1 is the one you leave in the drawer till it's the last one or use for stuff you don't want to risk your other forks for...

Glad to see my undiagnosed disorder is alive and well. #2 crew represent.

All of them have a flat handle. My personal preference is for a cylindrical handle. Heavier and easier to hold. Flat cutlery that looks like it was stamped out of sheet metal won’t do at all.

You 2-people are insane. It's clearly fork number five.

Number 5, as a backup 2. Edit: I feel like 2 is too fat and 5 is too narrow. Somewhere in the middle.

Came here thinking I'd be the odd man out by saying #2, I'm pleasantly surprised.

1, 4

5 is definitely the best. It offers a thicker handle edge for cutting and did not require a stamping bend on thinner material to add rigidity. The rounded head and outer tines serve two purposes. One it offers a smaller controlled side contact like the profile of a chef's knife that will focus more force at the contact point allowing for better contact with the plate and shearing more efficiently. Second, the rounded outer edge will fit the contour of a bowl allowing a fork to efficiently manage rice or other small items down to the last bite with nothing remaining. The larger outer tines and shorter overall length is also more durable and resistant to bending. It cost far more to make number 5 and the design functionality came ahead of the operations cost, and materials stock selection. All of the others were made according to the minimum number of forming operations and thin stock.

Only #2. Having a consistent set of cutlery is priceless.

1s the best. 3 and 4 are acceptable, 2 and 5 are a crime. i dont get y'all

I hate all of them but many people seem to like number two, but that is decisively the worst. I literally just bought twelve forks from a discontinued line because I had a few of them and they are the best forks ever. There are few things better than a great fork.

3 speaks to me I like 😋😋

I don't like any of them

Def 3

2 and 3. 1 and 5 are too short, they're last resort shit

1

Hot take: 1

Add-on question: when using a fork, do you put the points on the plate (or stab a piece) and then use your knife to push food onto the downward curve of the tines (I would say the back but that's because I don't do this) and lift it points-down?

Or do you carry food on the concave curve of the tines (as well as stabbed on the points of course) and lift it points-up?

This is cultural, neither is incorrect, but it might affect your choice of fork. Whether you switch hands or keep it entirely in your left might also make a difference.

3 looks better balanced and crafty enough. 5 looks like a dessert fork

Many go for 2, but they are just thinking about using it, not cleaning it. More surface to clean plus extra volume which fills quicker the place where forks, knives and spoons are stored till they dry

1 is too bended.

There isn’t a best, maybe a less bad but even then it’s an impossible choice. ✋wins here.

It's probably made of that super light material, and if I use too big of a fork, I'll drop rice all over myself. Or get too big of a mouthful.

I'm glad someone on the internet finally figured out that we all have rules about forks. Every ND person I've met has a fork rule. My fiance (ADHD) and I (ADHD also) have two sets of silverware- one for him, and one for me, and then we have the weird loose ones from either set that were imperfect in meeting our demands.

1, 2, and/or 5 depending on the type of food i'm eating.

Depends on the knife.