A specific and precise transversal cut is made in the shell of pili nuts in order to safely crack them using a tool specifically designed for the job. The cut is deep enough as to lodge the cracking tool tight into the cut in order to apply a lever-like movement with the least possible amount of manual force exerted in order to crack the pili nut shell in two pieces retrieving the valuable kernel intact and without contamination from fragments of shell which can potentially be swallowed or chewed on causing harm to consumers of pili nuts in shell.
