- Chopsticks are simple, historical eating tools that have not changed much in 3600 years.
- Chopsticks take some skill to manipulate, but are somewhat limited in their ability to pick up certain foods.
- Disposable chopsticks are simply not sustainable.
- Forks have only been around for a few hundred years.
- Forks were originally intended to hold meat in place while slicing or butchering, They stab, poke and pin down food well.
- Metal forks can be cleaned by hand or in a dishwasher, but care must be taken to clean between the tines where food can get stuck.
- Disposable forks are usually breakable, inefficient, and too short to properly fit in vessels. If not recyclable, they end up in landfills.
- Swips have been researched for over 20 years and were released in 2015.
- Swips are designed for efficiency, cleanliness, durability and elegance.
- Swips are easy to grip, hug the food gently, pick up some sauce, and sit with their tips off the table.
- Swips are made out of the safest plastic available. It can be recycled in a plastic facility or disposed of in the garbage where it remains stable, sequestering carbon and will eventually be mined.
A Brief History of Eating Utensils
Consider the Fork, Bee Wilson:
http://www.examiner.com/article/fruit-stands-forks-muffin-tin-meat-loaf-and-parmesan-mashed-potatoes
Cultured Gourmands; Development of Eating Utensils (Wong, E.):
http://fubini.swarthmore.edu/~ENVS2/S2006/ewong1/secondessay.htm
and on a simpler note: