Mephistopholes Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 I was looking again at that thread about cracking walnuts with thumb strength alone, and it got me thinking about what other types of things could be done with the thumbs. So I came up with a feat this morning, one that I can't do, but I'm thinking maybe some of the advanced bending or thumb strength guys might be able to. The feat: wrap a nail like you normally would for bending. Grip it in one hand like a hammer, so half of it is in the hand, and half of it sticking out vertically. (or whatever direction, is suppose it doesn't have to be vertical, so long as it's sticking out). Then squeeze tight, and just using the thumb of that hand, press against the exposed half of the nail and bend it down to your fist. Of course, 90 degrees will be about all you can do with this. Can anybody do this? I tried it with just a 10 penny nail and got nothing. Haha. But I thought of it because I do this same basic thing all the time to break dog treats in half for my dog. And I've broken plenty of pens and pencils this way in frustration... But can any one bend a nail this way? If so, please post a video. Bobby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yummy Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 I don't think that is going to work well because of the lack of rom/leverage in that position. I can struggle to bend a pen with that position. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephistopholes Posted December 5, 2012 Author Share Posted December 5, 2012 Yeah I know it's super hard. Haha. But that's why I'm asking. I think there's gotta be somebody who can though. Somebody with some real strong thumbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellswindstaff Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 john brooksfield talks about doing this with keys in one of his books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephistopholes Posted December 6, 2012 Author Share Posted December 6, 2012 john brooksfield talks about doing this with keys in one of his books Hmmm must have missed that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy_bee Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 It's the first challenge in the grip master manual. However Mr Brookfield mentions using 2 hands for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephistopholes Posted December 7, 2012 Author Share Posted December 7, 2012 I seriously have forgotten this. Haha. I'll have to look back in there... Regardless, that still leaves the question: can anybody do it in the way I've presented? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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