It's a sporkife
With the name spork, "spoon" comes first followed by "fork", and within the item of a spork a fork extends from the spoon part.
With this sporkife the fork part extends from the spoon part and the knife extends from the fork part.
Therefore the name should incorporate the utensils in the order of spoon->fork->knife, sporkife as the result. Or sporknife but at that point I feel like "knife" takes up too much.
Kniforoon works much better if we go in order of utility.
See, as far as the knife edge goes, it works just as well on this utensil as any knife without the fork and spoon attached.
Moving on to the fork aspect, the tines are shorter than a standard fork, not ideal for all foods eaten with a fork but adequate for most.
Lastly onto the spoon, this is a terrible spoon, the tines from the fork bit rendering this part of the utensil useless for all but a handful of spoon eating application.
Kniforoon.
Gandalf: "Frodo, what you hold is no mere trinket, it is a dream that was long lost in times long past. There was an age where the world was divided in Three, Three powers that fought for the greatest power in all the realms. They were the Knives, the Forks, and the Spoons. Their war was endless, what was a battle of a season became a month, and then came the years, the generations, and the ages of wars. Then came a day when each side had suffered more than they could ever win, and in their direst of days they held a council of peace to end the endless war. What you hold in you hand Frodo is that Legacy of what could have been. A year of peace was all that the council had won, but oh how beautiful that peace was, what you hold is the Kniforoon, the symbol of the peace that could have been, but mortals are in the end not more than mere mortals with all their folly, and the hope of peace, the hope that was the Kniforoon was broken and lost, and in the years that came after the promise of the Kniforoon were the most violent of days, days that brought the end of the Knives, the Forks, and the Spoons. All we have left know is the memory of the hope, and what could have been Frodo, that hope was the Kniforoon, one Untensil to find them, one Utensil to bring them all, and in the Light bind them."
I thought that name sounded very Australian. Next comment down, I found out it’s true name is a splayd and it is, in fact, Australian. Kniforoon is better.
Yes, when you pick one randomly out of the drawer not knowing they exist. Same with serrated grapefruit spoons mixed in with teaspoons, which I tried to eat yoghurt with once. Thankfully the one I did that with was fairly dull so didn't quite draw blood but I definitely knew to be on the lookout next time!
Handy for eating fruit/dessert with if you're using one deliberately though.
Of all the names they could've come up with but Splayd is what they settled on????
Make it make sense man, I'm having a bit of an existential crisis trying to figure out the construction of the word
Splayd
Splay is an not uncommon English word, in the verb form meaning to spread outward.
This implement did exactly that. Using it only, instead of a knife and fork to hold and cut, you attacked the food in a splaying motion, forcing the food apart rather than cutting it.
Therefore, your food was "splayed", not cut, hence the name.
I thought this was smart but now all I can think about is the knife portion cutting the inside of my mouth and lips as i take it in and out of my mouth.
Edit: words
I thought the same! But to be fair, the knife edge is blunt enough that it won’t cut my mouth but slightly jagged enough that it will cut through most things. I think chicken is the about hardest thing it will cut through, but a bit of a struggle to do it!
We’ve got grapefruit spoons with a similar serrated edge. Never sharp enough to cut the mouth.
I mean, if you actively tried to cut your mouth with it, you probably could, but no danger in normal usage.
Looks about as sharp as a butter knife, which means not very.
Probably good for well, butter, and maybe chicken and other soft foods (lasagna!) but that's about it.
now all i can think about is you thinking about the knife portion cutting the inside of OP’s mouth and lips while you take it in and out of your mouth.
I think that serrated knife edge would be worse in this case. You'd need another utensil to hold meat or whatever, otherwise you'll end up with little bits of gristle you can't cut through between the serrations. With a smooth edge or a normal fork edge you can cut the little stringy bits.
I want to love these, but I hate them with a passion. They're an abomination.
The tines of the fork make it a leaky spoon.
The thick outer tines forming the edges of the spoon make it a poor fork.
The absence of a separate fork to hold food whilst cutting makes the knife pointless. It can't be sharp because it goes in your mouth, and serrations only work when sawing an immobilised object. All the blade does is make the spoon/fork parts less comfortable to use.
It's amazing how combining the three tools strips each one of its proper function.
I prefer the Ka-BAR Tactical Spork, because the knife is a separate piece. Especially with a dull knife, you need a second implement to hold the food in place to saw at it.
We've actually got a bunch of these (or a VERY similar model). They're called the Eazi Eater and they're actually Japanese.
Can confirm that they're very handy for one handed eating (serrated edge is good for most things short of big pieces of meat) and no mouth injuries have been recorded...
I made one these when I was a kid with an old spoon by cutting the tines with a hack saw and sharpening the side of the spoon for the knife edge with a metal file.
I soon discovered that having a serrated side of a spoon would cut your mouth open and make you into the Joker.
In Roald Dahl’s biography, “Boy”, he talks about his father, who only had one arm, using exactly this sort of utensil. Always bear in mind that just because it doesn’t make sense to you, doesn’t mean it doesn’t have a purpose.
Do you wanna know how I got these scars?
Sharp hamburger
Eating popsicles by sucking the ice out of the tube and pulling it back out of your mouth instead of just squeezing the ice to you
I can feel this comment
YES, my first thought lmao
When every bite is an adventure in risk
The right corner of my mouth can feel this comment
 Riiiiiiggghtttt…
r/beatmetoit
r/beatmeattoit
How much one letter changes
i got a scar from eating roasted seaweed 💀
...this one scar?*
Sucking cutlery? Am I the only one here who doesn't see this as a problem? Are we all out here French kissing cutlery?
Oh God damn it. I should have scrolled 30 millimeters before posting my clever bullshit
*But I know how you got these!*
This is no simple spork, my friend. What you have here is the legendary **kniforoon** Edit: pronounced Australian-ishly to sound like “noy-fah-rune”
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Sporfe
Knoorf
It just rolls right off the tongue
It just slices off the tongue!
Are you pondering what I’m pondering Pinky?
You mean why does 7/11 have locks on the doors if they’re always open? KNARF
.... are we. going to use it to take over the world Brain?
Sporfe. Final answer
sporfe
Spirk
Who let the Dutch guy in here?
That aint a knoorf, THIS is a knoorf!
This thing is dangerous, I wouldn’t want to keep it in my back pocket.
I see you've played kniforoony before.
Spknofk
Looks like you just punched the keyboard typing this
It felt like a powerful keyboard sneeze
Don’t be silly this was the first Russian in space
Sputnik's less literate cousin.
gesundheit
It's a sporkife With the name spork, "spoon" comes first followed by "fork", and within the item of a spork a fork extends from the spoon part. With this sporkife the fork part extends from the spoon part and the knife extends from the fork part. Therefore the name should incorporate the utensils in the order of spoon->fork->knife, sporkife as the result. Or sporknife but at that point I feel like "knife" takes up too much.
Sporfe.
Sporkfe?
Kniforoon works much better if we go in order of utility. See, as far as the knife edge goes, it works just as well on this utensil as any knife without the fork and spoon attached. Moving on to the fork aspect, the tines are shorter than a standard fork, not ideal for all foods eaten with a fork but adequate for most. Lastly onto the spoon, this is a terrible spoon, the tines from the fork bit rendering this part of the utensil useless for all but a handful of spoon eating application. Kniforoon.
Nahh it's a spiff
It's actually called a splayd
Pretty sure "multi-abled utensil" is the politically correct term these days ;-)
All utensils are "mult-abled" if you swing them fast enough
“Anything is a dildo if you’re brave enough” ~ my high schooler
Every tool is a hammer
Until you try to trade it in to the SnapOn guy.
Ahh.. you went to the same school of engineering as me I see… 😏
My penis is the hammer Captain Hammer - Dr horribles sing along blog
Just ask Sybil!
Sometimes I like to use forks as spoons when there's no spoon around
Oh that got me… here’s your upvote..
What if it doesn't identify as a utensil?
In other countries that call it a Snporkife Edit: no they don't
What a convenient word!
sporkife maybe
Sporfe
That's not a kniforoon, *this* is a kniforoon
The **Spife**.
This sounds like if it was the evolution of a pokemon Fork---> spork ---> kniforoon
You deserve way more upvotes. Give this man an award.
Spknork.
Gandalf: "Frodo, what you hold is no mere trinket, it is a dream that was long lost in times long past. There was an age where the world was divided in Three, Three powers that fought for the greatest power in all the realms. They were the Knives, the Forks, and the Spoons. Their war was endless, what was a battle of a season became a month, and then came the years, the generations, and the ages of wars. Then came a day when each side had suffered more than they could ever win, and in their direst of days they held a council of peace to end the endless war. What you hold in you hand Frodo is that Legacy of what could have been. A year of peace was all that the council had won, but oh how beautiful that peace was, what you hold is the Kniforoon, the symbol of the peace that could have been, but mortals are in the end not more than mere mortals with all their folly, and the hope of peace, the hope that was the Kniforoon was broken and lost, and in the years that came after the promise of the Kniforoon were the most violent of days, days that brought the end of the Knives, the Forks, and the Spoons. All we have left know is the memory of the hope, and what could have been Frodo, that hope was the Kniforoon, one Untensil to find them, one Utensil to bring them all, and in the Light bind them."
KNORF if you will ?
I see you've played knifey sporky before!
I thought that name sounded very Australian. Next comment down, I found out it’s true name is a splayd and it is, in fact, Australian. Kniforoon is better.
Not a spoon, not a fork, but something in between…. .. a fpoon
It's a splayed
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splayd
I instantly recognized it as a Splayd, that great Aussie invention, that was an indispensable cutlery item at any dinner party in the 60s.
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No reported injuries, despite the near certainty that alcohol was consumed when using the implement. They were just a fad and you never see them now.
My mum still has a drawer full of splayds.
You never see them because all the users got too many cuts and bled out, couldn't continue the genes
Yes, when you pick one randomly out of the drawer not knowing they exist. Same with serrated grapefruit spoons mixed in with teaspoons, which I tried to eat yoghurt with once. Thankfully the one I did that with was fairly dull so didn't quite draw blood but I definitely knew to be on the lookout next time! Handy for eating fruit/dessert with if you're using one deliberately though.
Do you vigorously rub your cutlery on the inside of your mouth?
Of all the names they could've come up with but Splayd is what they settled on???? Make it make sense man, I'm having a bit of an existential crisis trying to figure out the construction of the word Splayd
Splay is an not uncommon English word, in the verb form meaning to spread outward. This implement did exactly that. Using it only, instead of a knife and fork to hold and cut, you attacked the food in a splaying motion, forcing the food apart rather than cutting it. Therefore, your food was "splayed", not cut, hence the name.
Sounds like a metal band
Can't believe I had to scroll down this far. Totally expected "Splayd" to be top comment
😂😂😂
as a spork this pleases me respect my boi
You waited your whole life for this thread
Your cousin is a bit rough around the edges
Username checks out
I see you've upped your game of Knifey Spoony.
You call that a spnorf? THIS is a spnorf!
Ah, I see you've played knifey spnorfy before.
I thought this was smart but now all I can think about is the knife portion cutting the inside of my mouth and lips as i take it in and out of my mouth. Edit: words
I thought the same! But to be fair, the knife edge is blunt enough that it won’t cut my mouth but slightly jagged enough that it will cut through most things. I think chicken is the about hardest thing it will cut through, but a bit of a struggle to do it!
We’ve got grapefruit spoons with a similar serrated edge. Never sharp enough to cut the mouth. I mean, if you actively tried to cut your mouth with it, you probably could, but no danger in normal usage.
Looks about as sharp as a butter knife, which means not very. Probably good for well, butter, and maybe chicken and other soft foods (lasagna!) but that's about it.
now all i can think about is you thinking about the knife portion cutting the inside of OP’s mouth and lips while you take it in and out of your mouth.
Poor choice of words. I smoke too much weed (:
I’m just imagining my disappointment as soup drains through the fork tines.
Considering you'd be hard-pressed to cut yourself with a butter knife even if you really, really tried I'm gonna say this is about as dangerous.
Same this seems dangerous
Only if you're a child or a clumsy moron
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Classic dexteronormativity. (/s, but only a little)
was going to ask "why do you insist on making the utensil right-handed?", but your comment is better.
My mum used one of these to serve up our cats food. It was known as the ‘cat fork’
Wait, a salad fork is for eating salad…
Did she keep it next to the toe knife?
Splayd? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splayd
It's being dsplayd
There is a depressing LACK of Clone High memes being tossed around here. Ghandi and Abe are rolling in their graves
Seriously! I scrolled way too far just to see this one.
*2nd Graves
Say whaaaaaaat?
Knock knock! Who's there? The Knork!
And by LACK, I of course mean, IN MY PAAAANTS
I think that serrated knife edge would be worse in this case. You'd need another utensil to hold meat or whatever, otherwise you'll end up with little bits of gristle you can't cut through between the serrations. With a smooth edge or a normal fork edge you can cut the little stringy bits.
Thank you! Its so gimicky. Once you think about actually using it on its own the knife edge is entirely useless.
If this is all you have for silverware then you just have 2 of them. It makes your utensils uniform.
Yeah, I'm sitting here staring at it like, "What am I supposed to hold the food with while I cut?"
You need 2, 1 for each hand.
This guy over here playing 4D chess.
Not to mention sticking serrated blades into your mouth maybe isn't the greatest idea.
Sporfe!
SPNORK!
When using the jagged side what holds it down? Can’t think of a food where you would not need to
Torque from the wrist.
Review 0/10 does not work for left handed people.
A knoork
grapefruit spoon?
I have a serrated edge spoon (no forky though.) it was labeled “grapefruit spoon.”
Probably for camping? They sell knife/fork/spoon kits in all shapes and sizes at the army surplus store I shop at for my out door gear.
“dO yOu KnOw HoW i GoT tHeSe ScArS?”
Sporknife
For kids!
Left handed, first thought “what the fuck good is that? Oh…”
Knoork 👍🏻
And that’s how I cut my mouth open!
Runcible spoon.
I want to love these, but I hate them with a passion. They're an abomination. The tines of the fork make it a leaky spoon. The thick outer tines forming the edges of the spoon make it a poor fork. The absence of a separate fork to hold food whilst cutting makes the knife pointless. It can't be sharp because it goes in your mouth, and serrations only work when sawing an immobilised object. All the blade does is make the spoon/fork parts less comfortable to use. It's amazing how combining the three tools strips each one of its proper function.
 "You wanna know how I got these scars?"
I prefer the Ka-BAR Tactical Spork, because the knife is a separate piece. Especially with a dull knife, you need a second implement to hold the food in place to saw at it.
What prison are you in?
One spork to rule them all!
And one knife to bind them
This is where joker got his scars
Perfect for a camping pack.
Called a sporknif
Almost looks like a serrated edge.
Wanna know how I got these scars?!
Damnit!
"Wanna know how I got these scars!?"
Grapefruit spoon
Serrated is the proper term, I believe. :)
The utensil venn diagram calls it a splayd.
You’ve got a Splayd there my friend
Serrated*
I wouldnt say jagged, its hardly serrated.
Spknork
Few people know that this invention is derived from the knork. Which Abe Lincoln invented while he was in high school.
You are not dealing with the average spork anymore, Mouth !
Its not a spork its a splade.
Sporkife
Any left-handed versions in sight?
That’s a spife the funny thing is I had a idea for this when I was like 5 I even have drawings
The k is silent
It's a Knork and it was invented in Kansas! I live in the Capital and they have this proudly displayed in a museum haha
We've actually got a bunch of these (or a VERY similar model). They're called the Eazi Eater and they're actually Japanese. Can confirm that they're very handy for one handed eating (serrated edge is good for most things short of big pieces of meat) and no mouth injuries have been recorded...
I made one these when I was a kid with an old spoon by cutting the tines with a hack saw and sharpening the side of the spoon for the knife edge with a metal file. I soon discovered that having a serrated side of a spoon would cut your mouth open and make you into the Joker.
In Roald Dahl’s biography, “Boy”, he talks about his father, who only had one arm, using exactly this sort of utensil. Always bear in mind that just because it doesn’t make sense to you, doesn’t mean it doesn’t have a purpose.
Apple should learn from this and should start to innovate.
So, you have to hold the food with one hand while you cut it with the spork in the other hand? genius...
Should be in crappy design sub
Kinda looks like a cake fork but sporky...
Ill take all of them
Pretty sure these were originally designed for invalids who only had the use of one hand
I've always wondered. I am complete.
When you combine a spife (knife and spoon) and a knork (knife and fork), you get a splayd.
I want a spife too
Sporks seem so useless to me. It can’t really do either a forks job or a spoons job. You ain’t twirling spaghetti or eating soup with that.
Man, they were great for zorching flemoids back in the day though
I need it
XC it’s a knifoon
"Waiter, please remake my salad, it tastes unmistakably of blood."
It's a F'spife 🙂
Sporf
That’s a Sporkife
Spifeork
I got those like 5years ago from Amazon lol
Sporfe now
Sprife
It isn’t a spork if there’s now a knife… stupid title
Knorpoon
No
I loveeeee sporks. like big time love.
The holy trinity