Toy Construction Utensils with Construction Plate

How cute is this? And word is it’s sturdy and safe. Looks like some really smart design went into this fun cutlery set for the construction eater in your family.

This utensil set consists of a bulldozer pusher, forklift fork, and front loader spoon that are textured with easy grip handles for little hands. The plate features a connecting ramp and loading dock which are designed to work with the utensils to help little ones push, scoop and forklift food to the proper destination.

The flatware dimensions are 6″ x 1″ x 1″ and the plate is 9″ wide and 1″ tall.

When I say safe I mean: Dishwasher safe, BPA. PVC, Phthalate and lead free. Microwave safe. Fully compliant with CPSIA, EN71 and FDA Food Contact requirements.

Time to get to down to work and playing with your food!

Set of 3 Construction Utensils with Construction Plate

A Historical View on Cutlery

Did you know that forks were not used much until the 16th century? And that most food was eaten with fingers or a spoon until the 1500s? Spoons and knives have been around for a long time, forks not so much. Cutlery is a recent part of our civilization in the grand perspective.

Read this great article written by Robert Britnell for the Orillia Packet about how cutlery wasn’t all that common.

Cutlery wasn’t always so common @ Orillia Packet

Lenox Portola 65-Piece Flatware Set

This is a rather nice set at a good price. From Lenox the Portola flatware set includes twelve 5-piece place settings and one 5-piece hostess set. The 5-piece setting is the standard dinner fork, dinner knife, soup spoon, salad fork and teaspoon. The hostess set consists of a sugar spoon, butter serving knife, cold meat fork, serving tablespoon and a pierced tablespoon. It is 18/10 tarnish resistant stainless steel and dishwasher safe.

It’s a subtle design with a little bead work edging at the end of each handle. This set is a great gift or replacement for your old kitchen’s cutlery.

Lenox Portola 65-Piece Flatware Set

Modern methods for making Cutlery – a video demonstation

Last week we looked at a video about how handmade cutlery is created. This week’s video is from the David Mellor cutlery team. This modern method for creating cutlery still creates a excellent end product. But notice that no matter how much technology is used you still need skilled craftsmen to create flatware like this. BTW – The video has no audio track, so don’t keep trying to turn it up like I did.

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