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<p>[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 41188, member: 25"]We put the solid silver flatware in the dishwasher, just washing the knives by hand since they are the only pieces with filled handles. Been doing it for years without any ill effects.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have been able to restore heat damaged handles by softening the filler material in a saucepan of near boiling water and gently pushing the blades back in place. The usual damages is filler pushing the blade a quarter inch or so out of the handle, rather than splitting the silver shell.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 41188, member: 25"]We put the solid silver flatware in the dishwasher, just washing the knives by hand since they are the only pieces with filled handles. Been doing it for years without any ill effects. I have been able to restore heat damaged handles by softening the filler material in a saucepan of near boiling water and gently pushing the blades back in place. The usual damages is filler pushing the blade a quarter inch or so out of the handle, rather than splitting the silver shell.[/QUOTE]
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