Saw a small write-up of these in Men's Journal last month. Looks like it works pretty good - as it should for 250 clams. I'll be sticking with my Fiskars, but thought some of you deep-pocketed folks might be interested. It's called a Vipukirves Leveraxe
Here's a video of guy using one:
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Here's a video of guy using one: