Everybody struggles with chopsticks at first. It’s a fact of life. But if you’re one of those people just can’t do it right, no matter how hard you try — well, never fear!

Here are a few tips to help you pimp out your sticks.

How to make Spring Loaded Chopsticks

It’s simple really. And I’m amazed that after 5000 years of history, the Chinese haven’t built this into their design.

Just remove the wooden parts of a clothes-pin, and replace them with two chopsticks. Pure brilliance!

via Howtoons by way of Lifehacker

How to make Spring Loaded Chopsticks, with no dangerous metal parts

But if you’re scared of losing an eye from a possible chopstick kickback, or if you have kids whose eyes are equally valuable, you might want to try this method. It makes use of a rubber band, and a folded-up paper chopstick wrapper acting as a fulcrum.

via Jake Ludington (also by way of Lifehacker)

Need a Case for those Bad Boys?

Try the patented Sinocidal Chopstick Quiver. Now you have a reason to save those old used MacDonalds straws!

If none of that interests you, and you want to go it the old way, go check out:

How to Use Chopsticks in 7 Easy Steps

Popularity: 9% [?]