An advantage of the knork is that it can be used easily by people who have use of only one hand; Roald Dahl reports in Boy how his father invented a knork precursor as a result of losing his arm. Indeed a knork may also be known as a Nelson fork, after Horatio Nelson who used this type of cutlery after losing his right arm in 1797.
Another style of knork was invented around 1856 by George Washington Bean, a man who lost his arm in a cannon misfire. He called it a knife and fork combination and invented it for the sake of eating with one hand. It is commonly called a Nelson knife, though it does not look like the knork Nelson used. It has a J-shaped curved knife blade with three short prongs on the end. Bean did not get a patent but was given credit by the company who made it for him in a magazine article.
Several patents have been issued for designs of knorks, such as #RE9687 issued to Arthur W. Cox in 1881, #1294031 issued to Henry J. Bigelow in 1919, and #2185942 issued to Charles Frank in 1940. The side cutter fork is also similar. In a sense, a pastry fork is a precursor of the knork, since it is also a fork designed to be used as a knife for cutting food.
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