clue what sytle your looking for, but we had the Jamie Oliver set from John Lewis as a wedding present, and it's nigh on indestructable...

4 years on and it still has the names, etc all fully visible on the bottom.

jenpot

472 posts

210 months

Monday 8th November 2010
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Buy from somewhere like Nisbets (jfgi) and get industrial quality. And buy extra. Things will chip if you throw them around, but you should get a few years.

parapaul

2,828 posts

221 months

Tuesday 9th November 2010
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Roy E6 said:
Denby is good quality, and fairly robust as well.
Yup.

onomatopoeia

3,520 posts

240 months

Tuesday 9th November 2010
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Roy E6 said:
Denby is good quality, and fairly robust as well.
Indeed, had mine a decade and the only bit I've broken is one of the pasta bowl things, which are thinner than almost everything else.