It’s approximately 1” x 1.5” (2cm x 3cm). It came with…:

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a bag of macadamia nuts still in their shell. The shells were pre-cracked and the tapered point is used to slip in the crack and twisted to open the the shell the rest of the way

…but I don’t believe it was purpose built for that use and leaves the little hook with the bent tab unexplained and unused.

Lemmy - What is this thing?

    • tacosanonymous@lemm.eeEnglish
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      3 days ago

      It is absolutely made for macadamia nuts.

      I agree that the notch is purposeful. I can only assume that it’s just a means of getting leverage for stubborn shells.

      A lot of these have those holes too. I’m assuming people hang them up?

      • Simon WeissEnglish
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        3 days ago

        Oopsie! Why hide it behind a spoiler tho? 😅

        Never seen this addition to the key before, it’s tempting to assume it’s just broken chain-hole, but on a closer look it’s obviously not…

        • ccunning@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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          3 days ago

          Why hide it behind a spoiler tho?

          Probably not very effective but because I don’t think it was purposely designed for that and I felt like saying that was kind of leading? I dunno. When you make me explain it it seems dumb 😂

          It was hard to get a good photo, but you’re right; the little tab of the would be broken keyhole is intentional tapered like the main point on the tool is.

          I thought maybe it was supposed to double as a bottle opener but could not figure out a way to use it as such. The main point is reasonably helpful at opening a soda can tab if that’s something you need help with.