My Christmas present....... What the heck is it?

[patriot45]

Hey I got this for Christmas, so what is it?
This time I'll give you 2 pics!

[Rockntractor]

A shield to guard your junk.

[SaintLouieWoman]

A trendy, modernist Christmas tree stand for artificial trees? It looks like something from the trendy pages of Restoration Hardware.

Would you give us a hint? Who gave this to you?

[NJCardFan]

That looks like a piece to a peg leg.

[Starbuck]

It's a knee anvil for cracking nuts.

Here's another for general use:

[patriot45]

It's a knee anvil for cracking nuts.

Here's another for general use:

Dang you are good at this!!!! It didn't last 1 day!

This chunk of metal is placed on the knee. The nut is placed in the holder. Then you take a hammer and smash that walnut to smithereens. In winter the metal chunk can sit by the fire and when the right temp will keep you lap all toasty and warm and you get to crack nuts. How awesome is that?

[patriot45]

A trendy, modernist Christmas tree stand for artificial trees? It looks like something from the trendy pages of Restoration Hardware.

Would you give us a hint? Who gave this to you?

Sorry, I woulda gave you a hint but we got a genious that guessed it already! I think he got one for Christmas too!