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KA-BAR Field Kit Spork (3-Pack)
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KA-BAR Field Kit Spork (3-Pack)
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When you’re eating in the backcountry, you have to expect the unexpected. A broken utensil here, a stray animal there: there are tons of things that can go wrong Read More
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keyboard_arrow_downMManalang
189
Aug 3, 2019
That drain hole on the base of the spork looks like it’s going to be a problem. I normally rinse out and wipe dry my utensil dry after a meal, but with this you have to open it up and clear food out.
K.T.N
1264
Apr 18, 2019
I was a huge skeptic of this due to the ridiculous "tactical" marketing they used to sell these under. That just turned me off so hard.
Later, I happened to run into two of these, new, at a fairly cheap price at a local thrift shop.
Well, one kudos is that they are durable. While made of polymer, the tines of the fork are tough, hard, and unlikely to break with normal use. So that's good.
The body is also quite rugged and unlikely to snap, so that's good, too.
One bad point is that the spoon head is quite small as everyone notes. It seems more designed to shovel food, dumplings, etc. into the mouth from the edge of the cup or bowl, rather than to lift liquids, such as soup, into the mouth. With this spork, it's better to "drink" the soup from the bowl, and to scoop the food bits into the mouth with the spoon. So it's definitely not the spork you'd want to sip consume with in the field.
Another point of concern is that there are two small rectangular drain ports in the body of the spoon. These are, presumably, to allow liquids to drain from the hollow internal knife compartment. These little holes easily trap and retain food bits, which may be a health hazard if the user doesn't take good care to wash them out after every use, especially on a multi-day excursion (the same can be said for the entire knife compartment). In the pictures, you can see the hole on the handle right beneath the scoop of the spoon.
A third point is that there's a lot of sharp flashing around the edges of these sporks. Flashing is the plastic seepage that spills out of the seams of the molds used for injection molding. As these are made of a strong and hard, but shatterable polymer, the flashing is quite sharp. It runs all the way around the perimeter of the spork and is pretty annoying.
If you were to make regular use of these, you will feel compelled to sit down with a box cutter, X-acto knife, or some other sharp knife, and trim off this flashing. These don't sell at high enough of a price point that the flashing is trimmed off at the factory, so you will have to do it yourself. I have to admit, it can be quite satisfying once you have a smoothed out spork but, really, you shouldn't have to do that.
So this is a more credible utensil than I first thought once I got over the ridiculous marketing. It's not perfect, though, as noted above. I've started packing it into my car trunk mess kit for those times when I need a mess kit on the road, which is fairly rarely.
It's good that they offer them in additional colors in case one is traveling in a group.
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Redfishingboat
13
Apr 19, 2019
K.T.NI have one as well and I second the absolutely annoying holes. Totally fine if you are carting a dishwasher around with you... just an example of designers never actually using the cool things they dream up.
TacticalJesus
5
Apr 17, 2019
I wanted to like these, but the "spoon" portion is just way too small. About teaspoon size. Cute idea though.
pganze
7
Apr 17, 2019
Massdrop is never a better bargain than you can get at amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01FYJ6ICK
ChristopherCashell
145
Apr 17, 2019
The KA-BAR Tactical Spork is silly, goofy, unnecessary, self-indulgent, and the kind of thing that should never have existed. Only a crazy man would come up with something like this, and only a fool would buy one.
That said, I already own two (what can I say, I'm a fool with a fondness for sporks).
I keep one in my car, and one in the drawer at home next to my assortment of other plastic, steel, wood, and titanium sporks. It's not something I would grab frequently at home, but it does come in handy. The spork part is a little smaller than ideal, which makes it easier to pocket, but less useful to eat with. The knife is surprisingly usable, although it's smallish, too. The car spork has actually gotten a decent amount of use.
Overall, it's definitely (a lot) more gimmick than truly functional. But, let's face it, you knew that before you decided to hit "buy", didn't you? This is about more than useful or practical; this is about "awesome". And a made-in-the-US Tactical Spork with "KA-BAR" stamped on it has "awesome" in spades.
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