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The Splayd

Manoeuvring food from plate to mouth while standing up with a drink in the other hand at a cocktail party is a skill that takes much practice to master. The almost titanic struggle to eat with a degree of elegance while avoiding spillage caught the imagination of Canadian-Australian, William McArthur, in the 1940s. His solution, which like almost all moments of genius appear in hindsight, was…

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The combination of knife, fork and spoon was invented by William McArthur in the 1940s after seeing ladies struggle to eat at barbecues with standard cutlery from plates on their laps. It is similar to the American spork. There are several manufacturers. this ad from 1969.