Szco Supplies 3 Piece Functional Medieval Feasting Set, Multicolor, HS-7885

Just received my set today and after reading all the reviews, questions and answers I feel I need to add my opinion, for what it is worth. I've been involved in Living History for over 40 years, all different periods. I've handled and used any number of iron (and bare steel) implements from knives, to cooking pots to muskets. Anyway, the utensils are coated in oil to prevent rust, they are HAND FORGED not cast iron so they have a black coating on them from the forging process, it isn't the oil it won't kill you, though the oil is a bit dark. I washed mine off in hot soapy water and dried, don't scrub them. I put them in the oven on a cookie sheet at around 250 F for a while til they were dry - this will get rid of any water and help open the pores of the iron. I coated them with food grade mineral oil - you can find it at your local pharmacy, it is safe to consume, but you aren't going to be drinking it your just coating your eating utensils with it. Mineral oil will definitely help inhibit rusting along with the black forge coating. After use wash them and coat with a little more mineral oil. Olive oil is nice, but it could go rancid. Just wipe the oil off before using, not a big deal. I guess if you really wanted with a little work you could buff them shiny but I'm leaving mine "rustic".Lastly, the leather pouch is decent though I might make my own for my impression. If the pocket isn't loose enough to hold the knife, fork and spoon you can dampen the pocket a bit with water, don't soak it just a little slightly warm tap water run over it for a minute or two, it will soften the leather and you will be able to stretch it out a bit more to your liking, it won't hurt it. If you do this before you wash off the original oil you can put the utensils in to help shape it and let it dry with the utensils in it, or you can cover them with plastic wrap before inserting them.Hope all the above is helpful to someone. Cheers.

Bought this for my husband's pirate costume, it even had a leather pouch that went with it. I would not recommend ACTUALLY using these for what they were intended---these utensils still had the machine oil covering them to keep the rod iron from rusting. The oil stuff is difficult to clean off, so they were dried off as much as possible until we learn how to properly clean them. The pouch was hung off the waist belt either off to one side at the back or to one side in the front, so sitting down was not cumbersome. This looks like something a pirate of old would have had on his person, some persons back in that time had their own personal utensils like some people today have their own personal set of chop sticks (my husband and I have our own set of chop sticks). This is a great item to add to one's costume accessories. I highly recommend this for colonials, pirates, or any other type of person in that era that you are putting together costumes with accessories for. Solid and sturdy, and a great leather sheath to carry them in.

These look great right out of the package. I had to sharpen up the knife and fork (then reblacken the fork) for them to be perfectly functional. The pouch has a belt loop, which is nice, but the little string to hold them all in does not retain the flatware

Absolutely perfect for my survival bag. Very sharp, great durability and quite easy to clean

They don't send in the sheath. Probably because they do not fit in the sheath, will not close with just one item in it, let alone they don't all 3 together fit in it. Besides all being very rusted. Just compete crap, waste of money!!

looks good and quite functional

I'm going to give a fair review because these were very inexpensive so I got what I paid for.... with the exception of the leather case. That I did not get. I'm going to have to purchase something to store these in now. Thanks.Yes it's true, they do come heavily greased with some sort of machine oil. Even after scrubbing them down with a brush and Dawn for about 15 minutes they still have a layer of residue that just won't come off and I'm going to have to fire them in order to get them food grade. And also they are much thinner then I thought they would be on the handles. So don't get the wrong idea. And the blade is so blunt it couldn't cut butter.All around 3 stars.

For those freaking out over the oil, ITS OKAY! They don’t deliver it with oil just to be gross - oiling metal such as this helps to prevent rust, so they’re actually bringing it to you in great quality.Yes, it’s gross, and you don’t want to stick the spoon in your mouth with all that oil. Just use warm water and dawn dish soap. Give it a lil scrub with a soft sponge and then let it soak. After a couple hours, you can wipe it dry with a paper towel and watch all that stuff come off. The tableware does not get damaged from either the oil nor washing process, so long as you aren’t using harsh products like a deep scrub sponge or intense chemicals.Since I’m working at a renaissance faire, this is a great product to remain in character while getting my food. It’s also just super cool!

I bought this set of Viking cutlery for a friend of mine, and he was extremely happy to have them. I have a similar set that I bought myself some years ago. They are grateful, a camping pack, camper, trailer, or just to eat like a Viking in your own home.

Beautiful pieces, and as most people have pointed out they come coated in grease/oil to prevent rust supposedly - however because of that I don't know if I'd ever use them for eating, I never bought them with that intention, they're just a prop for a photoshoot, and they are beyond perfect for that.The leather case, I don't see the point. It's too small to adequately fit the utensils properly without jamming them in there - unless that's by design, which I'm personally not too keen on.

Not for eating, right from box. Has machine oil, to keep blade from rust, during shipping. Nice package all together.

le produit avait déjà un peu de rouille quand je l'ai reçu, la qualité reste tout de même bonne. Cependant je ne peux mettre 5 étoiles à un produit qui semble déjà usé

They look amazing and with a quick wash they are good to go. Would be nice if it came with cleaning & maintenance instruction though.