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>>23354913
>I'm still paranoid as shit and I'm going to be getting a decent scale + acid test shit but if the weights are comparable (which they absolutely should be) then ezwinz

Awesome to hear! Definitely get a scale and some Schwerter's silver testing solution, but those spoons should all be legit, I've never heard of something like a counterfeit plated "Towle Candlelight" (for example) sterling flatware set.

Hands on experience and some confidence boosting success should dispel the paranoia soon enough, good luck!

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>>23271984
>A shop in town has a few salt and pepper shakers and other weighted items I always ignore because it was always a gamble. Some companies seem to be mere foil while other are very thick layers of sterling.

I don't have any digital records, note cards and memory mostly but a very easy way to see if shakers are worth your time is to pick them up and unscrew the cap. Lighter ones with a hollow body like those 401s are actually higher quality, heavy ones with a glass bottle inside that the caps screw on to are junkier and yield 14g and less of thin foil each. Duchin Creations brand is my most personally hated line of weighted and should be avoided unless very cheap.

Weighted candle holders are dangerous, some are good and some yield 8%, a good visual check is overall condition of the candle holder. If it's all dented and bubbly/crinkly it's probably thin gauge light sterling. If it's breddy sturdy and has dents that demonstrate thickness of gauge (imagine the difference between denting aluminum foil, aluminum cans, and a steel soup can) then it's probably a better yielder.

Weighted sugar and creamer sets yield 40-50% (~60% for the high quality La Pierre brand) are pretty good sources.

Get and bring a pocket scale around with you so you can have a better idea of what you're looking at and good luck!

>>23247149
Inlaid sterling was a product of Holmes and Edwards I believe, basically higher quality silver plated stuff with thicker silver on the areas most prone to wear.

>>23247189
>weighted sterling

No that's good stuff, I like scrapping it, but it's just formed silver sheet filled with pitch or plaster/cement so most weight is just filler. Yields as low as 8% for the worst weighted candle holders, up to over 50% for good quality s&p shakers, sugar/creamer sets etc. Always buy it if you come across it cheap.

Candlestackin'

Another day in the scrap mine, another load of sterling ore.

Been lazy lately and have let a box full of weighted stuff like this pile up, will be a nice honest mess when breakdown day rolls around.