The Nutcracker, Sweet
by Matthew Sparkes, London, UK on 06.22.07
This wonderful nutcracker is probably the simplest design I've ever seen. Ok, breaking a nut open isn't brain surgery, but this is a graceful solution.
Made from two small blocks of Beech wood, one has different size holes on each surface so that nuts of all sizes can be cracked. Place a nut in a hole, bang the blocks together, eat nut and repeat.
It’s a simple, efficient design which uses far less energy and materials to produce than any metal contraption. It’s $35 dollar price tag is a little high, but the finish looks great. If you’re handy with wood then you could knock one up yourself, and if not then you can grab one from the Museum of Modern Art's online store. ::MoMA
See also ::Tough Nut to Crack: But Macadamia Yields To Husque ::MoMA's Fake Garden, designed by Ken Smith
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Good grief! If you're that concerned about the metal used in a standard nutcracker, use a pipe wrench or pliers instead. Thirty five bucks for two blocks of wood? That's just silly. Buying lots of random stuff just because it exists is not green.
I think it's a great idea the price tag is a little much i would agree with Ailsa on that but what I like is my 3 yr old son could crack away... and i assume the nut would stay in the little whole where as when he hits them with a wood malet they go flying