ID this Ikea cutlery, and help me find it!

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Do Ikea have any sort of historical info available anywhere? Couldn’t find it, only lists of current products.

I’m deperately trying to find a particular Ikea cutlery set for my partner’s birthday (trust me, she’ll love it!).

We don’t know the Ikea-name, so let me describe it: it comes on a stand with four arms, one each for 6 or 8 knives, forks, spoons, and teaspoons. The cutlery itself is plain stainless, with handles which are effectively wire loops.

A Google search finds my own post on the eBay “Want it now” site as the first hit :slight_smile:

Any help gratefully received! Thanks folks.

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If I’m understanding your discription, I believe I saw that or something very similar in Crate and Barrel a few weeks ago.

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I believe you are talking about this? Not dissimilar, but on the ones I want the entire handle of each piece is a loop, and quite flat. Also, they are not shiny and chromey like those, but more of a satin finish. The stand is a single central round pillar with four arms coming out at right-angles to each other.

I do specifically want the Ikea ones, to top up an existing set which has a few missing pieces. But thanks very much for responding!

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I’ve been pointed to this site as being someone who collects Ikea catalogs, but as I don’t read Swedish that’s going to be a problem; nor does Babelfish or any other site I can find handle Swedish.

Hmmm, this is even harder than I thought! I don’t suppose anyone here has any contacts inside Ikea?

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Have you checked the Ikea site? You can also order a catalog from there too, if you don’t see it on the site itself.

Hope this helps. :slight_smile:

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I did look through the Australian, US, and Swedish Ikea sites before posting. AFAICS they do not have any info except about current products. This cultery set is from maybe 8-10 years ago.

Interestingly the Crate and Barrel site mentioned above does show items that are no longer stocked, but I couldn’t find any equivalent site for Ikea.

This is why I was asking about historical info; I figured there would have to be amateur Ikea archivists out there and that there must be a Doper who knows about one!

Thanks for responding!

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Have you tried this site? They specialize in patterns that have been discontinued.

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That’s *exactly *the kind of site I was looking for! I knew The Dope would come through for me, thanks a lot!

They have a pattern there that does seem to be the one I want, although the photo isn’t very good and in any case they don’t actually have it in stock. But at least I registered myself there so if it comes in I’ll know.

I’m also getting photos of the pattern which I’ll post here in a day or two.