Runcible Spoon

This evening I had a moment of curiosity come over me about something that I haven’t thought about in at least two decades—what is a runcible spoon? The infamous spoon is featured in what was my favorite book as a child, The Owl and the Pussycat (there are many versions, but the one you must borrow during your next Library visit is the version illustrated by Hilary Knight.) Originally a poem published in the 1800’s, the story is about an owl and a cat who fall in love and sail off to the land where the bong tree grows to wed. The best part of the story is when “they dine on mince and slices of quince” which they eat with a “runcible spoon.” Some quick internet research determined that such a spoon is nothing more than a “fictitious utensil that appears in the nonsense poetry of Edward Lear.” Unwilling to be left disappointed, I further searched to uncover that a runcible spoon is generally defined as a fork with three prongs (similar to a pickle fork), is curved like a spoon and also has a cutting edge. So my question is…has anyone seen such a thing? And if you’ve been so fortunate to have used one, I’ll exchange you a dramatic citation of said poem to hear your story!