I often write with my knife...after it has been dipped in the blood of my vanquished foes.

Oh my god.

I NEED these.

This looks like something The Onion would put out. Like my favorite, the Visorganizer

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Why do I have the sudden urge to chew on my flatware?

i already have a bad habit of ripping the shirt clip off of plastic pen caps. never mind if they had a giant knife sticking out of them.

And while that "knife" probably can't cut cottage cheese, and remmebring tat you can totally stab someone with a regular pen - Which of these two things would be confiscated by airport security?

My initial reaction was "cool!". I'm always looking for a fork or spoon @ work. Maybe I should just keep a set in my desk drawer. The only advantage with the pen top utensils is storage size you'd still have to wash them after use .... or not.

If you take the guts of the pen out, it doubles as a straw....... My backpack just lost a few grams lighter...... SWEET

and here I thought the forefront of cutlery innovation ended with the spork. civilization, I stand corrected.

Doesn't do much to help those trying to kick the habit of chewing on their pens, or I guess it totally justifies it.

That will never get by Airport security.

If they make a spork, I'm in.

Oh my God...why aren't these things on sale already!?!

I want so badly to be unimpressed... And yet...
This is truly the pinnacle of human achievement.

Ha! This is awesome! When can I pick this up at the 99cent store?

@WorkingOnYourInvoice: Word. At first I was like "bullshit" then I was sortof feeling sad that I don't have these. Pen-Top utensils, I hate you but I love you.

@mthrndr:
I shudder to think of what your desk might look like. Who do you work for, the IRS? What do you use as a paperweight?

...basically what I'm saying is that I would like to subscribe to your newsletter...

Who writes anymore??? The pen is so 1990's.

Evidently I'm the only one who thinks these are insanely pointless.

This would be even more awesome if they were made out of metal... Stainless steel would be nice, but probably too heavy for balance... Maybe aluminum or titanium...? On a budget they could always resort to plastic, I suppose, but then it would have to be polycarbonate.

Considering all of the places pens end up falling on, would you really want something that close to your mouth?

@Ledsled: Just cut yourself some tines into that spoon and you're golden! =)

But, I don't think the knife could do any heavy duty cutting like a steak... The back and forth sawing action would likely pull the cap off the end of the pen all the time, then you'd end up with a not-so-tasty ink injection... :P

they need to eliminate all the attachments and just have a spork attachment with a butter knife edge....

One small question; what if the pen leaks?

My mac and cheese will turn into mac and blue ink? That's not appetizing at all.

... or you could simply use the pens as chopsticks.

Do the attachments also have USB ports?
They need USB ports.

You could also use these things with a laser pointer, or one of those old style telescoping pointer sticks. It could bring fondue to a whole new level.

I found an existing novely fork/pen only version with a "pen fork" google search.
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It's Italian made so I assume it works well with spaghett.

what ever the situation is, who ever came up with that idea is going to get paid...

@To JAG42: State Lottery: Congratulations! You just won $48Million. Now to claim the prize, just sign this check... I'm sorry?... Are you telling me you don't have a pen? Well that's no problem, I have one right her... What? You don't write anymore? Well I'm sorry but if you can't sign, you can't have the $48 million dollars.

And then everything you eat tastes inexplicably of ink.

Adam: "I could be able to write with my knife."

Or, "I could be able to eat with my pen".

Depends where your priorities lay.

I also want to like these but I am a messy eater. Spaghetti sauce will get into the pen, the hot soup will make the pen all fogged up and leak, the tough meat I'm cutting will break the pen leaking blue ink all over the dinner, lap, soup, and clothes. FAA will label me a terrorist and be sent to Gitmo... gee, thanks Pen-top utensils - thanks a lot!

@Solidsky: why stop there? why not just make the whole friggin pen edible? An edible pen that doubles as a spork! That would be awesome. Awesomely delicious.

Why do I think I am going to see eating utensils behind everyones ears now?

I shall consider all of the concerns brought up in this thread and integrate them into the overall design, thus improving the original idea making it eligible for a new patent. I shall then hire Carlos Slim as my butler and Bill Gates to wash all of his *former* cars.

10 years later, Johnathan Ives, CEO of Apple Inc., will introduce the iSpork. It will feature a handful of "improvements" over the original design but will still be deemed revolutionary. iSpork will take 75% of the pen-attachment market share in the first year. Shortly thereafter, robots will become self-aware, realize the stupidity of the human race, and kill everyone. Apple fanboys will be the first to go.

So when can I pick these up?

thats pretty damn clever

Oh yay finally i can do my projects and eat at the same time! Ty

This is good, until you realize that you need to carry two pens around to use the fork and the knife at the same time.

Then you start thinking "Well, I might as well do three."

Then the pocket protector starts seeming like a good idea again, and this way lies madness.

@DelosWorld: They've already got a telescoping fork, it's called the 'Fork it Over', one of the best product names ever IMO. I got one for my brother in law a few years back. Yes, he's the kind of guy who would use it...

@gokor: No, it'll turn into a mac and blue cheese - immediate gourmet!

Now if we can just make the ink taste like mint, you'd have a breath freshener once you've finished eating.

Wow, now there are three uses for the old BIC pencap: pen tip protection, eating utencil, and earwax extraction.

Ware? This is more like a What? or a Why?....

...but, perhaps, just the thing to peek over the top of your plastic pocket protector....

Looks a little too familiar to a project a friend and I worked on nearly 2 years ago if ya ask me...see for yourselves:

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Coincidence?? I can't help but be a little suspicious...

For that rich, INKY, taste...

Scotch Tape and plasticware solved this problem years ago. You need proof? Go to any restaurant counter and pay with a credit card. They will hand you a Bic with a Fork taped to it so you don't steal the pen.

I'd completely buy these if there was some kind of storage so that they wouldn't be floating around my backpack and just get snapped or germ-infested over the course of ten seconds.

They got Emperor Palpatine as the hand model, must be some serious VC behind these penorks, knens, spens, penifes...oh fuck it.

ewww i dont want ink on my food now..

For the serious work-aholic

I do kinda like this idea, but i feel like i would have to go out of my way to not use the forks, knives and spoons that are so readily available wherever food is sold.

These are actually kinda cool. I spend all day on campus and carrying a set of utensils in my bag would be a pain in the ass. But I already carry a bunch of pens which now means that I'm already carrying 90% of a set of utensils.