on this topic:
This is a cutlery model sold by a specific store chain here in sweden some decades ago, i fucking adore how simple and proletarian it is, it’s absolutely ubiquitous even to this day.
Like IKEA things but cheaper and higher quality.2, and only 2.
Dont you love when you stick your fork into a potato and end up cutting the fucker in half? Thats what these wide tines do.
Looks like 4 has wider tines… and a couple others.
Yep, number two is the best.
Give us a harder choice.
Agreed, none of the others are balanced properly or have good flow. Number two is the only option.
2 is definitely the best-machined. Quality manufacturing right there.
5 looks well made too. I like a slightly sporked fork though.
That’s hilarious, 2 was my number one choice, and 5 was runner up if 2 wasn’t an option
A sporked fork or, as I call it, a fpork.
Has a stupid handle
Stupid but comfy. ☺️
I was like this, then I saw the handle. That being said its still 2 but its very close and it could be better still like the 1 or 5 handle
It is clear to me that the only explanation for your preference is nostalgia.
I don’t understand. I think the handle would work best for my hands, and the prongs are just the right size for me.
Those prongs are fine. The handle, though, it’s like having a huge counterweight on the back of the utensil. I can imagine liking it if it’s always been that way or if you have big hands. Otherwise, handle number 5 is the clear improvement - no sharp edges, properly balanced, not shaped like a wedge. Could hold that fork for days.
I would also accept 2 with 4’s handle. ☺️
Yeah, 2 tines and 4 handle is a pretty good fork, I’ll admit. I just worry about the concave shape of the top side of the handle causing the edges to dig into my fingers with long-term use.
Handle of 5 + the fork of 3
I am so on board with you
The will of the people
Exactly
None of these. 2 has the best tines, but the handle sucks. These look like forks you’d find in a diner. Rounded outer tines is a crime against humanity. Did you maybe want a spork instead? 😡
2
Obviously
- Slim fork, wide handle.
I can taste that flared base agaist my hard palate
I hate them! Because can’t fit to dishwasher basket
Definitely 2. All other answers are just plain wrong.
2 is the only one with an acceptable handle!
And points are actually pointy
None. They’re all stamped from thin sheet metal. Tines and handles are too thin and will bend.
Head of 2, body of 5.
This is the correct answer
Yeah, the actual fork bit of 2 is nice but I don’t like utensils with dump truck ass; they’re top heavy when in use.
Nah just two all round
I agree, but if we could include the prong to base ratio of 4, that’d be great. I feel like 2’s head is to… idk, flimsy? Either the base should extend further or the prongs be shorter. Great shape otherwise though…
4 looks too spork like. No thanks
First off, I agree 4’s the shape is wrong. But imagine the head shape of 2 and the length of base and prongs as like 4? Clearly better than an unmodified 2 head imho.
This is the only correct answer
Apostrophe catastrophe.
Oh, there are forks: #2.
This is exactly what I thought, and in the same order.
2, assuming the broad pommel is a counterweight. If it’s flimsy lightweight material then none of them.
Obviously #2, but with a slightly smaller handle tip and that’s about it.
2
Clearly its the tines of 2 and the handle of 5. Anything else is madness.
My reasoning is quite simple. The tines on the No.2 fork are longer than the others. Long things are often associated with quality, status and refinement (Long fingers, long lashes, long legs etc.). The extra length suggest dexterity and precision.
Conversely the comparatively stubby tines of the No.1 fork would likely suit a toddler or an adult who isn’t allowed near pointy things without supervision. Similarly the tines of the No.5 fork suggest that this utensil was born wanting to be a spoon but then was made into a fork at the last minute. This hypothesis is further supported by the rounded end of it’s handle which would suit a spoon rather well.
Numbers 3 and 4 forks are usually, in my experience found in establishments where you help yourself to cutlery from big pots with grubby labels marked “SPOONS”, “KNIVES” and “FORKS”.
Now to the handles. Although the tines of the No.2 fork are pleasing, it then lets itself down with a handle that widens to the point of absurdity. Perhaps the thought was that it would help the extremely aged keep a firm grip while spooning tapioca past loose dentures.
So a cleaned up fork made from an amalgam of the refined tines of No. 2 fork and the pleasantly rounded handle of No. 5 are the only option for any adult with reasonable dexterity.
It’s 2 and it ain’t even close
