Bad news and good news: As a chopstick-able eater, I agree with the folks who pointed out that chop sticks really don't work like tweezers, i.e., don't meet at a simple pivot. In fact they don't cross at all. They sometimes meet at the business end. Also, the fork part could be a windfall for eye doctors.
On the other hand, learning to use chopsticks is a bit of a challenge and tiring. If you could create a device that actually helped people learn how to use them, that would sell. (Training wheels for chopsticks.) For example, either a pair of sticks connected by some sort of flexible, springy strut, or some clips connected by such a strut into which you place your own sticks. (Yea, some of us nuts have our own sticks in a little box that we take to the restaurant.) You could sell a whole kit, sticks, box, and clips.
@B Durfee, I'd pondered a spoon version (choppoon or chopstoon?) and even the mother of all eating implements in a spork version (chopspork?), but the cooking angle hadn't even crossed my mind. Cooking chopsticks are usually much larger, so I guess this would be a giant form of the spoon variant.
...Now I'm trying to remember how Japanese would traditionally taste the broth while cooking.
Taking this idea in a bit of a different direction (maybe a secondary product line), I like using chopsticks for stirring when I'm cooking, but they're not too handy for the quick sauce taste test. Make these a little larger than "normal" chopsticks and put a spoon on the end and I'm your first customer. Choppoon? :)
@Christian, the chopstork was partly inspired by those types of attachments (there are a ton of flexy-type attachments out there for training with chopsticks).
Your idea of a mechanical toy on the end is very cool. Wonder if that can be incorporated into the chopstork concept too.
Hmm, who knows if a telescopic type design(think rabbit ear antenna) can be done for the chopsticks, perhaps a twist off section towards the end for cleaning.
a good idea would be having normal chopsticks that have the end with which they pick food up be forked. that way, if you use both like normal chopsticks, they can gather up more food, or at least help you get a better grip on larger or hard to hold items, kind of like tongs, and if you do get tired, you could just use one as a fork.
Basically, they'd be shaped like this:
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Wow.. these are actually a very cool design. While I think they are silly because I have a different relationship with chopsticks than most of you do, with this really sleek, modern design, they are pretty cool.
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I was pondering on this and made some designs then I saw this. :( It's a good idea bro i tell you that.
Bad news and good news: As a chopstick-able eater, I agree with the folks who pointed out that chop sticks really don't work like tweezers, i.e., don't meet at a simple pivot. In fact they don't cross at all. They sometimes meet at the business end. Also, the fork part could be a windfall for eye doctors.
On the other hand, learning to use chopsticks is a bit of a challenge and tiring. If you could create a device that actually helped people learn how to use them, that would sell. (Training wheels for chopsticks.) For example, either a pair of sticks connected by some sort of flexible, springy strut, or some clips connected by such a strut into which you place your own sticks. (Yea, some of us nuts have our own sticks in a little box that we take to the restaurant.) You could sell a whole kit, sticks, box, and clips.
@B Durfee, I'd pondered a spoon version (choppoon or chopstoon?) and even the mother of all eating implements in a spork version (chopspork?), but the cooking angle hadn't even crossed my mind. Cooking chopsticks are usually much larger, so I guess this would be a giant form of the spoon variant.
...Now I'm trying to remember how Japanese would traditionally taste the broth while cooking.
Taking this idea in a bit of a different direction (maybe a secondary product line), I like using chopsticks for stirring when I'm cooking, but they're not too handy for the quick sauce taste test. Make these a little larger than "normal" chopsticks and put a spoon on the end and I'm your first customer. Choppoon? :)
@Christian, the chopstork was partly inspired by those types of attachments (there are a ton of flexy-type attachments out there for training with chopsticks).
Your idea of a mechanical toy on the end is very cool. Wonder if that can be incorporated into the chopstork concept too.
@Jose, what do you mean by the twist off section?
Hmm, who knows if a telescopic type design(think rabbit ear antenna) can be done for the chopsticks, perhaps a twist off section towards the end for cleaning.
Look what Amazon is selling:
http://tinyurl.com/ogthsa
a good idea would be having normal chopsticks that have the end with which they pick food up be forked. that way, if you use both like normal chopsticks, they can gather up more food, or at least help you get a better grip on larger or hard to hold items, kind of like tongs, and if you do get tired, you could just use one as a fork.
Basically, they'd be shaped like this:
3=========
3=========
Wow.. these are actually a very cool design. While I think they are silly because I have a different relationship with chopsticks than most of you do, with this really sleek, modern design, they are pretty cool.
http://www.cooking-gadgets.com/chopstick-fun/
very clever ideaa
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