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True story: My uncle lived in Port Jervis N.Y. but wintered in Florida . Back in the day ( 60's + 70's ) my uncle , aunt and my parents when they got together for holidays would usually do up some oysters or similar shelled creature . I remember as a kid them all pissing and moaning about the pain in the a$$ it was to open them up . My dad and uncle were both tool and die guys from Germany . So they sat down to design a tool to do the job .

What they designed was a stainless steel looking contraption that looked like Vise grips on steroids . One side was C shaped and had a hollow V shape , the other side was a rippled blade . The blade started flat then lead into the rippling . So you would take the shelled creature , set the " hinged " side of the shell into the C shaped holder . You then lined up the blade with the seam of the shell . Squeeze the handle and boom it was open .

Worked every time and was drop dead simple . My dad decided he only wanted to be involved with the design so my uncle ran with the ball and went into production . I remember the yellow blister pack to this day.......... they didn't sell worth a poop but my uncle did eventually unload all of them . I'm sure between N.Y. and FL. there are a bunch of these out there .