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NomenNescio13 t1_j2a502b wrote

What the hell? A walnut? When we were kids we found out we could pretty easily crack one by holding two and squeezing.

How the hell did that kind of nut do that to a metal utensil?

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ColonelKasteen t1_j2abwmk wrote

That isn't how wear on a tool works. A single nut didn't crack it, it broke on this nut after many years of metal fatigue cracking nuts. A cheap metal nutcracker doesn't have incredible quality control on the steel used and doesn't heal between uses.

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yodarded t1_j2b525l wrote

>A cheap metal nutcracker doesn't have incredible quality control on the steel used and doesn't heal between uses.

wait, do quality nutcrackers heal between uses?

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ColonelKasteen t1_j2b6139 wrote

Only the REALLY good ones. Like, a William Sonoma nutcracker.

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newaccount721 t1_j2bxpcy wrote

Wait you could crack walnuts by hand? Damn I must be weak.

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NomenNescio13 t1_j2dbg7i wrote

Honestly, when we discovered this we would crack nuts just for the huge-heaping-muscles rush, and we didn't even eat half of 'em. But we were kids, so I'm reasonably confident it takes very little.

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tchuruck OP t1_j2c2lv9 wrote

That's true, that works surprisingly well.

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madsci t1_j2cbsps wrote

You must have never experienced black walnuts. For those you'd preferably use a big bench-mounted cracker with compound leverage.

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