My parents did, when we were children. We got older and my sister prefers the short fork, and I prefer the long. And for some reason, my silverware set has twice as many short forks as long forks. I’ve never noticed any difference in the short forks, but I admit to not examining them.
“I eat my peas with honey; I’ve done it all my life. It makes the peas taste funny, But it keeps them on the knife…”
Yuck! That’s what they make mashed potatoes for, silly! 
Discussion of salad forks always makes me think of the last three panels of this Erfworld webcomic. Forks from the barbarian mercenary perspective.
Our silver set had what Wikipedia calls a “master butter knife” (it was left in the butter dish/plate, and was only used to transfer butter from it to your bread & butter plate) - in addition to butter knives for each diner. Butter knife - Wikipedia
In addition - we had a set of (at least six - maybe eight?) “grapefruit spoons” - from the 1893 Columbian Exposition on Chicago - this would be part of the set. Each had an illustration of a building and its name on it. 4 Souvenir Grapefruit Spoons 1893 Columbian Exposition | #16695101