Hey Craig
After I hung up I drew a few pair to scale -
this first shows the fork at 10 feet and the knife at 11+
the top of the cup is at 7 feet.

Knife&fork sign 1.jpg (68729 bytes)

here the knife is at 10 feet and the fork at 9,
the tipped cup has more appeal to me,
how to hang the cup would be the next question???

Knife&fork sign 2.jpg (66961 bytes)

Let me know if this is close to your doodle..
and we'll make adjustments to suit..
talk to you soon, Dee and Lee