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? 😡
Agreed. 2 is the clear winner of this heat, despite the bad handle. 5 has the best handle of the bunch, but all these were stamped from thin, stainless sheet steel, rather than forged from thicker plate. All of their handles are lousy.
5 has a better finish than the rest, but the tines are a train wreck.
Here is the perfect fork:
Handle needs some kind of texture, or else may become slippery.
It’ll ruin the finish, but you could just use some sand paper… maybe 80 or 100 grit?
Knurel that shit up my boy.
Knureling is heavily underated
For hand tools, yes. For my silverware, absolutely not no way in hell.
Allow me to introduce you to my favorite fork. I feel like yours would rotate in the hand while applying downward cutting force.
Look at that subtle off-white coloring. The tasteful thickness of it. Oh my God, it even has a watermark…
Yup. I’ve never really felt compelled to steal anything at all in my life, but I found some silverware like this at a restaurant one time and I don’t think I had much of a choice.
Once I felt that ideal shape in my hand, with the perfect amount of heft distributed exactly as it should be, I knew I could never go back to using regular flat silverware.
The waiter caught me trying to clumsily hide the one set, and then he brought me a second one to take home as a gift. It was one of the nicest things, I’ll never forget it.
Personally I don’t like that handle either. Needs to be thicker.
That’s how they are when first harvested from the fork-bush. Have to carefully separate the layers for each individual fork.
They say he carved it himself. From a larger fork.
Haha no the prongs of the first one looks good. But the handle looks too thin for my big hands. That thick fork looks like a nightmare, though.
… thork?
thorcc
Please stahp!!!
I’m assuming you mean thinner
Just reading your comment gave me arthritis.
I completely agree with you that all forks in the image suck. The part that you stick into the food shouldn’t be rounded like that, it should be straight, so when you take it out of your mouth, it glides through your lips uniformly without some weird bumps. It should also have enough space in between the thingys, so you don’t just cut your food in half when sticking it in. Then the handle, there’s no reason for it not to be straight either. My hand doesn’t have weird bumps like that, so the handle shouldn’t either. It should also not be that flat, so it’s nicer to grip.
Once I move out of my parents house, I’m definitely gonna buy forks like the one in your image. This is the best fork I’ve ever seen. Everything is straight without weird bump, it’s not gonna cut my food in half and the handle is thick, so it’s nice to grip. I don’t understand how people who design things like this just don’t think about making them nice to use. Do they stop themselves from thinking about how the thing they make would actually be used or what?
Damn, that is the most perfect fork I’ve seen, wow.
Yeah I was gonna say 2’s prong/head with 5’s handle would probably be the best out of what’s available in the OP image, but yours is… sublime, hah.
I was going to say “2 but with 5’s handle and if you say 1 I am going to” but I couldn’t think of a silly threat that would be absurd but in a funny way
… i am going to stick fork 1 in our friendship status, cuz its done.
This is the cutlery I have!
What’s it called? I need more!
Closest match I could find: https://www.webstaurantstore.com/acopa-phoenix-8-1-4-18-0-stainless-steel-forged-dinner-fork-pack/267810005.html
that’s really inexpensive too
Round handles don’t let me know the rotation so hard pass from me.
The profile of the handle is square, not circular.
Eh, close enough. I want a paddle!
2, and only 2.
Yep, number two is the best.
Give us a harder choice.
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
Has a stupid handle
Agreed, none of the others are balanced properly or have good flow. Number two is the only option.
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.
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
Aesthetics - #5 is the obvious choice Handling/ grip comfort - #5 wins again Scooping/horizontal food retention - #5 with its slight bowl-shaped head Tine shape - #2 wins out for sheer uniformity
Final answer
Exactly
The will of the people
Everyone is busily selecting a fork, and I’m trying to figure out if the apostrophe was an intentional troll …
5 for me
- Neurodivergent’s what?
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Neurodivergent is which
Six.
Look at this fork. LOOK AT IT. Now, calm down.
2, assuming the broad pommel is a counterweight. If it’s flimsy lightweight material then none of them.
2 with 5s handle
2
My fork is the correct fork. None of these are my fork.
In the event of a fork loss, any of these forks could become my fork after a period of time, probably about a month or so until it felt right.
1
2 for hand feel alone
I like none of them
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.
