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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gabatgh, post: 11200838, member: 4148&quot;]I never even considered asking AI, and I&#039;ve got paid memberships to them, too. Our family has been collecting netsuke&#039;s for decades so I&#039;m familiar with tagua. </p><p><br /></p><p>Because they&#039;re so small all the physical attempts, anything that needs pressure, has failed. We&#039;ve got nothing small enough to manipulate them. Mineral oil has failed - the seams are so snug the oil just cannot soak into them. The temperature idea has merit. I&#039;m going to wet a cloth and then freeze it and hold the nut in a way that the bottom of the egg sits in it, and then get a very hot wet cloth for the top half. Hopefully the opposing temperatures will facilitate the opening.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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