birdsnest

Has anybody ever tried one of these?



I'm thinking about ordering one on-line unless I can find one locally.

LITECATCH

i have one sorta like that. it was made out at Champion paper mill years ago. i love it!

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Skippy

They work great, my buddy has a couple and we use them every week.



Skippy

birdsnest

I've seen similar ones in restaurants and have been tinkering in the garage trying to build one. Without a welder to work with I decided to look for something already on the market

Captain Woody Woods

how do they work?

Mullethead

You stand the oyster on edge and with the lever drive the "tooth" into the seam - I watched two guys at a New Orleans oyster bar open up several bagsreal fast. One "pops" the oyster with this tool, the other with a regular oyster knife finishes the job, cutting the muscle.

I tried it and you quicky learn not to crush too hard or you shatter the shell and get bitsinto the meat.

For opening up a lot, especiallyilregular, or cluster oysters they work well.

MULLET HUNTER

i have one that is similar, mine is homemade out of stainless and it works great! beats the knife anyday if you are like me, drinking and shucking.

nextstep

i love mine. slow even pressure is the trick. also does not work well with thin shelled oysters.

Snagged Line

I watched Mark open a couple dozen at the air show party. He was opening them faster than three poeplecould eat them. He made it look easy.

Bigadam

Dammit man, Looks at all that weld spatter! My dad built a couple in the past but they got shuffled around to different family members. I need to build us a new one.