These are a lighter gauge steel than what you usually see in commercial use, but they have a very nice, rolled edge, that would be impossible it cause lacerations, like so many of the reviews have stated, even the lids have nice, smooth, rolled edges. The only reason I didn’t give them five stars, is because I only received three lids, for my four pans Due to Amazon’s policy, they can’t just ship me a lid. They have to replace the entire order, and I have to return everything except the missing lid, which means a 60 mile round trip to the UPS store.