HumanKumquat OP t1_iue8f92 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 5:42 PM

Reply to comment by LovelyDadBod in PSA: If you're looking for stainless steel flatware, maybe avoid Liberty Tabletop for now by HumanKumquat

LT is American, and they source their steel from American mills.

FlattenInnerTube t1_iujnj8g wrote on October 31, 2022 at 8:52 PM

Then they need to have some stern discussions with their mill supplier. There was a rash of "316” stainless in the US food/bev process equipment industry about 10 years ago that had significant corrosion issues. Tubing, valves, heat exchangers. The ”316” that was coming from overseas was, in fact, 304 or even lower grades. Hard lessons were learned about testing materials and mill certs.