Chestnut splitting tool - GIF

Chestnut splitting tool.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...751#post148108
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...2950#post97620
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...965#post202821
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...3374#post98883
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...033#post171963

When I lived in WV there was an old empty farm house about 1/2 mile down the road.
There were three chestnut trees on the property, after tracking down the owner and getting permission to pick up any fallen, it was a close race between me and the deer(?) to see who got them first!
Most of the time the pods were already split open, there were a few that needed to be opened, heavy gloves were a good thing.