Product Features:

• Highly polished, sleek design
• Solid zinc cracker for nuts and seafood
• Safe to use in dishwasher

Product Description:

39881 Good Grips Nut Cracker

Customer Reviews:
smashed fingers
Not a good nutcracker for large hands. When the nut breaks (usually explosively) your fingers can get crushed too. Ouch!

2010-01-15 | Rating: 1

Not your grandfather's nutcracker!
I'm from an Italian family, and we always had bowls of nuts that my grandfather shelled for us kids after holiday dinners. I never realized just what a difficult job cracking those nuts was until my husband and I recently attempted it ourselves--unfortunately using the same flimsy type of metal nutcracker that my grandfather used to use. The very next day, I went out and purchased this Oxo Good Grips Slim Nut/Seafood Cracker. I was a little hesitant, as it seemed a bit pricey, but I brought it home, telling my husband that it was an early Christmas gift for him. Well, he was the first to use it, trying it on a Brazil nut--you know, the ones in the mixed nut bag with the thickest, hardest-to-crack shells. We were both taken aback when, after he had barely exerted much pressure at all with the new Oxo Nut Cracker, the nut easily came apart in his hands! We found this product worked just as well on larger nuts, like walnuts, as did on smaller nuts, such as almonds and hazelnuts. The weighty feel and larger size make the Cracker easier to hold, and the black grips decrease the risk of slippage. We haven't yet tried the Cracker for seafood, but I am confident that the Oxo would perform just as well as a Seafood Cracker as it does with nuts. Highly recommended!

2010-01-10 | doctor_beth (Upstate NY USA) | Rating: 5

Oxyo Nut Cracker
This was ordered and delivered promptly. For smaller nuts such as Pecans or Almonds, it's a great size and works well. This line of gadgets tends to have better functionality with their gripping ability. Anyone who has used one of the old style nut crackers knows what a hassle it can be to not be able to grip properly. This product makes it EZ to work.

2009-12-29 | Omega Man (Knoxville, TN) | Rating: 5