{"id":2602,"date":"2023-12-25T23:53:45","date_gmt":"2023-12-25T23:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=2602"},"modified":"2023-12-25T23:53:45","modified_gmt":"2023-12-25T23:53:45","slug":"do-you-remember-these-many-finds-mysterious-tools-in-his-grandparents-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=2602","title":{"rendered":"Do you remember these? Many finds mysterious tools in his grandparents\u2019 home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A young man was recently going through his grandparents\u2019 old things after they passed and showed an interesting find to a friend of his.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-05-22-at-6.17.30-PM-768x487-1-300x190.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-05-22-at-6.17.30-PM-768x487-1-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-05-22-at-6.17.30-PM-768x487-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The two could not tell what these metal objects could possibly be until the found some information online.<\/p>\n<p>The metal sticks are actually nutcrackers! Likely from the 1940\u2019s or 1950\u2019s, this type of nutcracker would be used to dig the actual nut out of a shell.<\/p>\n<p>They help to get to the edible portion of any nut, but are especially common to help one properly eat a chestnut.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-05-22-at-6.18.17-PM-768x487-1-300x190.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-05-22-at-6.18.17-PM-768x487-1-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-05-22-at-6.18.17-PM-768x487-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nNutcrackers like this were often in similar sets of seafood tools that included implements for cracking the shells of shellfish in addition to picks for pulling out the meat.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-05-22-at-6.19.09-PM-768x487-1-300x190.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-05-22-at-6.19.09-PM-768x487-1-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-05-22-at-6.19.09-PM-768x487-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The nutcrackers could also often been found with a matching wooden bowl designed to look like a chestnut.<\/p>\n<p>Many of us and our grandparents had similar tools at home, along with the fond memories that go with them!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/rollerskating-400x210-1-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/rollerskating-400x210-1-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/rollerskating-400x210-1.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nDid you ever have nutcrackers or picks like this? Tell us about your favorite memories of them in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A young man was recently going through his grandparents\u2019 old things after they passed and showed an interesting find to a friend of his. 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