Curio Folio: Fork-Knife

Another thing I saw at MARMALADE, which stands for Museum of Art Relics Mementos Absurd and Legendary Artifacts Definitely Excellent, was this interesting utensil called a fork-knife (pronounced forknife). Since photography is not allowed in the Museum I made a watercolour painting of the stainless steel implement which was applauded by the staff and other visitors who saw me paint it on location. The device is meant to accelerate eating by making a cut and thrust action all on one motion. With practice one can eat a T bone in significantly less time. It also frees up the left hand to do other things like hold the meat down on the plate so it doesn't slide off, and for putting food in the mouth. The fork-knife was in the future section of the museum along with other neat inventions that I did  not have time to paint such as the hole-spoon... it was a spoon with a large hole in the center to allow soup to pour directly in your mouth, and to see enemies coming at you while eating. And the cup-plate that allowed you to combine beverages with your meal all in one go- it was called the gulp-and-chew. I told the staff about Da Vinci's toaster, its approximate location and they said they would go look for it. You can see an image of it in the link to my curio folio. 

Curio Folio: Fork-Knife, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, September 2025