I picked these up last year when I was picking up a Snow Peak Spork for Chris at the Snow Peak store in Japan. I personally strongly dislike sporks, so I got the SCT-001 three-piece utensil set instead. I see the utility of having utensils stashed in the EDC bag, since sometimes the krappy low-bidder PRC fork that comes with your Grace’s Inn chicken katsu plate lunch shatters into plastic shrapnel, the disposable spoon that comes with your convenience store ice cream is just not up to the task, or whoever picked up lunch at Yama’s Fish Market only got forks and your #3 plate has poi. I have in the year that I’ve owned this set used for exactly these things and then some. I have so far not used the knife.
The utensils are a little smaller than most tableware, but only by around 10 or 20 percent. The overall length of the utensils is about 17cm. The handles are narrow, but this generally doesn’t cause an issue unless you are really leaning into them (like trying to crack into a JDM 7-11 yuzu ice cake, but it’s still way better than a 5cm wooden spoon!). The titanium is mostly taste-free (I can taste it, but most people can’t). The knife edge isn’t terribly sharp, but then the metal isn’t treated to hold an edge either. It is possible to put a better edge on it, but since these utensils are destined for use on prepared food, it just doesn’t matter. As long as it is as sharp or sharper than a plastic knife, then it’s all good. The most wonderful thing about these is because they’re titanium, they’re only 52 grams for the set – very little weight penalty adding them to your EDC kit.
A nylon webbing sheath is included to keep all the utensils together. All three utensils stack and fit inside and are held in by a flap with a Velcro closure. It is perfectly possible to store any one or two utensils in the sheath (except maybe the knife alone, which gets a tad loose) and still have the flap work. The nylon webbing the sheath is constructed from is 30mm wide, so it will slip behind MOLLE webbing. You can do this if you have a bag with internal webbing, but it’s probably not a good idea to have them outside where they’re exposed to pathogens and other weird contaminants. My set is in a small plastic resealable bag inside my pack. There are various webbing colors for the sheath. When I stopped by the store, there was gray (lighter than foliage green) and OD green. If you order online (even from Snow Peak themselves), you generally get a mystery random color.
Highly Recommended
2919-yen (around $33 USD, Los Chaparros bread pudding not included)
Four out of four grinning gear monkeys
As I sit here, eating my strawberries with my spork! I keep the small spork in my pack and that has come in very handy. Although Chase gives me grief when I use it, stating that it’s his! Stinker!