Grand Unification Theory of Cutlery

1. Baro
   July 15th, 2009 at 6:15 am

   The name for the splayd just came out of nowhere, I would call it a spirk.

2. Gauldar
   July 15th, 2009 at 8:42 am

   I could see some function with use of a Knork, and the Spife might be useful in a hunter/gatherer society when the bombs go off and we are forced to live off SPAM and eventually run out. But the Splayd, this is cutlery technology human kind was not meant to harness, and will mean the extinction of our species if we are not careful.

3. Owl&Pussycat
   July 15th, 2009 at 8:49 am

   But...there's no runcible spoon!

4. clinton robert labombard
   July 15th, 2009 at 9:58 am

   Looks like an easy metal shop project for the kids. The handle end could be converted into a combination bottle-cap opener, can opener, and lanyard. ...which means there'd be two sharpened ends, so that's a ninja weapon there, buddy... :3

5. NeonCat
   July 15th, 2009 at 10:36 am

   I think I'd cut my mouth too much with the splayd, spife or the knork.

   Maybe that's what happened to the Joker: he meddled in cutlery man was never meant to try.

6. sadtomato
   July 15th, 2009 at 10:37 am

   The spife is awesome! I use it to eat kiwis. Cut the kiwi in half with the knife end and eat the kiwi with the spoon like you would a soft boiled egg.

7. Tobiaz
   July 15th, 2009 at 1:21 pm

   There is a swedish company who sells a product called "spork" but it also has o knife in it. Never thought about that being wrong http://www.coolstuff.se/Spork

8. sadtomato
   July 15th, 2009 at 6:16 pm

   Tobiaz, I have a couple of those for camping... they are not as awesome as I thought they would be.

9. William Miller
   July 16th, 2009 at 5:22 am

   You do realize, of course, that the "spife" could just as easily been called a "knoon"?

   In fact, I think that at banquets put on by the Bilderbergers, Bohemian Grovers, Trilateralists, and Masons, that's what they're called.

   Whatcha gonna do now, smart guy?!

   - pupista! (barking mad on the right)

10. Finn Bakker
    July 16th, 2009 at 10:30 pm

    We've had splayds in our home for decades. I always assumed it was "splade". So the name hasn't really "come out of nowhere". I had never heard of a spork until about ten years ago.

11. Colin
    July 17th, 2009 at 5:46 am

    Looks like someone beat you to the punch for a knork, and it doesnt exactly look like your version:
    http://www.knork.net/

12. tudza
    July 17th, 2009 at 3:15 pm

    Tobias, that Swedish company may call it a spork, but it is not. I'm not sure it's even that useful if you want to use a spoon and fork in one meal.

    Splayd is a brand name. I bought a set. They work poorly as spoons. I find that my spork works better.

    I have several plastic spife samples I got from the major producer of kiwi fruit in New Zealand. They package them with snack packs of kiwi.

    I've been looking at MRE products of various kinds. It seems the one utensil packaged with those the military gets is a long handled spoon. Make of that what you will.

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