Set of Sabre Chopsticks
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I’m a big proponent of gifting thecheapest, nicest items from fancy brands— and to my mind one brand is the pinnacle for shopping like this: Sabre Paris. Its coolness is so enduring, it has managed to become more classic than overplayed. It’s been around since 1993 and over the ensuing decades, its flatware — especially the Bistro line with its dozens of color choices and three stainless-steel dots lining the handles — has made its way into countless restaurants, home-kitchen drawers, and magazine and cookbook photo shoots.
But it’sexpensive.
Luckily, though, Sabre has quite a few pieces that stand on their own: a one-and-donebutter spreader,cheese knifeandcheese cleaver,peeler,serving set,tart server, and more, all of which have that signature look (or a design very close to it).
The latest in its lineup — and the one that has caused a distinct stir that, it seems, has inspired people to take the same gifting tack as me — is chopsticks. They’re Korean style, meaning the stainless-steel part is flat and the tips are squared off rather than rounded. “Like all Sabre goods, they have a noticeable weight to them that I think is super-pleasant, sort of like a firm handshake in utensil form,” says Katherine Lewin, who stocks them atBig Night, hershoppy shopof all shoppy shops.
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Indeed, I first spotted the chopsticks at the Brooklyn location this past spring. They had just come in, and Lewin told me that she could barely keep them on the shelves. They were her best-selling item online in March and have stayed in the top handful there as well as in all three brick-and-mortar stores since. When I saw them featured in Big Night’s curated gift guide recently, I asked Lewin to confirm what I suspected might be true: Customers who have bought them have come back for more — including to gift to their friends.
“In my opinion, the best gifts are the ones that bring a luxurious little upgrade to something you use regularly,” Lewin says. “These are the platonic ideal of that category — utensils that bring the kind of energy you’d find in a perfectly lit, very chic restaurant, even when it’s just you at home in your sweats eating a bowl of noodles or delivery sushi.” Indeed, you’ll find them on the table at thehot new New York wine barLei. One doesn’t make a trend, but I bet we’ll spy more in the coming year.
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