I found the prototype. The middle tines were carefully filed to be very thin and parallel, so they would not rupture the cigar on piercing, but would be much more stable than a single pin or toothpick. The flared side tines are also carefully engineered for the benefit of certain brothers of the leaf (myself included) with special requirements from this sort of utensil. I call this feature the 'moustache non-flagration guard assembly'. Not as obvious, is that I retained the dish of the fork bowl to allow lip comfort and heat protection, as well as maximum smoke acquisition when piercing even the farthest extremity of the cigar head. We are, after all, trying to maximize the practical combustion of that fine tobacco.
