Stickpecker: Chopsticks You Can Crack Apart Over and Over Again

To the Japanese, the crack of splitting apart a pair of chopsticks is apparently as satisfying as the splitting the membrane-like seal on a jar of instant coffee is to us. More, it signifies the start of a meal, even if that meal is the kind eaten with disposable, takeaway cutlery.

This has led to the slow uptake of a “‘my chopsticks’ movement”, which encourages people to reuse their own sticks, saving trees and so on. And this is why the Stickpecker exists – to bring that satisfying crack to regular chopsticks.

They manage it by putting a pair of magnets into the acrylic shafts. These require a good, hard yank to snap them apart, presumably an adequate placebo for the fulfilling fracture. The design – a stylized woodpecker and tree ? is supposed to evoke the wood that these sticks aren’t made of.

I think they’re cool, and the magnet part definitely sounds like fun to play with. They can be had for �3570, or a jaw-dropping $44.

Stickpecker [Microworks via Book of Joe]

See Also:

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• Chopsticks for Better Cloning


• The Cat That Eats Noodles With Chopsticks


• Chopsticks, Spoon United


• Folding Baskets Made From Chopsticks

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