1Pcs Stainless Steel with Wooden Handle Puer Puerh Tea Knife Needle Ice Pick Tea Cake Pick Tool for Breaking Prying Brick for Kitchen Bars Bartender

Many of the other reviews were 5-STAR's, so when this went on sale, I decided to get one. Picked the Brown one, and got it the next day, FREE Delivery, with my Amazon Prime membership. Comes with a nice screw-on Protective Cover (protects it and you too... ), in the matching color, but most importantly, worked just GREAT, to take apart any Compressed Puerh Tea Cake. Just be careful, not to stab yourself, so don't apply too much pressure when working on that really stubborn Compressed Puerh Tea Cake. Start with smaller sections, and take your time. This is much safer, cleaner, and more effective, than a Screwdriver and Pair of Pliers, which is what I tried using first, on a 179 Puerh Compressed Tea Cake, not knowing the correct way, and just wound up with a MESS. But when all I did was create that MESS, after misjudging the Tea Size I needed to Break Off, and almost stabbing myself in the hand, I finally decided to go for this tool, and I'm glad I did. Now, Life is Good... plus, I get to enjoy my Puerh Teas, without having to struggle so much, like before. 5-STARS, and if you do have any Pressed Puerh Tea Cakes, do yourself a favor, and get one of these. You'll be glad you did. :o) UPDATE: August 3, 2024, ordered and received another of these very handy tools, with all the Puerh Compressed Tea Cakes I've got lined up to try. I now keep everything inside several Hard Plastic Boxes wih Locking Lids, to store ALL my "TEA" 'stuff, after a MOUSE attacked one of my Taiwan High Mountain Oolong Teas, but gave up, after CHEW'ing a 1" Diameter HOLE into the Bag, tried a taste, then LEFT, after RUINING my Taiwan HMT. My new Hard Plastic Boxes with Locking Lids also keeps everything CLEAN, including this Stainless Steel Puerh Tea Knife Needle. Still a 5-STAR Rated Product... !!!

Excellent tea knife. Very sturdy and good size. This item is made to separate tea cakes and brake them apart. The knife part is not made for cutting. Once agin it's a tea knife so to the reviews that are negative casue they can't stab or cut stuff well this knife isn't made for that. Clearly people don't do research on products before buying. I think those reviews should be taken down since they didn't use the tea knife as it's intended purpose.

While I was browsing online for different blade and self-defense tools, I came across this interesting product, (HAEOWEI 1 pc stainless steel with wooden handle puer puerh tea knife needle professional ice pick, tea cake pick tool for breaking brick for kitchen bars, bartender picnics and camping, total length 6 3/4 inches and blade 2 ½ inches), on Amazon and purchased it.As always, the delivery service was great. I have several different ice pick tools and I found this one to be interesting and useful for breaking ice and other small jobs. It is also small enough to easily carry in your pocket and simple to unscrew when you need to use it.Rating: 5 Stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Author: The mighty pen your self-defense friend: Tactical use of the pen for self-defense).

Does the job of breaking up tea cakes.

Good for my Puerh tea cakes. Looks and feels authentic. Durable and works well.

I've never bought a tea knife, so I have no basis for comparison. Still, it seems like this should be easier to use and not be such struggle to push into the tea cake. It's OK, but you have to push at an angle, rather than horizontally, which defeats the whole purpose of a tea knife.

What a great tool for busting apart your tea cakes.the Damascus steel is a pleasure to hold view and use, the barrel design keeps the pick knife safe for nosey hands & fingers

I wasn’t sure what to expect given the description as a tea knife or ice pick. It looks like a dark hardwood dowel with Chinese artwork engraved on it. It unscrews smoothly to show a thick, sturdy little Damascus blade. Before I received it my plan was to sharpen it for use as a general purpose backpack knife, however that changed the moment I looked at it. It is perfect as-is, and other than keeping the point up enough to be functional, I won’t be making any changes. It does work best when used for its original purpose. If you have gotten the round cakes of tea, you know how tough they are, and this works perfect for breaking them up. It would also work well as an ice pick, although I haven’t personally used it for that. Would work well for anything tough that needed to be broken apart. It is plenty tough enough for the job, and an interesting conversation starter while having tea. Would definitely buy again, and will recommend to friends and family.