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Message:: [QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 2704776, member: 59"]Nate, I think your impression of "pinched" is always and only done with silver plated and "not pinched" is always done with sterling is possibly influenced by the ages of what you have been looking at. My mother's 1940's sterling knives  (International Silver) might read to you in a picture as having something like the "pinch effect" and I have bolstered knives (and other hollow handled place pieces) from the late 1800s that are silver plated. As manufacturing evolved the change from bolstered to a more streamlined connection became more common - and the buying public also preferred a more "modern" look. Just keep that in mind as you consider your future purchases. BTW, if I saw a picture with knives that looked like the ones you just showed I would assume they were stainless. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]