sentences.text: The knork (IPA: /n k/) is a utensil which, like the spork, combines two of the three most common Western eating utensils into a single unit.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: knork
sentences.text: (
sentences.text: IPA
sentences.text: :
sentences.text: /n
sentences.text: k/
sentences.text: )
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: utensil
sentences.text: which
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: like
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: spork
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: combines
sentences.text: two
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: three
sentences.text: most
sentences.text: common
sentences.text: Western
sentences.text: eating
sentences.text: utensils
sentences.text: into
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: single
sentences.text: unit
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The knork is a fork with wide rounded beveled outer tines which can be used to safely cut food like a knife, without a sharp edge to cut the mouth of the user.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: knork
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: fork
sentences.text: with
sentences.text: wide
sentences.text: rounded
sentences.text: beveled
sentences.text: outer
sentences.text: tines
sentences.text: which
sentences.text: can
sentences.text: be
sentences.text: used
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: safely
sentences.text: cut
sentences.text: food
sentences.text: like
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: knife
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: without
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: sharp
sentences.text: edge
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: cut
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: mouth
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: user
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Unlike a knife, the knork cuts through food with a rocking motion which is facilitated by a finger platform on both sides of the handle.
sentences.text: Unlike
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: knife
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: knork
sentences.text: cuts
sentences.text: through
sentences.text: food
sentences.text: with
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: rocking
sentences.text: motion
sentences.text: which
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: facilitated
sentences.text: by
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: finger
sentences.text: platform
sentences.text: on
sentences.text: both
sentences.text: sides
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: handle
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Knorks are symmetric and can be used by both left-handers and right-handers.
sentences.text: Knorks
sentences.text: are
sentences.text: symmetric
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: can
sentences.text: be
sentences.text: used
sentences.text: by
sentences.text: both
sentences.text: left-handers
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: right-handers
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The utensil was invented by Mike Miller, now-owner of Phantom Enterprises in Newton, Kansas, a company set up to produce and market their invention.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: utensil
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: invented
sentences.text: by
sentences.text: Mike
sentences.text: Miller
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: now-owner
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: Phantom
sentences.text: Enterprises
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: Newton
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: Kansas
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: company
sentences.text: set
sentences.text: up
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: produce
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: market
sentences.text: their
sentences.text: invention
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Its name is a portmanteau of knife and fork.
sentences.text: Its
sentences.text: name
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: portmanteau
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: knife
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: fork
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: In a sense, a pastry fork is a precursor of the knork, since it is also a fork designed to be used as a knife for cutting food.
sentences.text: In
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: sense
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: pastry
sentences.text: fork
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: precursor
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: knork
sentences.text: ,
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sentences.text: it
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: also
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: fork
sentences.text: designed
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: be
sentences.text: used
sentences.text: as
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: knife
sentences.text: for
sentences.text: cutting
sentences.text: food
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: An advantage of the knork is that it can be used easily by people who have only one arm; Roald Dahl reports in Boy how his father invented a knork precursor as a result of losing his arm.
sentences.text: An
sentences.text: advantage
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: knork
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: that
sentences.text: it
sentences.text: can
sentences.text: be
sentences.text: used
sentences.text: easily
sentences.text: by
sentences.text: people
sentences.text: who
sentences.text: have
sentences.text: only
sentences.text: one
sentences.text: arm
sentences.text: ;
sentences.text: Roald
sentences.text: Dahl
sentences.text: reports
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: Boy
sentences.text: how
sentences.text: his
sentences.text: father
sentences.text: invented
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: knork
sentences.text: precursor
sentences.text: as
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: result
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: losing
sentences.text: his
sentences.text: arm
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Unlike the spork, which gained fame as a cheap, disposable alternative to separate utensils, the knork has been marketed as a high-end utensil, costing almost five dollars for a single unit.
sentences.text: Unlike
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: spork
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: which
sentences.text: gained
sentences.text: fame
sentences.text: as
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: cheap
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: disposable
sentences.text: alternative
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: separate
sentences.text: utensils
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: knork
sentences.text: has
sentences.text: been
sentences.text: marketed
sentences.text: as
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: high-end
sentences.text: utensil
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: costing
sentences.text: almost
sentences.text: five
sentences.text: dollars
sentences.text: for
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: single
sentences.text: unit
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: However, recently, plastic knorks have become available, and are significantly less expensive.
sentences.text: However
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: recently
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: plastic
sentences.text: knorks
sentences.text: have
sentences.text: become
sentences.text: available
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: are
sentences.text: significantly
sentences.text: less
sentences.text: expensive
sentences.text: .
text: The knork (IPA: /n k/) is a utensil which, like the spork, combines two of the three most common Western eating utensils into a single unit. The knork is a fork with wide rounded beveled outer tines which can be used to safely cut food like a knife, without a sharp edge to cut the mouth of the user. Unlike a knife, the knork cuts through food with a rocking motion which is facilitated by a finger platform on both sides of the handle. Knorks are symmetric and can be used by both left-handers and right-handers. The utensil was invented by Mike Miller, now-owner of Phantom Enterprises in Newton, Kansas, a company set up to produce and market their invention. Its name is a portmanteau of knife and fork. In a sense, a pastry fork is a precursor of the knork, since it is also a fork designed to be used as a knife for cutting food. An advantage of the knork is that it can be used easily by people who have only one arm; Roald Dahl reports in Boy how his father invented a knork precursor as a result of losing his arm. Unlike the spork, which gained fame as a cheap, disposable alternative to separate utensils, the knork has been marketed as a high-end utensil, costing almost five dollars for a single unit. However, recently, plastic knorks have become available, and are significantly less expensive.