Very stable Eislöffel. Also Desgin I find quite appealing and fits comfortably in your hand. In addition, the spoon has a very high weight, so that has to be applied by virtue of the "Eisschaben" little. Especially with ice cream slides the spoon by almost by itself. Except is Häagn-Dazs, Jerrys or a similar "hard ice" variety. Here you should let thaw the ice a little but. However, one need here but have no fear that he could bend or even break. It's hard to predict from what kind of material it is but as it is non-magnetic, I guess he is made of aluminum. The "black" in any case plastic. In order to form with it's beautiful balls it takes some practice but apparently beautiful "dumplings" or rolls go quite well. ^^