Broke my spork...
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If I had all the Sporks that I have broken replaced I think LMF would go out of business - but good on them for replacing yours 
I still would prefer my home made eating kit though!
I still would prefer my home made eating kit though!
My thirty two month old granddaughter loved eating with a spork but grew out of it and uses grown up utensils these days 
I know it's not a spork, but I bought a malamine (racing) spoon from tescos on the big roundabout in Camberley 20 years ago and it's still going strong. It's been all over the uk, Bosnia (twice), Kosovo, Oman and Iraq.
Zactly, I used a spork on several outings in succession, binned it, will never contemplate using one again.
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I have a child spork it doesn't have the serrated knife edge, which is a lot better, so I modified my full size one, but I may modify one further and take the fork off completely.
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Indeed, she'll be a proper little madam in the future lol. She uses ordinary spoons and forks which are a little big for her and you'll sometimes have a problem with a flying sprout or meatball but shes doing rather well
Sporks are the tools of the devil! ----->
When you use them, you're doing his deeds.
Just don't.
"He who sups with the devil needs a long spoon." (Sporks clearly yet to be invented!)
That's great service but the spork remains an unutterably useless implement. It does nothing well, except break, obviously. A hand carved wooden spoon is a delight to use, is very light and, like a spork, is easily replaced. Why bother with anything else?
You say that. I find it works quite well for eating stews and the like.
I would love to use a hand carved spoon, but seeing as my last attempt at carving a spoon resulted in 4 hours in A&E, it's not something I have the ability to produce. So unless someone can make me a hand carved wooden spoon that weighs less than the 10g that my spork does, I'll continue to use it...
J
I use a titanium one. I've had it for years and it's still sound.
An older version of this one.
https://www.tauntonleisure.com/snow...nooverride=1&gclid=CJDkgMfTmskCFSEGwwod3j0LjA
I also have a set of those guyot design two piece ones. Very good, but the wee spatula/blade thing melts if you're not careful stirring the cooking pot
M
An older version of this one.
https://www.tauntonleisure.com/snow...nooverride=1&gclid=CJDkgMfTmskCFSEGwwod3j0LjA
I also have a set of those guyot design two piece ones. Very good, but the wee spatula/blade thing melts if you're not careful stirring the cooking pot
M
My housemate has a titanium version of the LMF spork. I've asked him not to use it on my plates after it scratched the glaze on my kitchenware... They appear to be harder than the pottery...
I also have a set of those guyot design two piece ones. Very good, but the wee spatula/blade thing melts if you're not careful stirring the cooking pot
Interesting.
My main choice of cutlery in the woods is the alpkit snapwires, I have the full set of Knife, Fork & Spoon. I mostly use my LMF spork to stir the pot, it being plastic it doesn't knacker any coating on my pots. I've had half a dozen LMF sporks, and this was the first one that I've broken (the rest are either still in use, loaned out, or MIA).
I did have a pair of really nice horn spoons that were idea for stews. But they are missing presumed in my flat somewhere...
J
I don't use the Ti spork on the china, I use it in my Ti mug to eat from
I have a titanium plate for that. I wasn't expecting my housemate to use it on the china either.
I find this thread entertaining in peoples reactions to my choice of cutlery...
J
I don't mind what folks use, it's what works for them and eating should be about enjoying yourself. Used to see a lot of adventure racers and the likes eating soulless gloop as some sort of punishment to themselves.
Sparks are okay, but I personally like a combo of horn spoons or chopsticks. Tend to be traditional on the crockery too. Wooden bowls & plates and either duly leather standard or glass mason jar that has a handle on it.
Got my pal one of those nice re-enactors pouches that has a two tined fork, spoon and old style knife. Looks nice though think he's replaced the metal spoon with a horn one as it's nicer to eat off of.
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Sparks are okay, but I personally like a combo of horn spoons or chopsticks. Tend to be traditional on the crockery too. Wooden bowls & plates and either duly leather standard or glass mason jar that has a handle on it.
Got my pal one of those nice re-enactors pouches that has a two tined fork, spoon and old style knife. Looks nice though think he's replaced the metal spoon with a horn one as it's nicer to eat off of.
Sent via smoke-signal from a woodland in Scotland.
I do say that. The spork is far too short for eating ITB dehydrated or Wayfarer-type meals from the bag and the dainty Swiss tea room fork-knife combo at the other end has little viable practical use. The trouble with the design is that if they made the handle long enough to reach the bag bottom on such meals, it would probably be too flexible in use and prone to snapping with even greater regularity.
I will happily make you a spoon. I cannot guarantee that it will weigh 10g or less but it won't weigh much more. If you're interested, p.m. me your address and I'll get started.
Richard
I'v got a LMF spork, cant remember where it came from but appearently its "left handed" presumably something to do with the knife effort on the fork end
I just think its quite funny having a left handed spoon
I just think its quite funny having a left handed spoon
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