These are brilliant utensils that look good and give a great performance.  The silicone edge allows use in non-stick finish pans – so you can have your metal utensils with non stick pans. These are definitely some of the nicest utensils I've used. The slightly squared off edges makes them brilliant at scraping out pans right up to the corners/edges and the silicone edge acts a bit like the squeegee on a windscreen wiper getting all your food out!