The Roman "Swiss Army Knife"

[Veho]

Yo Switzerland, I'm happy for you and I'ma let you finish, but the Romans had the best folding knife of all time. OF ALL TIME!

Okay, so it's not Swiss, and it's not an army knife, since it's actually cutlery, but "Roman Civilian Folding Flatware" lacks that certain ring to it.

The Roman Folding Multiutensil.

And here it is:

The Roman Flip-flop Spork.

The Roman All-In-One Picnic Knife.

Spoiler: And a functioning replica here:

The Roman ProtoSpork.

More images here.

Roman folding knives were used as both tools and cutlery. At meals, knives could be used to cut and spear food. Folding knives were used by Romans eating on the go, since they could be stored in pouches, and by those attending dinner parties at poorer homes that might not have spare utensils to go around.

The [folding knife] has a knife, spoon, fork, spike, spatula, and small pick. Archaeologists think the spike might have helped in extracting meat from snails, a popular Roman food, and the spatula in poking sauce out of narrow-necked bottles. The pick could have served as a toothpick. This isn't the only Roman folding knife that's been found, but they're usually bronze and this one is silver and has a lot more gadgets. It dates to the third or fourth century A.D.

The Roman Retractable Picksporkula.

Read more about Roman folding knives here.

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[Orc]

I like how it has a built in TORCH/PAINTBRUSH. Useful when you're in a dark cave or need to paint on the go.
(That trident and shoehorn is nice too.)

 

[dinofan01]

I demand mass produced replications now!!! I want to shove this in my pocket, stab myself, and proceed to slowly die from blood loss!

 

[Veho]

stab myself, and proceed to slowly dye from blood loss!

That's going a bit far just to dye something. Might I suggest some alternative natural dyes?

 

[dinofan01]

stab myself, and proceed to slowly dye from blood loss!

That's going a bit far just to dye something. Might I suggest some alternative natural dyes?

lol busted! thats what I get for trying to post on the temp while I do some work... brain fart!

 

[nryn99]

how can i use the spoon and fork at the same time?

 

[Arm73]

how can i use the spoon and fork at the same time?

You get two of those, one for the right and one for the left hand, no other way to use a for and a spoon at the same time !