Submitted 13 hours ago by ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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You cannot know the answer without seeing the underside of the forks. How will you know if they correctly conform to the curvature of your thumb and/or fingers.
One of the best gifts my partner got me was completing a set of cutlery I had grown to love via eBay and other random shops. How she found decade old stuff in mint condition is beyond me.
Obviously #2, but with a slightly smaller handle tip and that’s about it.
#2 and #3
For mouth comfort 5
2, but the base is a bit wide. Am I on the list now?
2 with 5s handle suppremacy
YES.
It’s got a perfect head but the handle is waaaay too thick
Oooh, that’s hefty.
2 with 5s handle
The correct choice.
I agree to the fullest.
I don’t really like any of these.
Ideally, #2’s head on #1’s handle
Ideally, #3’s head on #1’s handle
This is the way.
2 with 3’s handle,
2’s head is just weirdly always satisfying
None. They’re all stamped from thin sheet metal. Tines and handles are too thin and will bend.
None of them are correct
Definitely 2. All other answers are just plain wrong.
2 is the only one with an acceptable handle!
And points are actually pointy
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.
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.
…get that f*ucking plural-comma out of my face…
^(1 head + 5 handle)^
Apostrophe?
1, 4
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.
This is the only correct answer
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
Nah just two all round
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
The will of the people
It depends.
Apostrophe catastrophe.
Oh, there are forks: #2.
This is exactly what I thought, and in the same order.
None of these. 2 has the best tines, but the handle sucks. These look like forks you’d find in a diner.
Agreed. 5 has the best handle of the bunch, but all these were stamped from thin, stainless sheet steel, rather than forged from thicker plate. 5 has a better finish than the rest, but the tines are a train wreck.
Here is the perfect fork: Image
Handle needs some kind of texture, or else may become slippery.
Round handles don’t let me know the rotation so hard pass from me.
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.
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.
Personally I don’t like that handle either. Needs to be thicker.
This is the cutlery I have!
What’s it called? I need more!
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?
Put 5’s head on 2’s body
I want 2’s head on 5’s body. 2’s body looks better than most but it’s too big for me, looks like it’d have bad palm feel.
Why are you using your palm to use a utensil? It should be all fingers, somewhat like holding a pencil.
3 > 1 & 4 >> 5 >>>>>>> 2
We are on the exact same wavelength
None of them are great, all too thin and probably have hard corners from being stamped cheap metal, but maybe 2. Four can fuck off, too wide and trying to be a spoon the rest are too narrow in the handle.
2, obviously
Damn right. I have 4 2s and 4 4s and it’s a sad day when I’ve been too lazy to do the dishes and only have 4s left to use.
I can taste that flared base agaist my hard palate
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I hate them! Because can’t fit to dishwasher basket
Top rack is the solution! Or a basket that doesn’t have slots, just the basket.
It’s a trick question, they’re all bad.
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BenLeMan@lemmy.world 2 minutes ago
#1 looks like it’s for kids.
#3 & #4 aren’t dry-fined enough.
A cross between #2 (weird end) & #5 (weird tip) would be perfect. In fact, I think mine at home is like that (on vacation right now so can’t check).