Cutting Fork?

[bizzylizzy]

Does anyone know the name of a fork that has an edge that's used for cutting? I believe it's used a lot in america. It's useful for one-handed eating! I can't seem to track this down on the web and wondered if these forks had a special name. Many thanks and Happy Christmas to you all.

[Quizmonkey]

They're known as Sporks in the US.

[Quizmonkey]

Oops, no they're not - that's a spoon with fork prongs (obviously!) Sorry...

[snapdarlich]

Grapefruit spoon?

Pastry Fork. I thinks it's the first one

[Dolly1308]

In Australia they are known as SPLAYDS . Merry Christmas to you too .

[Dolly1308]

Bizzylizzy ,I just put Splayds on a search engine and an article came up .Australian in origin but now available in the UK and USA . Hope this helps .

[ursula62]

I was told they are called "knorks".

[Susan123]

They dined on quince and slices of mince which they ate with a runcible spoon. - (Edward Lear?) I think that a runcible spoon is a kind of forklike spoon,,, no really,,, it has curved prongs which are sharp at the edges for cutting. I must look it up - you have got my curiosity going. Happy Christmas to you too!

[LordyGeordie]

A runcible spoon is a three-pronged pickle fork. often there's a button on the handle which when pressed down pushes through the other end of the fork (between the prongs) and pushes the pickle off the fork onto the plate.

not sure why it's called a spoon at all, but no doubt the nonsensity (is that a word?) of it appealed to Edward Lear as he wrote the Owl and the Pussycat