Fancy Forks from Few York

The Challenge: My wife let me know that we needed to get more forks. For some reason we had fewer forks than knifes or spoons. Not sure how that happened but we have a lot of kids so its not totally surprising. I'm sure the local landfill has a few of them and maybe the school lost and found has the rest.

The Solution: Liberty Tabletop aka America's Flatware Company. They came up with that moniker not me. On their website they explain why part of their mission is to support American jobs. Liberty was started after the Oneida plant in Sherrill, New York that was opened in the 1800s closed in 2005.

The Rant: This is what really drives me to buy American. When a company, or private equity firm that owns them, decides that they could increase profits by offshoring, they often overlook the lives that are affected by their bottom-line decision. Consumers might benefit with a slightly cheaper product but there is a whole host of things that are lost or broken when offshoring happens: lower quality, less safe working conditions, and those lost wages don't recirculate in the economy. So maybe the 10K filing looks a little better but that's about it.

More about the Solution: The forks took a few days to get here because well I didn't order from the jungle store. The fork seems to be very well made (see pic with apple for size). They're strong with a little bit of flex thanks to the 18-10 stainless steel. They work really well with forking salads and chicken into my mouth. I didn't have any ice-cream on hand, and a fork isn't a spoon, but I imagine that the spoon version of this fork wouldn't bend when scooping ice-cream. Maybe the folks over at Liberty can post a demo video. Just a thought.

Keep forkin'

-Ryan

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