New Star Carbon Steel Ice Pick with Hard Wood Handle, 7.5-Inch

I highly recommend this is our old school ice pic. Sturdy and works well

I love buying bags of sonic ice...I just might be addicted. I love the texture. But no matter what, especially with my heat in south Texas, a little bit gets melted in the transporting. Which means after I use a small amount, it needs to be broken up as I continue to get more. I've used many hard objects to break the ice up, including just slamming the bag the ground. It's such a chore and frequently doesn't break up like I like it. Then one day I remembered that growing up we had an ice pick. Crazy I hadn't thought about it before. So now I happily have my New Star carbon ice pick. It doesn't leave trace pieces of metal in your ice, which I've read some do. It simple break my ice and of course is great when you need to punch an extra hole your leather belt!

So far all of my lobotomies are going flawlessly! All kidding aside, perfect size and seems very sturdy so far.

Chopping ice used to be such a task, now it takes hardly no time at all. This little tool is easy to hold and makes the job so easy and quick. A good value for the money.

I use this ice pick to separate frozen burgers, hot dogs, etc. when I just need a few. Just make certain to use a cutting board underneath whatever you are breaking apart or you will have a hole in your counter top. Works very well for what I need.

One might imagine that it probably doesn't take a lengthy shopping trip to locate the perfect ice pick, but I did just that and I'm happy to say that at long last, I found one. After poring over a number of really excellent reviews here at Amazon for various other ice picks, some ice pick tines were reported to have bent, or the blade and the handle separated from one another in pretty short order; some were said last for a week or two, or a month or two. That is why I have now taken some time to use my new ice pick repeatedly before writing this review. The reason I bought it in the first place was that I have a freezer that self-defrosts every single night, and in so doing, melts my ice cubes so that by morning, the resulting ice water has re-frozen on the bottom of the ice receptacle, forming a small frozen pond. The 48353 ice pick makes short work of this, and I have lots more usable ice without a lot of headache and it's clearly built to last. I'm glad I bought this particular ice pick and I hope that, when in need, you will "pick" one up for yourself!

My mother-in-law's ancient ice pick finally fell apart and no amount of glue and duct tape could put it back together. Even though she has an ice maker and frost-free freezer and no longer has to chip blocks of ice, she missed poking holes in her ice cubes or maybe she just missed the thrill of stabbing something -- who really knows? We bought this for her because it was similar to her old one. It's well made and should last as long as her old one did. When we gave it to her, the gleam in her eye reminded me of Norman Bates in "Psycho," but so far she's only used it on her box of ice cubes.

Based on the reviews, it almost seems as though some of them were written about a different ice pick, or some users simply clicked on any similar pick to leave a review.For this particular pick, I am especially pleased. The handle is large enough to feel as though you are holding a tool that will do the job, the carbon steel is durable, and the way the tip is fashioned seems to be the key factor in easily splitting ice. It is tapered at the tip, though the very end is extended, much like an ink pen. This feature that makes the pick the best choice. New Star 48353 Carbon Steel Ice Pick with Hard Wood Handle, 7.5-Inch

Sencillo pero sumamente útil para su fin. Bien construido. Excelente para separar el hielo que se compra en bolsa

I got this ice pick to make holes in plastic containers to use for dyeing (so the dye can work its way though the fabric, then drip into a second container so the colours don't get muddy). It's worked perfectly for my needs and stayed nicely sharp so I can anticipate using it for more hole punching and other uses in future.

The package came looking like it had been run over by a truck. The handle was cracked so I wrapped it in electrical tape now it works perfectly.