You’re familiar with the spork, sure, or “foon” if you will, but how about the Knork?
Yep.
photo from knork.net
Check out a review of the knork and other utensil hybrids at the Washington Post, link via slashfood.
kid_icarus
AAAAARRRRRGGGH!!!! i had this idea ages ago!! *sigh* i think i am going to go cry…
Moon
Why don’t they just go all the way and make a “knorkoon” or “sporkife”?
alison
Haha I did too. Except I thought a spoon/fork/knife would work, just a spork with a serrated edge
VonSkippy
I laugh at their foolish attempts to improve on fingers (although chop sticks are a good second).
//as I eat a turkey sloppy joe with nothing (checks up both sleeves) but my hands.
LeRose
Has no one seen the “Snowflake Day” episode of Clone High? A real knork requires coal power!
MrBabyMan
“We are sick of your cost cutting, we want our cream back – and our forks, knives and spoons! No more sporks, spknives and knivoons – it’s like a Dr. Seuss kitchen down there!” –Andy Richter Controls the Universe
oakling
Man, I need to click through, because I can’t tell what makes this a knork at all. It seems like it would be dangerous to make the handle sharp, but the tines would be even worse!
Becca
I think the curved and thickened edge of the last tine makes it easier to cut food than a traditional tine.
They may have added serrations, probably less than a butter knife, but I really doubt they would make it *sharper.* I know I would injure myself on such a thing.
Michelle
My cousin lost her arm a few years back in a car accident. She’s been eating with this kind of utensil since then – it’s much easier than trying to use both a knife and a fork to cut something with only one hand.
HeartlessMachine
This was actually invented a long long time ago. It was part of the evolution of the fork, but has all but disappeared. ‘Tis nothing new.
Jonathan Stampf
My father has a bunch of these, at least 50 years old. He told me they are navy forks. They are a result of a sailing philosophy that states, “One hand for the ship and one hand for yourself.” Using a knife and fork required two hands for one’s self.
Sandy
We had these in Australia over 50 years ago, but our were called Splades (or Splayds). By the 70s they were considered to be incredibly daggy and no one would admit to having them. More details (and a photo) here: http://www.legendfeelco.com.au/whatever.htm
Rosi
So what happens if you cross a spoon AND a fork AND a knife? What do you get then? A spork-knork?
babyg
A good idea, but I wonder if they realise that norks is an Aussie slang term for breasts…
emily
I”m thinking a retractable sliding sheath to cover the knife portion when the fork portion is in use.
COAL POWER!!!!
FoodArt
Knorks are great! I can’t eat with regular forks they are funky and don’t work – it’s a better fork. Next time you go to a restaurant watch how many people tip their forks on their sides to cut through foods. It’s genious!!
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