This is my second set of these hooks and was bought to go in my travel bag. The colour is beautiful and the hooks are smooth with no burrs or other defects. I polish before use with a soft cotton cloth to keep the yarn flowing easily over the hook I'm using and wash in warm soapy water with a polish drying when a project is finished. Best of all for my increasing arthritic hands, these hooks take slip-on cushion grips nicely with the grips rising to just short of the thumb plate, so no function interference when using the cushion grips.