I've grown up around the GA coast all my life, and oysters (namely oyster roasts) are a part of social life here in the cooler months. I love the communal nature of an oyster roast.When roasting the oysters, we usually have a few that just don't want to open, and more than once a member of my family has stabbed themselves in the palm of their hand trying to get it open with a knife.I am happy to report that this oyster shucking tool is up to the challenge. It opened many oysters with ease.The instructions show you inserting the point into the outward end of the oyster, but we found it MUCH easier to flip the oyster upside down and have the point come down at the hinge, which usually broke with ease. There is plenty of leverage to open those difficult large oysters.Where this shucker will come in handy is when we go to shuck fresh oysters for the deep fryer.This was easy to assemble, and even easier to use. The other items in the package (gloves, oyster knives) work fine, but the star of this package is the shucker.