Nutcracker "boletus", made of beech wood

Decorative nutcracker in the form of a boletus - made of beech wood. Cracking hazelnuts and walnuts is child's play for adults and children ...
The nut no longer slides away when it is cracked, and the shell fragments do not fly around because the nut cracks in a controlled manner thanks to the coarse screw thread.

The boletus in mysticism:
Porcini mushrooms, but also other mushrooms can grow in a circle, in popular belief these circles are called witch rings or fairy rings.
The roots of the mushrooms develop in such a way that the mushroom fruiting bodies form a circle or settle in a circle.
In some places these mushroom rings are still used as gathering places for fairies or so-called witches.
 
Witch or fairy ring in superstition and folk tradition:
When the mushroom circles are formed, the mushroom root system growing outwards in the circle first forms, which then lets the fruiting bodies (mushrooms) grow on the outer edge of the circles.
In popular belief, these witch rings were or are considered to be mystical gathering places for witches or fairies. Entering the circles is said to have magical effects and is therefore also forbidden.
 
In the fairy or elf ring, some believe that the fairies or elves dance their spiritual dance around midnight ...
(In order not to slip into the realm of the fairies and elves, superstition is considered to be forbidden to enter the fairy ring)
 
In his work “Albrecht von Halberstadt and Ovid in the Middle Ages” Karl Bartsch published the attempt to reconstruct ancient folk traditions in which, among other things, Forest women (Waltfrouwen) danced and sang in holy circles in a ring dance in circles. These forest women could have been wise women with fairy-like charisma, who were later called witches.
The spiritual “occult” dances in mushroom rings (elf rings) will have a special nature-religious meaning here - in which both the toadstool and the boletus received special attention in the shamanic ritual among the “wise women” (fairies, elves, elves as shapes of light).

Cracking nuts with little effort: Very suitable for children and seniors thanks to the larger head diameter

• handmade
• Decorative and useful
• Made of solid, local beech wood
• Smooth-running thanks to oiled screw thread

All nuts can be cracked with our handy mushroom-shaped nutcracker. No matter whether you prefer to eat walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds or macadamia nuts - this fungus also cracks nuts with hard shells.
Simply place the desired nut in the wooden mushroom, place your palm in front of the opening and turn the mushroom head. By covering the opening, the bowls don't fly wildly around the apartment. Also suitable for children and seniors: the force of the wood screw makes it possible to crack nuts without great effort. Another great advantage of our nutcracker is that no fingers or skin can be pinched, even if you are not careful.
The nutcrackers are made from local beech wood and then oiled. Due to the high-quality oiling, this nutcracker can also be used as a decoration. As a hardwood, beech is particularly durable and well suited for kitchen and household items. If the thread is difficult to turn or squeaks, you can simply put a drop of sunflower oil on it.
Even the little ones among us can easily crack nuts or use the nutcracker to make animals out of chestnuts thanks to the larger head and the ergonomic shape. The chestnuts can be clamped through the required approx. 4 cm opening in order to drill a hole.

Our tip: Put the most stubborn nuts in the freezer for an hour or water overnight before cracking. This will make the shell easier to crack. Promised! Another advantage: You usually get whole halves.
The nutcracker "porcini mushroom" has the following dimensions:

• Size: approx. 3,94 x 2,56 inch (10 x 6.5 cm)
• At the end of the screw thread there is a metal insert to protect the wood screw.
• The metal insert makes cracking nuts child's play!

Northworld - recommendation! Nice gift idea - not only for Yule.

Suitable for children from 3 years.
Our tip: Put the most stubborn nuts in the freezer for an hour or water overnight before cracking. This will make the shell easier to crack. Promised! Another advantage: You usually get whole halves.
The photo shows the front and back view!
Price per piece, without the decoration shown!