Tifft & Whiting Coin Silver Dinner Knives

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hpidaves
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Tifft & Whiting Coin Silver Dinner Knives

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I have these two 8-1/8" coin silver handle Tifft & Whiting dinner knives and am curious as to the composition of the blades. I believe they are from about 1840, so could they be silver plate? They are definitely silver of some sort. Did they make blades of coin silver? I would think not, being as coin silver would be too soft.

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Re: Tifft & Whiting Coin Silver Dinner Knives

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They are very nice looking solid silver knives.
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silverly wrote:They are very nice looking solid silver knives.
Sorry, blades in particular.
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Re: Tifft & Whiting Coin Silver Dinner Knives

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So the blades are solid silver -- thank you for the information!

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Re: Tifft & Whiting Coin Silver Dinner Knives

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Yes the blades are solid coin silver, and the coin silver content is actually slightly more durable than sterling silver because con silver is 90% silver and sterling silver is 92.5% silver. ::: I actually prefer using 80% silver flatware for actual eating purposes because it is even more durable and the tines seem to stay sharper for longer. :::
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