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Grateful Giveaways Holiday 2011 #7: Knork Flatware

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I’m excited to bring you 14 amazing giveaways as part of this year’s Grateful Giveaways: Celebrating a Season for Giving event. For all of my holiday gift ideas, be sure to visit the iGoBOGO Holiday Gift Guide!

Next up, an interesting take on classic flatware. We’ve all heard of a spork, but what about a…knork?

Mike Miller first thought of the idea while eating pizza with a group of friends. Trying to eat pizza with a normal fork, he realized what a struggle it was and how uncomfortable it felt. The challenge of neatly slicing pizza in a manner capable of impressing girls was what led Mike to conceptualize the Knork. Once he saw an employee cutting pizzas in the back with a pizza cutter and taking pictures of people of all ages using a regular fork, Mike combined all this into one utensil that was suitable for all ages and right or left handed users. The idea then sat for four years until graduating from high school.

After attending a few years at Kansas State University with a medical degree in mind, the idea for the Knork still remained. Being 20 years old at the time, he decided to return home to Wichita and take business classes at Wichita State University. Mike’s first step was establishing parent company Phantom Enterprises in October 2000. He then pursued a patent by researching and developing a prototype. Using one of his mother’s forks as a base, he used Bondo, a car modeling compound, to create a model. Today, the Knork is properly patented, produced and marketed and is on the ‘cutting edge’!

Knork 20-Piece Flatware Set

Knork Flatware is ergonomically designed to correctly fit the way we naturally eat. Its patented design combines innovation and function to produce a complete line of modern flatware designed with comfort, style and stability in mind. Five-piece place settings include Dinner Knork, Salad Knork, Place Knife, Place Spoon and Teaspoon, all with the Knork’s distinctive styling, 18/0 stainless steel, hand formed from a single solid bar of stainless steel and two-toned Duo Finish with a glossy head and frosted handle.

Knork 5-piece Serving Set

Simple and striking, this satin serving set will complement your Knork dining set. This set includes a Serving Knork, a Serving Spoon, a Slotted Spoon, a Butter Knife, and a Sugar Spoon made from 18/0 stainless steel with a matte brushed finish.

One lucky iGoBOGO reader will win a 20-piece Knork Flatware Set plus a 5-piece Knork Serving Set!

Entry is simple! You just need to answer the question below by leaving a comment on this site. You can even gain up to 3 bonus entries for doing each additional item listed (just make sure that you leave one entry for each one – up to a total of 4 comments.) As a reminder, comments left on -Facebook, Twitter or other posts will not be counted.

REQUIRED ENTRY:

Leave a comment. Tell me which feature of Knork products most appeals to you!

BONUS ENTRIES:

1. Follow iGoBOGO in a reader or via e-mail updates.

2. Follow iGoBOGO on Facebook or Twitter.

3. Follow Knork Flatware on Facebook.

This giveaway will remain open until 11:59 p.m. EST, Tuesday 12/6. Any comments left after this cut-off will not be counted. The winner will be selected randomly and will be notified via email within 48 hours after the close of the contest.

This giveaway is part of the Grateful Giveaways: Celebrating a Season for Giving event being hosted by myself and 8 other bloggers. You can increase your chances of winning this prize (as well as all of the others on this site), by visiting each of them and entering the same way as you did here. You have plenty of time to get to all of them, since the contest will be open for five full days.

If you haven’t already done so, you might want to print out this spreadsheet to help guide you through all of the entries on all of the blogs.

As one final reminder, you will want to check out the terms of the giveaway by visiting the Grateful Giveaways: Celebrating a Season for Giving Facebook page. Just click on the Terms tab on the left side of the page. (Note that by entering this contest, you agree that you have read the terms and are eligible to enter this contest).

Disclosure: I received the same gift package that the winner will be receiving to facilitate my review. I did not receive any compensation to write this post. The opinions are all mine!

Reader Interactions

Comments

  25. Thank you for the opportunity to be a part of the Grateful Giveaways: Celebrating a Season for Giving event! I really like the Knork’s distinctive styling in both sets!

  195. I like that they are made from a single bar of stainless steel. I have had too many pieces of silverware break because they are not made from one solid piece.

  200. The knork fork! Instead of 2 utensils, this one does it all! Plus I love the serving pieces! I love hosting parties and think my friends/family would love hearing all about these cool knork products over a dinner that uses them!

  207. I like that KNork is ergonomically designed to correctly fit the way we naturally eat.

  264. I love that it will make eating easier!! Living with a house full of boys…this would be handy! LOL! I also love the modern design! This would make life so much easier at tax time!! Thanks for entering me!!
    Stacie
    savingmama at live dot com

  265. I subscribe with Google Reader. Thanks so much for entering me!
    Stacie
    savingmama at live dot com

  266. I follow you on facebook (Stacie Dennis Frost). Thanks for entering me!
    Stacie
    savingmama at live dot com

  267. I Follow KNORK on Facebook. (Stacie Dennis Frost). Thanks for entering me!
    Stacie
    savingmama at live dot com

  275. Knork…a knife and a fork. What a great idea! I hate sitting down to eat dinner and realize I need a knife when I didn’t get one…this would be great because I’d already have one in my fork!

  286. The feature I love the most is that it is easy to use for both right and left handed people since I have both in my family

  318. I like the stainless steel the best. Also, I love Knork products. They are great.
    littlegray88 at yahoo dot com

  327. I like that it is suitable for all ages and for right or left handed users.

    egoettner(at)yahoo(dot)com

  374. I like that I don’t have to worry about my daughter cutting herself while using them!