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What is the function of this part of my scizors. enter image description here

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This feature is described as a bottle/jar opener on a product page for shears that look like yours from the photo:

enter image description here

Looking at other available scissors with this type of feature, the manufacturers describe it in various ways:

  • Williams-Sonoma: "Handle has a built-in bottle opener"
  • Victorinox: "The Shears feature a cavity designed to crack nuts or to help twist open stubborn jar lids"
  • OXO: "Built-in herb stripper removes fresh herbs from tough stems" (this looks different from your picture, but I wonder if it would still work)

Image gallery of all products with description: https://i.sstatic.net/UzZVO.jpg

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I only know this part as a bottle opener. I would not try to open nuts with it, if the nut is hard, the scissor could be ruined.

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At least according to the KitchenSeer blog the middle part of the shears is for cracking nuts (although it can also be used as a bottle or jar opener).

Comparing to a dedicated nutcracker pictured as below, the similarity is notable.

image of a nutcracker

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