Dining in Hell

Submitted by Eric Daniel

Ok, a number of you have commented on these, so I decided to give them their own entry. I am, of course, referring to the titanium spork. Once the ubiquitous lunchtime sceptre wielded by kindergartners the world over, the spork has evolved into a lightweight, neigh indestructible culinary instrument of high adventure.

Part spoon, part fork and all titanium, these sporks are lightweight (half an ounce in most cases), and, being made of titanium, hold up well under extreme conditions (chili, mac and cheese, constructing an individual fighting position, etc…) so they will provide years of service (not that I’ve ever had a stainless steel mess kit spoon fail, but you get the idea.) As an added feature, the titanium sporks are also non-ferrous, so they can be used by you EOD-types for probing minefields, or by you SEAL-types for a quick bite of surf-and-turf as you hit the beach.

The only downside to the Ti-spork is the cost. At $10-$20 a unit, they aren’t cheep (for a spoon) but if the best is what you want, this is it.

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Comments

[BWJones]

Yeah, I have the titanium spork, but you gotta pair with with the Squishy Bowl.
http://www.guyotdesigns.com/squishybowls

[slingshotjohnny]

Agh! At first, I thought, "Whoa, lightweight by twice, it's two utensils in one!"
No. It's half the spoon or less, the opposite of "racing spoon"- you spill through the tines and it's damn small before that. And it's not the greatest fork, either- the tines are too short. As soon as I come across one, I'll spend the ti bucks on a ti spoon and fork set. And until then, I'm quite happy with stainless steel- it's as cheap as it is indestructible.

[jojoaruba]

I have a titanium spork which got me through a deployment. Greatest tool!

[Brian]

Warning: Useless info to follow.
In Australia they are called Splades, in addition to the standard spork features, they also have a sharpish cutting edge on one side of the spoon. They are sold in nice velvet lined gift boxes with handsome gold lettering.

BS

[Ian]

This item is a direct copy of an Aussie invention called the Splade. A cross between fork, spoon & knife. The only fighting iron needed by weary diggers in the field.

[Paul]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spork

The Spork is not a copy of a Splayd, but a parallel object with a common ancestor. Let's not get all Mr. Chekov on the matter. "famous Wussian inwention"

[Steve]

Be Happy! The spork was a fairly new invention in the late sixties early eventies! Before then there was only a plastic spoon and fork! Before that there were fingers!

[anonymous]

wikipedia has a nice writeup on the history of spork knork splayd, all with PATENT references, and they're all over 100 years old

[mike]

Spork?

Nonsense. It is not a cross between a fork and a spoon it is some assholes idea of how to ruin a meal.

I have been enamored of a little nylon thing with a spoon on one end and the fork on the other. Forget who made it but you can buy it at any wal-mark or k-mart in the country for three bucks. Works like a spoon and a fork (eventhough I hate plastic forks this is close to acceptable to me)

Really how many times to you use a spoon and a fork in the same meal anyway?

If they would make a titanium model I would buy it and give it to all my little friends who thing a spork is actually something to eat with......

I had a buddy that had an old spoon and fork thing that had a single screw on handle. It was small and the fork only had three tines but it was an ass kicking space saver.