usually the grip have decorations that work like 'wrinkles', but that's a thing only the more formal chopsticks.
As for the food handling, I don't think the problem was resolved.
Western spoons are multipurpose. Ladle soup into your mouth, cut a bit larger than necessary potato chunk down to size, works just as well with soup as it does other soft / multitudinous foods (try eating Cap’n Crunch or a bowl of ice cream with a miso spoon).
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but they have A E S T H E T I C S
As for the food handling, I don't think the problem was resolved.
Specialization is for insects.