When I was going through the shelves in the house I inherited from my grandparents, I came across this strange item. 👇
🧐 I set everything aside and started examining it closely, wondering what it could be and how it was used in the past. 👇
It looked like a metal tool with teeth, rings for fingers, and a strange shape that reminded me of something medieval. The first thing that came to mind was an old kitchen gadget or even a rare tool from the past. 😵💫
I decided to take a photo and ask people on the internet—maybe someone would recognize it. 👇
It turned out that it wasn’t a vintage press, a trap, or a weird tool. It was simply a device for carefully removing the shell from boiled eggs or slicing them.
Such devices were used in Soviet times and before, especially in families that enjoyed preparing salads and snacks.
Many commenters shared their memories: some still have this tool in their kitchen drawer, while others remembered helping their grandmother slice eggs for the holiday table.
A simple item, but how many memories it evoked.
I was amazed—how one strange object can open a window into the past, into the lives of people I knew from a completely different perspective.
Now it occupies a place of honor on the shelf, as a reminder of my family’s traditions and little secrets. Who knows, maybe it will inspire me to try homemade winemaking experiments?
