What the fork??

May 16, 2011 5:41 PM

What kind of fork is this? I've looked all over and I can't figure it out.
posted by Jayes8ch to Food & Drink (7 answers total)

What's it made out of? It looks like plastic. I've seen people do art projects (example) with wacky, modded silverware, but the ones I've seen have always been done in metal. It might not be an official breed of fork.
posted by phunniemee at 6:07 PM on May 16, 2011

Where did you find it?
posted by iconomy at 6:09 PM on May 16, 2011

little context? Where did you get it, is it about the size or a regular dinner fork, metal (I assume), what kind of finish is on it

I would say it was part of an art piece, or someone goofing around and it isn't a "type" of fork, just a modified fork.
posted by edgeways at 6:09 PM on May 16, 2011

It looks to me like a plastic fork that didn't get the mold completely filled - usually those would be caught and tossed back for recycling, but maybe this one escaped.
posted by pupdog at 6:19 PM on May 16, 2011 [8 favorites]

If you only have one, I'd assume it's just a regular fork that got deformed in the molding process.
posted by decathecting at 6:47 PM on May 16, 2011

That's an injection failure during the injection molding process.
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 11:07 PM on May 16, 2011 [1 favorite]

an official breed of fork

This phrase is my favorite snippet of Internet text this week.
posted by TallulahBankhead at 9:08 PM on May 17, 2011