Cutlery With a Twist: Sporks and Spifes

I'm a collector of ephemera by nature, so when I came across an unusual spork today, I thought it would be fun to pull out a few of my favorite flatware finds from the back reaches of my drawers.

Most are disposable utensils from cafes and take-out shops; a couple are from Bambu, a company that offers an in-depth line of bamboo tabletop products.

My unusual cutlery collection includes a plastic spife (a spoon and knife combo perfect for slicing and scooping kiwi); a three-tined, Bambu bamboo fork; a foldable, plastic spork; a serrated bamboo knife from Sprinkles Cupcakes in Los Angeles; a biodegradable, plant starch soup spoon; a Bambu bamboo double-sided spork; and a more common plastic spork. What about you? Any skeletons in your drawers?

--Tracy Schneider

Comments

[FredTownWard on July 26, 2009 at 01:10 PM]

Light My Fire makes a pretty good line of sporks, and with their titanium model, they now have an unbreakable one.

[Tracy Schneider on July 27, 2009 at 12:16 PM]

The Light My Fire spork, with a serrated knife edge on one of the tines, looks very cool!