Hard truths and observations
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Nice! My small one is the #14 Lick Creek with antique bone covers.
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I will have to try this with my Spyderco Stretch the next time I get the chance. I should be able to achieve the same control.
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That's funny.Doeswhateveraspidercan wrote: ↑Mon Jan 21, 2019 10:54 pmI will have to try this with my Spyderco Stretch the next time I get the chance. I should be able to achieve the same control.
But if you're serious, I suggest having bandage and antiseptic near by; and native pecans only, paper shells don't count.
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Why would picking nuts out of a shell be difficult? Of course opening the pecan is a different story garden shears and Pilar’s does the job
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Nah, not picking nuts from the shell, cutting the shell away from the nut. It's the only way you can get native pecans out whole that I know of.Doeswhateveraspidercan wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 9:20 amWhy would picking nuts out of a shell be difficult? Of course opening the pecan is a different story garden shears and Pilar’s does the job
Cracking the shell won't do it for natives like it will paper shells..
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Oh now that’s interesting, just looked up paper shell and I guess that’s all I have ever seen in one form or another, they say now you can crack them with fingers.jpm2 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 1:42 pmNah, not picking nuts from the shell, cutting the shell away from the nut. It's the only way you can get native pecans out whole that I know of.Doeswhateveraspidercan wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 9:20 amWhy would picking nuts out of a shell be difficult? Of course opening the pecan is a different story garden shears and Pilar’s does the job
Cracking the shell won't do it for natives like it will paper shells..
I also read the original meaning of the word means a shell so hard you need a rock to crack it.
So where does a knife blade of any kind fit in to this?
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Not sure I understand your question.Doeswhateveraspidercan wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 1:55 pmOh now that’s interesting, just looked up paper shell and I guess that’s all I have ever seen in one form or another, they say now you can crack them with fingers.jpm2 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 1:42 pmNah, not picking nuts from the shell, cutting the shell away from the nut. It's the only way you can get native pecans out whole that I know of.Doeswhateveraspidercan wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 9:20 amWhy would picking nuts out of a shell be difficult? Of course opening the pecan is a different story garden shears and Pilar’s does the job
Cracking the shell won't do it for natives like it will paper shells..
I also read the original meaning of the word means a shell so hard you need a rock to crack it.
So where does a knife blade of any kind fit in to this?
Are you asking what does a knife blade have to do with cutting the shell away from a native pecan, to get the nut out whole?
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Aren't the shells so hard a knife blade would just slide off of the pecan?
Or do you have to use a knife with the Native variety to remove a coating from the inside off of the nut? Sorry this is really blowing the thread but I guess Pecans can be a hard truth?.... small joke, yeah pretty bad.
Or do you have to use a knife with the Native variety to remove a coating from the inside off of the nut? Sorry this is really blowing the thread but I guess Pecans can be a hard truth?.... small joke, yeah pretty bad.
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We have pecans all over the place and there is no way you can cut the shell off with a knife. Maybe you have some kind of newfangled pecans.
Can you find it and can it cut? :eek:
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In the picture posted above, I cut away the shell of the pecan, which is a hard wood. The nut has no coating on it.
Sorry for the derail, just commenting on Michaels post about cutting the ends off ripe pecans, which I assumed was the shell. I can't think of a reason to cut the end off the nut.
There's only 1 small rural community on earth I've ever known anyone to hull pecans this way, a place my Dad was born and grew up in. I got it from him.
Yes, I do it all the time.
Sorry for the derail, just commenting on Michaels post about cutting the ends off ripe pecans, which I assumed was the shell. I can't think of a reason to cut the end off the nut.
There's only 1 small rural community on earth I've ever known anyone to hull pecans this way, a place my Dad was born and grew up in. I got it from him.
Natives have the hardest and thickest shells. Those are the ones that have to be cut away to get whole nuts.
Yes, I do it all the time.