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metal answer #2) stainless steel or can be made from nice silver
Nearly all regular cutlery is made of stainless steel. More expensive cutlery is often silver plated, and very expensive cutlery might be solid silver.
No, it is made of stainless steel.
Steel , Sterling Silver , Alliminum any metal really.
If it says "stainless" it just means that it's made of stainless steel with no specific grade (certain items made with a certain grade of stainless steel will have markings indicating the specific type used, like 316L). If it's silver, most areas of manufacturers are required to stamp a 3-digit number indicate the purity (usually 925, indicating 92.5% pure silver, AKA "sterling silver").
The market is full of stainless steel utensils - it looks like silver
No. It's just steel no silver at all. If it is silver plated it will say so, but that does not mean it contains silver. A plus A nicely made set of stainless steel flatware may not be silver, but you don't have to take it out of it's presentation box once a month to polish it.
Most silverware is made of compounds, more than one element. It is made of metals, usually silver or silver compounds such as stainless steel.
Before 1840 "silverware" was made of silver, but now we use the word to refer to both real silver utensils and everyday flatware, which may be silver plated or, more commonly, stainless steel.
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stainless steel, aluminum, brass, zinc, or a nickel-silver alloy.
Typically these days it is make of stainless steel. Its can also be plated with silver or gold. (silver and gold are soft metals and bend very easily.)