I was hunting around for a box the other day, and came across the following item. The handle slides the right part toward the left. The left part is threaded and can be moved closer or further from the right by screwing it further out or in. The left end can be reversed with the [...]

My brother stopped by to visit and I told him about the “what it is” I posted. He asked to look at the “thing”. After only a minute he said; “If I were to guess, I’d say it was for cracking pecans.”
I Googled “pecan cracker” for images and he was right! There are lots of images [...]