ShellShucker Stone Crab Cracker for Seafood Lobster Claw King Crab Legs Deshelling Machine No Crab Fork Needed Professional Grade Aluminum Kitchen Chef Tool

Overall it works great, it allows just as much pressure as you like, to gently crack crabs without smashing the meat, or producing shrapnel. I bought it for California spider crabs, which are murder, if you choose to use the legs (optional), they're like trying to crack beef bones for the marrow. But this thing makes breaking the legs easy. It also works great on rock crab claws. That's about it, obviously there's no need for something like this to crack Dungeness crabs. I have an fifty year old pair of pliers from a Subaru tool kit that perform that job perfectly.One slight gripe, they might have moved the pivot link forward an inch. There are some crab leg segments that are too small for the interior bar to crack, you have to move them to the short exterior side, where the leverage is poor, and pieces of shell go flying.Ed: I should have read more reviews, the solution is easy, stick the end of a wooden spatula in there when you need more height to crack a small leg. Duh. Okay, not nearly perfect, it is perfect.

This made eating stone crab a whole new experience. This worked great. No more hammers and towels. A crack here, a crack there…..Done!

Such a Great Tool, easiest way to crack crab 🦀 in less than half the time. We cracked the crab for our guests and left it in the shell for presentation. It cracks the smallest of legs, the body and the largest of legs with no effort. Guests literally removed full pieces of crab from the shell with their fingers or mouth, no additional cracking, pick tools or forks were necessary. Heavy duty is an understatement, it’s a beast that is perfectly constructed. Highly recommend this product.

American made

I bought two of these for relatives, had to send one back as it was not needed. Difficult time getting hold of someone at Amazon to explain the refund and charge. Gave up, just waiting for my Prime statement now.

This is the BEST thing I have bought in a long time!!! Having been trapping Stone Crab in the Florida Keys for years and using a small hammer to crack claws, I can say this is the ultimate cracker. I read another review that it was hard to get a feel for but I found it simple to use the first claw. It requires very little pressure to crack the shell and there is very few small pieces of shell. LOVE IT!!!!

perfect for stone crabs

Do not waste your money on this. Its well built but it does not work on med and larger claws. The issue is the design. The part that crushes the claw is a 3/8" square tube. That flat area is the issue. It takes a tremendous amount of force for this to actually work and crack the shell. I am 6' 190 and am strong and after attempting to crack 4 claws, I went back to using the back end of a butter knife. 100% easier. Disappointed as I thought this would save my hands from the many cuts you get when you crack with a knife or spoon

Love it. Does a first rate job cracking the toes and joints. Saved me lots of time.

Been finding a "heavy" De-sheller for crab about 3-4 years now. The item work as intended for Giant mud crabs as their pincers are thick and bigThough have to stand up and use the De-sheller to crack the pincers.Price, i think is expensive but i am satisfied with the purchase