My friend’s grandfather passed away, and he inherited these items… but he has no idea what they are.
Upon closer inspection, several people quickly identified them: they are old tools for cracking nuts, very common in the 1940s and 50s. At that time, almost every family owned a nutcracker with small metal picks to extract the kernels from walnuts or hazelnuts after opening them. They were also used to clean chestnut shells, and … Read more