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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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?
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.
2.The crazies here who don't think that's the best head by so much that the handle doesn't matter, they scare me. No amount of bad handle can make up for how much I hate the rest of them
2 has an annoying bulbous handle that upsets the balance and the tines take up too much of the fork space, leaving too little room for the little shovel bit at the back that can hold things that might fall through the tines a bit better,
None of them are great, all too thin and probably have hard 90° edges from being stamped cheap metal, but maybe 2. Five can fuck off, too wide and trying to be a spoon, the rest are too narrow in the handle.
When I got married, sitting down with the caterer and choosing between dozens of flatware types, I realized that I personally like three dimensional smoothness, with round, cylindrical handles that have some heft but not too much width. I also like cylindrical tines that don't look like it was made from a flat sheet of metal cut and bent into shape (I prefer tines that are cylindrical, not rectangular prisms).
I also like curves along where the head meets the handle, and along the head itself. No sharp corners or edges.
I dislike ornamentation on the handle itself. I like plain, smooth handles.
I chose the forks for my wedding, and then later on in life, based on what I learned about my own preferences, I bought some flatware that fits those general principles (looks like the Sambonet Hannahs, but cheaper than that very expensive line), and replaced the ones in my house. Now I basically don't have any forks that I don't like.
All of these fail. This is like one of those pick the baddie out of the line up things, except all of these have done some shitty things.
3 is the closest I guess, but the handle fails hard.
1 or 3. I cant stand forks with curved outer tines. 2 is good but i prefer a straight handle over a curved one. My preferance leans towards 3 though as 1 looks like it would have slightly sharp stamped edges.
2 if I had to pick from that drawer, but the actual answer: Victorinox Swiss Classic / Swiss Modern cutlery. Absolutely love the large handles, sharp knives and large spoons. Very nice feel in hand and mouth.
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.
5 is definitely the best. It offers a thicker handle edge for cutting and did not require a stamping bend on thinner material to add rigidity. The rounded head and outer tines serve two purposes. One it offers a smaller controlled side contact like the profile of a chef's knife that will focus more force at the contact point allowing for better contact with the plate and shearing more efficiently. Second, the rounded outer edge will fit the contour of a bowl allowing a fork to efficiently manage rice or other small items down to the last bite with nothing remaining. The larger outer tines and shorter overall length is also more durable and resistant to bending. It cost far more to make number 5 and the design functionality came ahead of the operations cost, and materials stock selection. All of the others were made according to the minimum number of forming operations and thin stock.
My partner has ADHD and autism and they swear by 5. That's IKEA's cheap fork and in our house I'm forced to use all the other forks (which are better so whatever). In their words: "all the other ones are too pointy". I don't fucking know.
I want to say 2 because longest fork depth, but 4 has that round mouth feel with still good fork depth without being too aggressive about the curvature like 5. The thicker outer prongs grip slippery/heavy food better too.
I'm going 4.
Also because 2 has that annoying fin. The worst forks do that, and also curve down. Hurts my hands, but I'm a giant with bear paws so YMMV.
3 looks better balanced and crafty enough. 5 looks like a dessert fork
Many go for 2, but they are just thinking about using it, not cleaning it. More surface to clean plus extra volume which fills quicker the place where forks, knives and spoons are stored till they dry
All of them have a flat handle. My personal preference is for a cylindrical handle. Heavier and easier to hold. Flat cutlery that looks like it was stamped out of sheet metal won’t do at all.
Add-on question: when using a fork, do you put the points on the plate (or stab a piece) and then use your knife to push food onto the downward curve of the tines (I would say the back but that's because I don't do this) and lift it points-down?
Or do you carry food on the concave curve of the tines (as well as stabbed on the points of course) and lift it points-up?
This is cultural, neither is incorrect, but it might affect your choice of fork. Whether you switch hands or keep it entirely in your left might also make a difference.
1, obviously. 4 and 5 are equally obvious trash. 2 is okay but its handle is malformed and ugly.
3 is acceptable for someone with different, smaller hands.
On second thought, I rescind my general critique of 2. The overly wide bottom might be helpful to people with trouble grasping implements, but in that case the tines are too long.
Number 5 is the best, fight me. The wide, rounded handle provides a comfortable grip, and the slightly shorter prongs, combined with the bulge on the outer ones give it a friendly look. You don't want to put some aggressive looking stabbing device like the disgusting number 2 into your mouth do you? Where all the soft, vulnerable stuff is? Come on. And don't get me started on the handle of number 3, that is just atrocious, way to thin and I can already feel it digging into my skin when just trying to apply modicum of rotational force into my food.
2 if I’m cutting with a knife, 3 for cake, 5 for pie, 1 for a shitty salad bar salad just for the nostalgia, and 4 for that hard to reach spot between the shoulder blades.
They are all good since they are all single extruded so no food remains getting in between the metal part and the plastic/wood/other
Though, we could argue that 1. is better that the others for the easy grip due to its in-curved handle. Or that its diametrical opposite, number 5. Is the best thanks to its filleted handle making it easier to hold in the case of the food scooped by it not being very hard.
It probably says a lot about me to be able to articulate this, but it's 100% 3 because of the way the head has a low flare leading to a high taper. The others are all way too flat or round, save for 1, but it's out because the spaces between the tines terminate too high.
And no, I don't have a reason for this, it's entirely based on how I feel about forks.
5 because the handle isn’t a fucking nightmare and won’t be distracting to eating but also I have that exact set and only use the larger ones unless I am forced to use the smaller ones. I picked the set for these reasons.
Definitely not 5 because it looks like it's trying to be a spoon, but you can't eat soup with a fork (well, technically you can but it'd take a long time).
It's probably made of that super light material, and if I use too big of a fork, I'll drop rice all over myself. Or get too big of a mouthful.
I'm glad someone on the internet finally figured out that we all have rules about forks. Every ND person I've met has a fork rule. My fiance (ADHD) and I (ADHD also) have two sets of silverware- one for him, and one for me, and then we have the weird loose ones from either set that were imperfect in meeting our demands.
I hate all of them but many people seem to like number two, but that is decisively the worst. I literally just bought twelve forks from a discontinued line because I had a few of them and they are the best forks ever. There are few things better than a great fork.
5 and I know this because it's the fork that lives in my room at all times because it's my favorite fork and I don't like when someone else dirties it or misplaces it. It's my desk fork. Always ready for leftovers or door dash. It's the perfect fork.
Forget the handles because they all suck. The flared outer tines are a sin and the shorter tines on 1 is a war crime. I would take 3. Ergonomically it's not terrible and I can deal.
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.
Wooden chopsticks. Metal is too loud to eat with, plus I'm clumsy enough to end up biting the fork and hurting my teeth.
I do like playing with forks though! Some heavier and more angular shapes, like 2, tend to have a really nice balance to them and are satisfying to twirl in my fingers while I'm working on something.
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
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.
Knurel that shit up my boy.
Knureling is heavily underated
For hand tools, yes. For my silverware, absolutely not no way in hell.
It'll ruin the finish, but you could just use some sand paper... maybe 80 or 100 grit?
it needs a nice knurling
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.
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...
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.
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.
gotta wait until it ripens though, otherwise you'll just make a mess and hurt your fingers
They say he carved it himself. From a larger fork.
... thork?
thorcc
Please stahp!!!!!
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.
I'm assuming you mean thinner
Just reading your comment gave me arthritis.
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!
https://youtu.be/vsIyphGp0Vc
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
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?
Please skip to 1:59
2
Definitely 2. All other answers are just plain wrong.
None. They’re all stamped from thin sheet metal. Tines and handles are too thin and will bend.
Head of 2, body of 5.
Apostrophe catastrophe.
Oh, there are forks: #2.
2, assuming the broad pommel is a counterweight. If it's flimsy lightweight material then 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.
Obviously #2, but with a slightly smaller handle tip and that's about it.
Those all suck, this is the perfect fork.
2
They all have problems. If i have to pick any one of them its going to be 2, but i won't be happy about it.
It's 2 and it ain't even close
Neurodivergent is which
I'd pick 5 but none of these look all that comfy
2 with 5s handle suppremacy
You don't have to be neurodivergent to have an opinion about fork shapes. Also 2 is the best.
It's a trick question, they're all bad.
(I have autism)
The present is now, old fella
Six.
Look at this fork. LOOK AT IT. Now, calm down.
2 No discussion, the weight, the smoothness, ist all about how they lay in the Hand.
Wrong sub. Post here
https://lemmynsfw.com/c/ifyouhadtopickone
2, but the base is a bit wide. Am I on the list now?
2.The crazies here who don't think that's the best head by so much that the handle doesn't matter, they scare me. No amount of bad handle can make up for how much I hate the rest of them
2
2 but its a bit big
Trick question. These are all terrible, therefore I will eat with my fingers.
2 its just right
2
2 with 5s handle
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.
2
Worst 5 fork designs in this meme. Thanks for nothing
2 clearly
Hard to say. It's 1 or 3.
2 has an annoying bulbous handle that upsets the balance and the tines take up too much of the fork space, leaving too little room for the little shovel bit at the back that can hold things that might fall through the tines a bit better,
5 is an utter nightmare of awful.
2
i only eat spoons, they taste better
Makes perfect sense to me. Would you choose any of these handles for your spoon?
Why would this not apply to neurotypicals? seems to me that most people would have at least a slight preference
5 is an IKEA fork
Source: I have an IKEA fork
I think at least three of these are from IKEA.
Source: I live in IKEA-Land
Handle of 5, prongs of 3.
2
None of them are great, all too thin and probably have hard 90° edges from being stamped cheap metal, but maybe 2. Five can fuck off, too wide and trying to be a spoon, the rest are too narrow in the handle.
Definitely 2.
2 GANG RISE UP
I actually own some #2s. They're great.
Number 2, obviously.
Handle of 5 with any other head 😭
2
I'm inclined to say 2, just for form and shape. But it looks to chunky. Like probably heavy af. So I'll choose 3.
P.s. thanks for giving me a new thing I didn't know was linked to my neurodivergence
Number 2.
Long sensual tines, full round butt gives you something to hold on to.
Also team 2
The best fork for what?
When I got married, sitting down with the caterer and choosing between dozens of flatware types, I realized that I personally like three dimensional smoothness, with round, cylindrical handles that have some heft but not too much width. I also like cylindrical tines that don't look like it was made from a flat sheet of metal cut and bent into shape (I prefer tines that are cylindrical, not rectangular prisms).
I also like curves along where the head meets the handle, and along the head itself. No sharp corners or edges.
I dislike ornamentation on the handle itself. I like plain, smooth handles.
I chose the forks for my wedding, and then later on in life, based on what I learned about my own preferences, I bought some flatware that fits those general principles (looks like the Sambonet Hannahs, but cheaper than that very expensive line), and replaced the ones in my house. Now I basically don't have any forks that I don't like.
3 or 2-with-5's-handle
2
2 is best. 5 is tolerable.
2 and it's not close, 1 is the worst.
2 with 3's handle,
2's head is just weirdly always satisfying
but 2's handle is a bit comical
2 for hand feel alone
2 but 3 would do as a second tier choice if 2 was dirty.
Also whoever said the tines of 2 and the handle of 5 is correct.
I guess I’m picky. I don’t like any of these lol. I’d pick 4 off these were all in a drawer together, though.
1 is too short, 2 is too top heavy, 3 is too thin and light, and 5 is almost a spork.
All of these fail. This is like one of those pick the baddie out of the line up things, except all of these have done some shitty things. 3 is the closest I guess, but the handle fails hard.
2 and 5. 1 is fine, i hate the others.
2 and 5 are also fine at best. Good cutlery needs to have proper "thick" handles, these all look cheap and unergonomic.
2
1 or 3. I cant stand forks with curved outer tines. 2 is good but i prefer a straight handle over a curved one. My preferance leans towards 3 though as 1 looks like it would have slightly sharp stamped edges.
They all lack thickness but 2
2
3
2 for a meal, 5 for snacks and desserts
I like none of them
2
Nr. 2 is a no go, the thick butt is annoying af to put in a dishwasher cutlery basket. You need to think about these things.
The rest is fine and whatever.
I dont like any of them :(
5 for me
1 is just a funny goofy guy doing his job well not concerned about what the other forks think. I choose him.
4
2
Glad to see my undiagnosed disorder is alive and well. #2 crew represent.
2, 5 if there are no clean 2s
2, if I wanted it to be round, I'd have grabbed a spoon.
3 > 1 & 4 >> 5 >>>>>>> 2
Fat bottom forks you make the rockin world go round...
2 if I had to pick from that drawer, but the actual answer: Victorinox Swiss Classic / Swiss Modern cutlery. Absolutely love the large handles, sharp knives and large spoons. Very nice feel in hand and mouth.
https://www.victorinox.com/de-DE/Produkte/Haushalts--und-Berufsmesser/Besteck/Classic-Besteck-12-teilig/p/6.7233.12
They are all OK. But I spent 7 years eating with a trident, so what do I know.
fork tierlist
although, a non-metal handle would be better
1s the best. 3 and 4 are acceptable, 2 and 5 are a crime. i dont get y'all
Long handle, long thin straight tines, large round pan so it fits nicely in your hand, 2 is basically the ideal fork
You 2-people are insane. It's clearly fork number five.
So apparently I'm the only one that hates the long ass tines of 2 and prefers something like 1 or 4
People who choose 4, are you doing okay? It's okay to seek help.
#2 and #3 Edit: no just #2
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.
Well, not #2. The curved droplet-shaped handle seems inconvenient for spinning spaghetti around
Obviously depends on what you're about to eat
5 is definitely the best. It offers a thicker handle edge for cutting and did not require a stamping bend on thinner material to add rigidity. The rounded head and outer tines serve two purposes. One it offers a smaller controlled side contact like the profile of a chef's knife that will focus more force at the contact point allowing for better contact with the plate and shearing more efficiently. Second, the rounded outer edge will fit the contour of a bowl allowing a fork to efficiently manage rice or other small items down to the last bite with nothing remaining. The larger outer tines and shorter overall length is also more durable and resistant to bending. It cost far more to make number 5 and the design functionality came ahead of the operations cost, and materials stock selection. All of the others were made according to the minimum number of forming operations and thin stock.
1 - the tines on it are plenty long and it's narrower than most of the others
None of them are correct
My partner has ADHD and autism and they swear by 5. That's IKEA's cheap fork and in our house I'm forced to use all the other forks (which are better so whatever). In their words: "all the other ones are too pointy". I don't fucking know.
2, obviously
2
Fuck you & fuck this insulting post.
#2
1
1
2
I want to say 2 because longest fork depth, but 4 has that round mouth feel with still good fork depth without being too aggressive about the curvature like 5. The thicker outer prongs grip slippery/heavy food better too.
I'm going 4.
Also because 2 has that annoying fin. The worst forks do that, and also curve down. Hurts my hands, but I'm a giant with bear paws so YMMV.
3 looks better balanced and crafty enough. 5 looks like a dessert fork
Many go for 2, but they are just thinking about using it, not cleaning it. More surface to clean plus extra volume which fills quicker the place where forks, knives and spoons are stored till they dry
1 is too bended.
1 and if we're being really picky I want the top of one and the handle from 5
3
None of em
#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).
Only #2. Having a consistent set of cutlery is priceless.
All of them have a flat handle. My personal preference is for a cylindrical handle. Heavier and easier to hold. Flat cutlery that looks like it was stamped out of sheet metal won’t do at all.
Add-on question: when using a fork, do you put the points on the plate (or stab a piece) and then use your knife to push food onto the downward curve of the tines (I would say the back but that's because I don't do this) and lift it points-down?
Or do you carry food on the concave curve of the tines (as well as stabbed on the points of course) and lift it points-up?
This is cultural, neither is incorrect, but it might affect your choice of fork. Whether you switch hands or keep it entirely in your left might also make a difference.
4 has the best handle, 2 has the best fork
Came here thinking I'd be the odd man out by saying #2, I'm pleasantly surprised.
1 is the one you leave in the drawer till it's the last one or use for stuff you don't want to risk your other forks for...
This feels like a reverse Avatar test for autism
Everyone is busily selecting a fork, and I'm trying to figure out if the apostrophe was an intentional troll ..
2
I dont like any of them but if i had to pick: 2. I like the prongs. But I don't like the handles for any of them
1, obviously. 4 and 5 are equally obvious trash. 2 is okay but its handle is malformed and ugly.
3 is acceptable for someone with different, smaller hands.
On second thought, I rescind my general critique of 2. The overly wide bottom might be helpful to people with trouble grasping implements, but in that case the tines are too long.
2! No other answer is correct!
2, but I feel like none is good enough. Or sturdy enough. I need 2, but thicker body
Number 5 is the best, fight me. The wide, rounded handle provides a comfortable grip, and the slightly shorter prongs, combined with the bulge on the outer ones give it a friendly look. You don't want to put some aggressive looking stabbing device like the disgusting number 2 into your mouth do you? Where all the soft, vulnerable stuff is? Come on. And don't get me started on the handle of number 3, that is just atrocious, way to thin and I can already feel it digging into my skin when just trying to apply modicum of rotational force into my food.
What?
1 feels like home, 4 and 5 is too fancy, 2 just feels right enough to stab at my enemy.
I choose 2.
None of them; my forks are best
Hot take: 1
Anyone interested in developing a "Find your ideal fork" web app?
I for one would be very interested to see statistical preferences...
I don't like any of them
2 if I’m cutting with a knife, 3 for cake, 5 for pie, 1 for a shitty salad bar salad just for the nostalgia, and 4 for that hard to reach spot between the shoulder blades.
5
2 is such an obvious answer
They are all good since they are all single extruded so no food remains getting in between the metal part and the plastic/wood/other
Though, we could argue that 1. is better that the others for the easy grip due to its in-curved handle. Or that its diametrical opposite, number 5. Is the best thanks to its filleted handle making it easier to hold in the case of the food scooped by it not being very hard.
My fingies hurt just looking at them. Half of them will bend when cutting a banana, and the other half will split your skin when you try.
You cut bananas with forks?
You can cut bananas with anything, including another banana if you would like to make a little mess while doing it
Hello. I like rusty spoons.
2 and 3. 1 and 5 are too short, they're last resort shit
1 or 2 :p
2 but thicker and a bit different handle.
It probably says a lot about me to be able to articulate this, but it's 100% 3 because of the way the head has a low flare leading to a high taper. The others are all way too flat or round, save for 1, but it's out because the spaces between the tines terminate too high.
And no, I don't have a reason for this, it's entirely based on how I feel about forks.
2 for salads, 4 or 5 for everything else
All are bad. If I'd have to choose, it'll be in the order 1, 2, 4, 5, 3.
Idk without holding them. But probably not 2 or 5
I'm very picky about kitchenware, it's like I have to listen to my inner grandma.
5, mostly because I am using those for over 2 decades now and all other feel somehow wrong.
2
Those all look horrible, mine's better, it kinda looks like it has the head of #2 and body of #5
You come here asking neurodivergents a question and you only give five options?
All of these options are terrible. You should feel ashamed, OP.
There isn’t a best, maybe a less bad but even then it’s an impossible choice. ✋wins here.
1, but these all suck ass.
3 speaks to me I like 😋😋
1, 4
How can people chose without weighing them?
2 or 5
5 looking kinda shiny
Handle of number 1, prongs of number 2.
Def 3
The real answer is... chopsticks!
5 nice and clean. No messing around. Hard to bend accidentally (I worry about that)
I like 1.
5 is one of the worst things ever created
of the ones losted? 2. However, have you considered wood fork?
5 because the handle isn’t a fucking nightmare and won’t be distracting to eating but also I have that exact set and only use the larger ones unless I am forced to use the smaller ones. I picked the set for these reasons.
tines of three, handle of five
Obviously, 2 is really bad. 5 is nice.
Definitely not 5 because it looks like it's trying to be a spoon, but you can't eat soup with a fork (well, technically you can but it'd take a long time).
It's probably made of that super light material, and if I use too big of a fork, I'll drop rice all over myself. Or get too big of a mouthful.
I'm glad someone on the internet finally figured out that we all have rules about forks. Every ND person I've met has a fork rule. My fiance (ADHD) and I (ADHD also) have two sets of silverware- one for him, and one for me, and then we have the weird loose ones from either set that were imperfect in meeting our demands.
Depends on the weight for me.
All those with cupped handles look light and need the cupping for structural support, but 5 is thick in the right way. The head is wrong, though.
All heads are wrong for me. Either to long vor thick. And 1 is to rectangly.
2 would be the closest I'd consider to being ideal. The handle kinda looks like it sucks tho.
Ideal would be the head of 2 with the handle of 5.
What am I eating? Spaghetti is different from steak which is different from peas
I think 5
None of them are usable. If I had to take one, number 3. All the others are a sin.
Edi: I must agree with others though, that the handle of 3 is very bad. Still, the shape of the head is more important to me.
Number 5, as a backup 2. Edit: I feel like 2 is too fat and 5 is too narrow. Somewhere in the middle.
ADHD, don't care as long as it works.
Some of y'all don't know about the yogurt test and it shows! 4 is the only correct answer.
5, easy
I hate all of them but many people seem to like number two, but that is decisively the worst. I literally just bought twelve forks from a discontinued line because I had a few of them and they are the best forks ever. There are few things better than a great fork.
5, easy
5, obviously
All but 5 look like cheap crap and I don't like 5 for forks sake
How thick are they?
I rank them in order of decreasing favorability: 3 5 4 1 2
5 and I know this because it's the fork that lives in my room at all times because it's my favorite fork and I don't like when someone else dirties it or misplaces it. It's my desk fork. Always ready for leftovers or door dash. It's the perfect fork.
Forget the handles because they all suck. The flared outer tines are a sin and the shorter tines on 1 is a war crime. I would take 3. Ergonomically it's not terrible and I can deal.
Depends on the knife.
For mouth comfort 5
The pointy handle on number 3 is OFFENSIVE
All of #3 is torture
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 or 5
3
I'll pick 1 as it looks the comfiest and I hate big forks.
I like the one that doesn't have an unnecessary apostrophe.
Oh gawd no! That square handle digs into the hand when you use it. I've been there.
Probably 2. 5 is a maybe? But 2 is probably the one I'd want.
The 2nd one with the small waist and thicc ass
2
2
1
5, 1, 3, 4, 2 but I don’t actually like any of them. I want the smallest functional fork available (generally around 15cm/6”)
It's about how they stack, I like a neat stack 👄
1
Wooden chopsticks. Metal is too loud to eat with, plus I'm clumsy enough to end up biting the fork and hurting my teeth.
I do like playing with forks though! Some heavier and more angular shapes, like 2, tend to have a really nice balance to them and are satisfying to twirl in my fingers while I'm working on something.
Top part - 2, 5 for bottom.
I don't really like any of these.
Ideally, #3's head on #1's handle
Edit: I'm torn between the head of 2 and 3
2's head is more satisfying, but 3 is more practical for spoon-adjacent tasks like scooping rice
It depends.
It was between 2, 4 and 5, but 4 is my final pick
Gotta go with 1
1, 2, and/or 5 depending on the type of food i'm eating.
Number 1, just because I have small hands.
Spoon better
I actually own the cutlery set that 5 is from. Because it was the best option at IKEA at the time.
For me it's 5 times the same fork 🤔
2
Put 5's head on 2's body
2 because the wider handle is much more comfortable to hold
number 5 for its solid structure and good distance between prongs
2,
because it also has best spikes to test if potato is done.
2,
because it also has best spikes to test if potato is done.
The only valid choice is 3, I want the full weight of the fork to be the tongs so they don't knock cups over. 2 is TERRIBLE
2,
because it also has best spikes to test if potato is done.