On Sunday, 26 May 2013 02:08:14 UTC+10, sf wrote:
> On Sat, 25 May 2013 11:39:06 -0400, Cheryl wrote:
>
> > One side of the fork is shaped like the business side of a knife, and
> > intended to be used as a knife instead of having to pick up another
> > utensil.
>
> Oh, okay. Somehow, I can manage to do that with my fork anyway.

Not everybody can. IME, these are mostly marketed at people with disabilities. Don't know if that was the goal of the designer, but they would be useful for some people.

Should work as a superior buffet fork for dry chunky food, but a knife-edged spork (or knife-edged but otherwise regular buffet fork) would be better.