You can find in our shop original German Nutcrackers which are handmade and certificated. Nutcrackers as wood carvings of a soldier, knight, king, or other profession have been known since at least the 19th century. These figures are developed as a cottage industry in forested rural areas of Germany. The most famous nutcracker carvings come from Seiffen and from the Ore Mountains. These nutcrackers are carvings of a person with a big mouth that is opened by pressing a lever in the back of the figurine. Originally one could insert a nut in the big-toothed mouth, press down and thereby crack the nut. Modern Nutcrackers in this style are mostly for decoration. Wood carving was usually the only income for the people living there.