Take a look at this beauty. Tea knife for puerhs!
http://www.mandjs.com/ProductDetail.asp?ID=192
I am buying one right now. ("No, no, officer - this is just a TEA KNIFE"!)

Sasha.

"Lewis Perin" > wrote in message
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> "samarkand" > writes:
>
>> Hi Melinda,
>>
>> I'm not sure how others feel about using an oyster knife on pu'er, but I
>> personally refrain from using steel or metal object to break open my
>> pu'er.
>> I use a yak's horn to crack open the pu'er into larger pieces, and a
>> japanese chopstick (wooden, unlacquered) to wriggle loose the leaves.
>
> I don't own a yak horn, but somehow I coubt that any horn could crack
> open some of the tightly compressed Puerhs I've had. Lately I've been
> thinking about dedicating a saw to this purpose. Seriously.
>
> /Lew
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