How is it possible I never knew about the existence of knorks until now?! Like the spork, a knork is a knife/fork combination.
And here I was cutting my food with two hands like a sucker.
Original story: http://gizmodo.com/5582443/how-could-you-not-tell-me-that-knorks-exist
And here I was cutting my food with two hands like a sucker.
Original story: http://gizmodo.com/5582443/how-could-you-not-tell-me-that-knorks-exist
For 28 years, I've been dutifully grinding my fork through steaks and other delicacies, both too stubborn and lazy to pick up the knife. Now, I learn of an existing invention. It's been around for years. It's called a knork.
The etymologists among you, tracing the knork's "kn" back to its Old English root "cnif" (c.450-c.1100)?or more likely, the Old Norse "knifr"?are way ahead of this explanation, but a knork is a combination of a knife and a fork?a tool with all the lofty goals of a spork but, according to the few accounts I've read, far more utility. As one Amazon reviewer puts it:
If someone you know has difficulty using a fork in one hand & a knife in the other, this is a great solution. The knork cuts extremely well, because the side is angled well to be a suitable cutting edge.
Have no fear-place this easily [slides] in your mouth without cutting your tongue or anything else.
Yes, the handle is heavier, but that is probably because the knork is designed with a good application of physics. The unique shape of the edge plus the weight of the handle allows one to cut through any thickness if you have a good strong eating hand.
Use the knork properly-place it on the object (like a thick steak) & rock back & forth. Patience is advised-but then it is recommended to eat more slowly- it's healthy!
Enjoy your steak in a restaurant -you are no longer restricted to soft mushy foods. Be independent-no one has to cut your steak in public anymore!
Knorks run about $20 for a pack of four. Your friends and grandparents will appreciate them equally.
