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Comment by Jan Carter on January 23, 2016 at 11:58

A review from a guy that thought it would not be useful

Comment by Jan Carter on January 18, 2016 at 17:53

Comment by Jan Carter on January 7, 2016 at 21:20

Get paid to eat MRE's

LOL, this seems like something we would have done in college

Comment by Cory Hess on January 6, 2016 at 20:12

I became a hero this last summer by using the concrete trick.  We were camping with some cub scouts and realized that nobody brought an opener for the beans.  I found a reasonably flat rock and rubbed on there to open it up.  I was getting a lot of strange looks while I was doing it, and the other leaders were still looking around for the opener not believing that my "trick" was going to work.  When I stood up with an open can it became an instant class that I was teaching to the boys on how to improvise.

When I've done this in the past, I usually rub the can until I start to see the juices come out onto the rock or concrete, then flip it over and squeeze or stick a knife/fork/screwdriver down into the gap and pop the top up.

It takes a little while, but it works in a pinch.  I don't open enough cans to make it worthwhile to carry around an opener.

Comment by James Cole on January 6, 2016 at 16:17

I have both P38s and P51s coming out of my ears.  In cars, backpacks, brief cases, and altoid tins.  I prefer the P5, it's easier to handle.

The old style opener can be found at Amazon: search for "Old Fashioned Can and Bottle Opener"

Featured Comment by Charles Sample on January 3, 2016 at 16:49

Tobias, I am going to ask maybe a dumb question.  Two of our WWII fighter planes were also called P38 and P51.  Was there any connection between the can openers and the planes having the same designation or was it pure coincidence?

Comment by Howard P Reynolds on January 3, 2016 at 15:51

Tobias,

No arguments here.  I knew the punch opener was old.  We used them to open evaporated milk cans - just the punch.  It just surprised me that they would "suddenly" disappear.  I mean, Ecko was making them in the modern era.  Some years ago I decided I wanted one for my toolbox, but they were gone, and given the younger staff at hardware stores I got blank stares when I explained what this can opener looked like.

Comment by Tobias Gibson on January 3, 2016 at 15:02

The P-38 is a thing of perfection.

Comment by Jan Carter on January 3, 2016 at 14:56

Howard,

I grew up thinking the P38 was something that came with your car.  After all everyone I knew had one in the glove box.  Guess that comes from having a military family LOL.

The punch...thats the tool in the tackle box and yes we still have a few hanging around.  Honestly the P38 is easier for me to use

Comment by Tobias Gibson on January 3, 2016 at 14:54

Howard, I don't want to start an argument but the can openers you are showing were first patented in 1855.  While they have been around for close to 150 years  the tin can out dates them by about 80 years.  Still, this is the earliest device designed specifically for opening cans!  Before then, people opened them open with whatever they had that was sharp, including spike bayonets.

Robert Yeates is credited with coming up with the first practical "lever can opener in Middlesex, England in 1855.  Three years later, Ezra Warner of Waterbury, Conneticutt a similar lever can opener.   These can openers became immensely popular during the American  Civil War.

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