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Funny. For the past month or two, I've been thinking of asking how many folks on the board 1 know how to use chopsticks, and 2 uses them regularly.

My dad was in the Navy. We were stationed in Japan twice. The first time we were there, a nice Japanese lady gifted me (I was 8) a pair of chopsticks in a carrying case. Everything was plastic. I still have those. I think it was the second time that we went in '83-85, that my mom bought two sets of chopsticks. I've still got those and use them fairly regularly. I mostly only use them when eating Asian food.

I've been wondering if a metal set would be any good. My concern would be if they get hot, but then if the food is that hot, I might be waiting. Anyway.

I know that back in the day, when I was a kid, I would eat huge plates of fried rice with the square wooden chopsticks, and I could/would eat every last grain of rice. It's a lot easier to do with square, grippy chopsticks than round, smooth chopsticks.

I like your comment about them being slightly rough textured. I may need to find a set of those.