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Weak Standard Grip
A Weak Standard Grip looks exactly like Standard Grip under light load, but becomes inefficient under heavier load, due to neglected key principles.
The Chicken Claws Grip
The Chicken Claws Grip is an exaggerated variant of the Idling Thumb grip, with wider chopstick reach and power, plus a menacing look.
The Vulcan Grip
The Vulcan Grip is a closely-related variant of the standard chopstick grip - pulp of index/middle fingers are used instead of distal knuckles.
Learn to Use Chopsticks
People used chopsticks for thousands of years. But no one had taught the twirling of chopsticks by principles of the planetary gear train, until now.
The Idling Thumb Grip
The Idling Thumb Grip is a closely-related variant of the standard chopstick grip - the thumb loiters around doing nothing useful to help the top chopstick.
The Standard Grip
Of all alternative ways to grip a pair of chopsticks, only the standard grip works well. Here we reveal the truth about it that the world has not known before.
#UtensilEquality
All utensils are equal, and the right tool should be offered for the right food. If your waiter brings out Penne alla Vodka with chopsticks, then you know utensil equality holds.
Marcosticks website has been launched
The post marks the official launch of marcosticks.org, an organization dedicated to bringing our vision of #utensilequality to fruition.
Is Marcosticks a registered trademark?
As of the date of this writing, the trademark "Marcosticks" has been filed with the USPTO, but is not yet a "registered" trademark.
What are Marcosticks?
Legend has it that Marco Polo introduced pasta from China to Italy, and Marcosticks to Kublai Khan. But he did not live to see his vision reshape the Western culinary practices.