Lif e is full of redundancies – nowhere moreso than the humble cutlery drawer. I grew up with splayds (and other cutlery too) – and regret not receiving any as wedding presents.
For those not familiar with splayds or the myriad other food consuming implements I present this Venn Diagram…
The problem with the splayd is that you always need two of them; one to hold the meat while you cut. :\ Sort of defeats the purpose.