…And the Knork Ran Away With the Spoon

• kid_icarus
  March 7th, 2008 at 3:58 pm

  AAAAARRRRRGGGH!!!! i had this idea ages ago!! *sigh* i think i am going to go cry…

• Moon
  March 7th, 2008 at 4:45 pm

  Why don’t they just go all the way and make a “knorkoon” or “sporkife”?

• alison
  March 7th, 2008 at 4:46 pm

  Haha I did too. Except I thought a spoon/fork/knife would work, just a spork with a serrated edge

• VonSkippy
  March 7th, 2008 at 5:20 pm

  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
  March 7th, 2008 at 5:22 pm

  Has no one seen the “Snowflake Day” episode of Clone High? A real knork requires coal power!

• MrBabyMan
  March 7th, 2008 at 5:50 pm

  “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
  March 7th, 2008 at 6:36 pm

  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
  March 7th, 2008 at 6:44 pm

  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
  March 7th, 2008 at 7:42 pm

  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
  March 7th, 2008 at 8:46 pm

  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
  March 7th, 2008 at 10:52 pm

  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
  March 8th, 2008 at 1:45 am

  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
  March 8th, 2008 at 3:09 am

  So what happens if you cross a spoon AND a fork AND a knife? What do you get then? A spork-knork?

• babyg
  March 8th, 2008 at 7:54 am

  A good idea, but I wonder if they realise that norks is an Aussie slang term for breasts…

• emily
  March 9th, 2008 at 1:59 pm

  I”m thinking a retractable sliding sheath to cover the knife portion when the fork portion is in use.

  COAL POWER!!!!

• FoodArt
  March 10th, 2008 at 3:23 pm

  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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