I've never owned a silverware storage chest before so this one seems pretty expensive for what you get. There is no "brown leather inlay" so buyer beware. You can see some wood grain showing through the coating on the top and the coating almost seems like plastic. With that said, there is a slight bow to the front which is attractive and the drawer pulls are burnished which look nice also. The lid knob was a little loose but I was able to get a small screwdriver up in there to tighten it. The inside is roomy although my new knives are so big they were difficult to fit in the slots on the inside of the lid. Overall it's okay so I'm keeping it, but it seems a pretty expensive price for the defects on the top of the lid.
Amazon then sent a replacement product to me, unfortunately the second one was also different (like the first one) no leather inlay on the top, so returned both items back to Amazon.
I have to give credit to Amazon as they were extremely helpful to me with sending both items back with return mail addresses, also the refunding in full, the cost of each chest & the mailing/postal charges. As I live in Perth, Western Australia the postage for these heavy items was very expensive & Amazon have also refunded the postage that I paid.
I was very impressed with the communications with the staff & would encourage anyone to contact a staff member when a problem arrises no matter how small & regardless of the time difference.
Good Work Amazon & Thank You. I will continue to buy the great products you have up for sale.
Helen 'R' Perth, Western Australia.
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We are quite happy with both the value and the quality of this silver chest.I purchased this flatware chest elsewhere; but since I shop a lot with Amazon, I thought I would let Amazon customers know my opinion of this product.Quality: it really is a beautiful chest, finely crafted of nice polished wood and decent shiny brass hardware. I saw no leather inlay as stated, but the inside was nicely lined with a soft dark brown felt fabric. I was very pleased with the quality of the chest.
Configuration: I wanted a flatware chest specifically to protect my 8-setting Nikko Happy Holidays stainless flatware, because it's such a pain to wrap and rewrap with tissue and baggies every Christmas season. Upon loading the pieces in the chest, however; I found that the overlarge round ceramic handles of this specialty flatware prevent more than two pieces to be stacked in each slot. Therefore, 4 soup spoons, 4 teaspoons, 4 dinner forks, 4 dessert forks, 2 spreaders, and all 8 knives in the lid are what fit in the main compartment. Other than the knives, a second service for 4 would not fit. A big plus: 8 hostess serving pieces (2 large and 2 medium serving spoons, meat fork, small ladle, sugar spoon and cheese server) fit well in the nice-sized drawer; which was thankfully NOT separated into slots.
Overall: I realize the handles on my flatware are large, but there should be more depth to a product advertising that it holds 180 pieces, which is why I only rated the product 4 stars. To be fair, perhaps none of available brands of flatware chests have the depth that this set would require. I do really like this chest, but I will have to purchase a second one to protect the remainder of my holiday flatware. Which is somewhat acceptable, because I have a few more serving pieces on my wish list!
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