To make it easier to insert the tine into small, hard objects such as green olives.
The World Tableware Manhattan salad for doesn't come in a three-tine version, unfortunately. However, other brands make them.
A projecting point or prong of a fork is called a tine.
One of the prongs on a fork is called a tine.
This is called a "tine."
tine
The pointy parts of a fork.
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a cake fork
Tine
It's a 3 tine 'spooned' fork used when eating oysters.
A prong on a fork is a 'tine'.
They are called TINES