Do you know what this wooden tool is good for? A Victorinox Venture Project 

Little known fact: Felix aprenticed in the Traditional Toys division of Santa's Workshop. I think this explains alot. 👍😁🇨🇦

Wie immer ein tolles Ergebniss. Was man bei dir immer wieder lernt, einfach toll. Danke dir.

By the way Felix, I always carry two small SAKs. I was negotiating a flight of locks by myself on the English canals, two days ago. The boat escaped me - taking off on a cruise of it's own between locks, with me on the bank. I thought I might have to get very wet. The boat drifted near to a bank, but not near enough to jump aboard. My Hiker SAK came to the rescue. I was able to cut a piece of hazel from a coppice stool & fashion it into an improvised boat hook. Then retrieve the bow line & pull the boat in. Without that wood saw, I would have been in trouble !

Felix, Du erstaunst mich immer wieder mit Deiner Kreativität und unfassbaren Skills!!

Another awesome bushcraft tool by Felix!

Congratulations, Felix!! You are literally a "krack"!!!!

Wow. Another great project to try from a terrific teacher. I am off to buy some walnuts. Best regards. Ken

Okay, that’s a single shot. Next episode, Felix carves a fully automatic version…

Tolles teil und die Rückseite ist für Haselnüsse 😊 werde ich mit meinem Sohn nachbauen.

Felix verdient den Bushcraft-Nobelpreis!

I'm never disappointed in Felix's videos I like all of them

I love your work Herr Felix. Very clever

Genial, wie immer! Danke.

This is a great device. I harvested and husked Walnuts last week and this will help me crack the nuts when I'm ready. Thanks, Felix.

You always have clever ways of doing things👌👍

Felix plus SAK plus Wood = nutcracker suite. Super.

awesome idea!! thanks

I love the nutcracker, very cleverly made!!

Hallo Felix, sehr sehr coole Idee. Danke auch an Deinen Kumpel fürs teilen des Wissens zum öffnen der Nüsse. Werde ich mir merken und zukünftig anwenden. Hab eine schöne Woche. VG Eric.

That's a perty nutty tool, lol 😂 I like watching your projects, keep up the good work and God bless.

His name is Felix? That means happy. He has a contagious smile.

I live in Allschwil at the Alsace border and indeed there are walnut trees in the field there. I also found out that the husk of the nut has an incredibly powerful dye in it. I was cutting them open with a knife and the juice ran over my hands and permanently marked them for 2 weeks.. could come in handy maybe lol

Brilliant

Dam good idea!! Better than smashing your fingers with hammer or pinching hand with pliers. Nice job on video. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🪓🔪👍👍

Always superb. Congratulations Felix 🇪🇦

Congratulations, Felix, it is an amazing video. It is a great tool to get the nut without fragmenting. It's just great. Congratulations, it is a great video because the idea is great and so is the manufacturing procedure of the tool. Thanks for sharing the video. 👍😉

From what I can gather, the female walnut flower doesn't have petals, but it does have bracts, the way the bracts close around the fruit(nut) is likely why it splits in 4.

😂 Mega!!!! 👌

Moin Feleix, Danke für dieses Video. Ich gucke mir immer gerne deine Anregungen an, auch wenn ich icht alles nachbauen kann. bitte mach weiter so und wie immer einen Daumen hoch ung dieser Kommentar zur Unterstützung! VG Arno

Very cool project! I've tried it myself and it realy works! Thank you! Wish you good luck with your next project of oil press!

You are a very talented guy. Thanks for showing us your creations. Are you going to make skis again?

Thanks

Very cool video! Thank you for another fascinating build! I look forward to your next one!

I just love your inventive nature here, Felix. Amazing as ever, I did not know this and always ended up with walnut fragments! Thanks :)

I have Black Walnuts in my area, almost impossible to harvest any large pieces.

Very cool! I have never seen one of these You always have such great ideas Keep up the great work Felix!

hey mein lieber freund🤗 wunderschön und mega clever der felix knacker. ich esse jeden morgen im müsli nüsse. ich glaub ich bau dein nusshammer nach. danke fürs verlinken🍀🤗

Very cool great job

Dear Felix, thank you very much for this inspiring and cool video. You mention in the video that you invested 2 hours of work to build the nutcracker. How much work do you think it takes for non-experienced hands like yours?

my technique is to hold two walnuts in one hand and squeeze them together, one nut cracks the other one, but its always a bit messy. I like your design, maybe a smaller version for hazel nuts? Actually brazil nuts never open cleanly with a metal nutcracker

Another gr8 one Felix.denke

i fear - felix has gone nuts now... ;-) nice nutcracker, though i prefer using the bottle-opener to open nuts. less work involved

👏👏👏👌 fantástica herramienta funcional 100% gracias por compartir saludos 🇪🇦😉

Friday is not complete without Felix, you inspire me to get out and do stuff instead of sitting around and watching ❤

Can you prepare caramel then ?

My mouth dropped open...stroke of genius, Felix.

Du bist nach wie vor ein Daniel Düsentrieb 👌

we are spoiled with nude nuts of modern world ...but it is great idea to stick to the roots...thanks felix love from Australia...

that's nutty 😂

Felix, there is a rumor that Victorinox is working on releasing an updated sheath for the Venture. I believe you hinted at this in one of your videos a couple months ago. Can you confirm? Are they fixing the off-angle insertion problem? Thanks!

😂 das war cool!!

Very nice idea! The explanation is also the science of gothic medieval cathedrals... You might ask how could such a huge weight be supported by such thin walls. And that explains why the borders of the nut can open it without making a hole when you knock it. The flying buttress or arc-bouttant are responsible in gothic churches of distributing great forces (weight or a strong knock) though all the building without cracking the walls. They make like bridges that take that force outside. This also happens with our bones, specially the head. When the force is too big, the whole structure splits. 😃 😁 In the nut, such a big knock, instead of making a hole, it distributes along all the structure until all collapse. 😀 There is a simpler way of opening nuts without any other tool than you expert hands... Just close your fist with 2 nuts inside it... I bet you could open them easily!😃

You’re a nutcracker. Sweet!

btw you can use the flat screwdriver on the Swiss army knife to open or crack the nut why go throw all this hustle

I'm just 5 minutes in, don't know if your tool will work or not, but I always enjoy your enthusiasm.

Felix...something only you can realize. Do you think is possibile to attach or weld a small piece of metal (like a nail) to the back of the main blade of a 91mm sak to make it open like a paesant knife?!?

Super Sache. Der Keil allerdings hätte anders herum gehört,vso kann's den Hammerkopf spalten.

Wiedermal etwas, was mich lange begleiten wird und ich meinen Kindern beibringen kann! Einfach ultra cool!

....and i have been cracking 2 walnuts in my hand like a neanderthal my whole life when i could be doing the little tap thing?!! 😂😂

Lieber Felix, du sagtest, dass du nicht 100%ig sicher warst, was du da getan hast. Irgendwie glaube ich dir das nicht, denn dafür war das Ergebnis zu perfekt!😉😄👍👍👍 Wie immer bei dir eine perfekte Lösung! 👍👍👍 Vielen Dank für's Zeigen und ganz liebe Grüße aus Oberösterreich!

man all my favorite creators dropping cool videos today. view counts are crazy too for everybody. Must be slackers at work on Friday. (me)

I think the 4 quarters are the 4 sepals of the flower that got pollinated and became the nut . I think the 4 fused together and became the outer shell of the nut. I do a bit of gardening. So it's just a theory.

I recently received my Venture, I like it so far. The first video I watched was one where they were basically abusing it and comparing it to the mora garberg, an unsuitable comparison in my opinion. It is more comparable to the mora kansbol/2000 if I was to compare it to anything. The video I watched was pretty much seeing how much abuse it could take and calling it a fail when it suffered damage that the much beefier garberg shrugged off. My grandfather taught me to use your tools in the way they were designed, aka respect the tool and it won't fail you. I enjoy these videos, they're neat!

so I was taught to baton a folding knife with the blade opened at 90 degrees not fully opened to avoid damaging the hinge and plates.

Hi Felix, ich hab eigentlich nie darauf geachtet. aber jetzt wo ich es sah, mußte ich mir natürlich gleich Gedanken dazu machen. Wie Du bereits sagtest, ist die Bruchlinie an den Wulsten klar und nachvollziehbar. Ich denke, dass der zusätzliche Bruch entlang der inneren Scheidewände darin begründet ist, dass die Scheidewände mit der Schale verwachsen sind und durch die Krafteinwirkung von oben auf die Spitze dazu führt, dass die Scheidewände durch die Kompressionskraft von der Schale abgerissen und diese dadurch geschwächt wird, sodaß diese Linie zusammen mit den Wulstnahtlinien quasi zur "Sollbruchstelle" wird. Wäre auch interessant zu sehen, wie das bei einer dreiteiligen Walnuß (die es ja auch gibt) aussieht. Und das Dein selbstgebauter Nussknacker funktioniert, war mir eigentlich von vornherein klar, "Herr Düsentrieb". 😉😊👍 LG

That is an amazing and extremely effective way to open a walnut. Big thank for that tip. I was equally amazed when I was taught to open hazelnuts the "squirrel" way using a knife. Great video - as always.

Useful tool especially if you have to crack a lot of nuts. greetings friend Felix

Mi friend i broke ir with mi hands and every time i font broke the inside...

I think it's worth putting a rubber band instead of a rope.

That’s video Felix is cool

Hallo Felix, hier schreibt Martin Mueller vielleicht erinnerst Du dich noch an mich. Der eine von den Feuer Brüder ? So eben habe ich das Vide von Dir angeschaut. Ich will Dir einfach nur Gratulieren. Du machst einen super Job. Du bis ein netter sympathischer Kerl. Ich wünsche Dir weiterhin maximalen Erfolg. Herzliche Grüsse aus dem Norden von British Columbia Martin

Sehr sehr cool. Warum machst du eigentlich keine Videos auf deutsch, ich der englischen Sprache nicht wirklich mächtig.

Mässerspitz hind ine, biz dreihe, Nuss halbiert. De räscht machi dänn no vo Hand. Aber so en Walnuss-Schlegel isch natürlich scho vel sexier! 😊 Heb e schöns Wocheänd!

a awsome Video again...

A nutcracker that is based.

Good video Felix, thanks for sharing, God bless !

Im glad i found your channel, (not a criticism) though your English is not always perfect (mine ain't and im English!) and would get less views in your native language, your videos are enjoyable, informative and a pleasure to watch. You've taught me so many things in the dozen or so videos I've watched and inspired several projects. I hope you and your family had a fantastic holiday, subscribing and looking forward to your next video. Take care, Mike.

😄👍 Nutcracker: Sweet.

Such a nice working tool, I am definatelly shoud try one on my own. By the way, Felix, have you ever check Fox Knives Vulpis 5-in-1 Slipjoint Knife? I am sure that you the best person to charge if it could provide same performance as SAK do.

Amazing design! Good work! I don't speak your language. What would this be called "Die Nusszeug", "Der Nussknacker"?

Ah, Felix, I always knew you were a little ‘nutty’ (English expression, not entirely derogatory!). Another bit of bushcraft brilliance. Wonderful, I never knew walnuts cracked like that. I shall use this information to impress my grandsons👍 Thanks for your nutty channel🤣 Les in UK

Looks like what we call English Walnuts, our Black Walnuts take heavy equipment and great determination to open. I don’t bother as I don’t like the bitter taste of black walnuts.

If you turn your wedge 90 degrees, there is very little risk of splitting the mallet head. Yeah, I know you didn't split it, but that just means it's not in there very tight. I don't understand how I made it 50 years in this life and never knew the proper way to crack a walnut.

Thanks again for this plaisant video and great idea. I won’t be astonished if one day you make an aircraft carrier with 3 pieces of wood 😀😀😀 Huge kisses from France and in a hurry to see your next video.

Great video my brother! Stay safe and keep having fun!

There is a Spanish saying, " La cabeza no es para pello solamente", Translation, "The head is not just for hair" you created a very efficient useful tool to open "el nogal" the walnut.

Cuillère 0,30 cts dans tous les supermarchés 😅

Hello from Beautiful British Columbia Canada 🇨🇦 ❤ I like this type of crafty project😊🎉

Growing up we had a few Black Walnut trees on our property, the were nearly impossible too crack and get the nut out. We sold them too the feed store who bought them for the big nut companies, for about $5 a gunnysack.

I break the nuts by taking two in my hand, putting the break point (sesm?) next to each other and with a little pressure they just pop open. Very simple and without tools

That looks like it works just fine for what we call “English Walnuts”, but the black walnuts we have here are another thing entirely!

Oh, you could definitely press them for oil. Then you could use the leftover nut meal in delicious baked treats. But that sounds like you would need lots and lots of nuts. Good luck!

Great job !

By far the best walnut cracker video I’ve seen all day.

Congratulations! You just spent 2 hours building a tool to do the same thing a chimp can accomplish with a rock.

frankly I'd use a simple rock :) But we all love overengineered tools, so... :)

You should turn the handle 90 degrees so the wedge doesn't align with the grain of the face of the hammer.

We peel a strip of bark off of a green branch like a belt to wrap around the nut giving us a handle so we don't hit our fingers with the mallet. You can make a permanent one with a strip of innertube.

That's nuts.

That was an unreal idea Felix! You obviously come from the same place then nuts do lol.