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<p>[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 331288, member: 59"]I don't mean to cast aspersions on Terry's info or your statement that the edge bent easily, but I have a complete 5 piece coffee and tea set made of britannia that has only suffered a bend type injury to one of the lid hinges (when it was left open for several years.) It is impossible to bend any of the edges by hand. (I had it professionally repaired about 15 years ago.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Whatever the base metal, it has to be a very thin gauge and therefore of inferior construction. It's pretty and all, but if the edges bend with normal pressure by hand, I wouldn't want to use it for food service.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 331288, member: 59"]I don't mean to cast aspersions on Terry's info or your statement that the edge bent easily, but I have a complete 5 piece coffee and tea set made of britannia that has only suffered a bend type injury to one of the lid hinges (when it was left open for several years.) It is impossible to bend any of the edges by hand. (I had it professionally repaired about 15 years ago.) Whatever the base metal, it has to be a very thin gauge and therefore of inferior construction. It's pretty and all, but if the edges bend with normal pressure by hand, I wouldn't want to use it for food service.[/QUOTE]
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