3 looks better balanced and crafty enough. 5 looks like a dessert fork

Many go for 2, but they are just thinking about using it, not cleaning it. More surface to clean plus extra volume which fills quicker the place where forks, knives and spoons are stored till they dry

1 is too bended.

Only #2. Having a consistent set of cutlery is priceless.

3

2

I want to say 2 because longest fork depth, but 4 has that round mouth feel with still good fork depth without being too aggressive about the curvature like 5. The thicker outer prongs grip slippery/heavy food better too.

I'm going 4.

Also because 2 has that annoying fin. The worst forks do that, and also curve down. Hurts my hands, but I'm a giant with bear paws so YMMV.

Fuck you & fuck this insulting post.

#2

2

1 and if we're being really picky I want the top of one and the handle from 5

Add-on question: when using a fork, do you put the points on the plate (or stab a piece) and then use your knife to push food onto the downward curve of the tines (I would say the back but that's because I don't do this) and lift it points-down?

Or do you carry food on the concave curve of the tines (as well as stabbed on the points of course) and lift it points-up?

This is cultural, neither is incorrect, but it might affect your choice of fork. Whether you switch hands or keep it entirely in your left might also make a difference.

1

None of em

Number 5 is the best, fight me. The wide, rounded handle provides a comfortable grip, and the slightly shorter prongs, combined with the bulge on the outer ones give it a friendly look. You don't want to put some aggressive looking stabbing device like the disgusting number 2 into your mouth do you? Where all the soft, vulnerable stuff is? Come on. And don't get me started on the handle of number 3, that is just atrocious, way to thin and I can already feel it digging into my skin when just trying to apply modicum of rotational force into my food.

I don't like any of them

1 feels like home, 4 and 5 is too fancy, 2 just feels right enough to stab at my enemy.

I choose 2.

2! No other answer is correct!

What?

1 is the one you leave in the drawer till it's the last one or use for stuff you don't want to risk your other forks for...

Everyone is busily selecting a fork, and I'm trying to figure out if the apostrophe was an intentional troll ..

1, obviously. 4 and 5 are equally obvious trash. 2 is okay but its handle is malformed and ugly.

3 is acceptable for someone with different, smaller hands.

On second thought, I rescind my general critique of 2. The overly wide bottom might be helpful to people with trouble grasping implements, but in that case the tines are too long.

This feels like a reverse Avatar test for autism

2

Came here thinking I'd be the odd man out by saying #2, I'm pleasantly surprised.

I dont like any of them but if i had to pick: 2. I like the prongs. But I don't like the handles for any of them

Anyone interested in developing a "Find your ideal fork" web app?

I for one would be very interested to see statistical preferences...

None of these, I refuse to use forks, only sporks.

Hot take: 1

4 has the best handle, 2 has the best fork

Handle of number 1, prongs of number 2.