They say Necessity is the Mother of Invention

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

I seem to live by this motto...... Today my newest can-opener broke, my old one had stopped working ( for the most part ) but luckily I still had it..... It is the kind with the large twist handle and the round cutting wheel that rotates inside of the lid .... mine didn't want to do it's job any more....... I had always been intrigued by an electric model ( pretty expensive ) that you put onto of the lid ( flat ) and it cut the side of the can under the lip .....well I tried my piece of junk on a can of tuna fish the same way that electric one did it ..... WOW , it cut the top right off that can, it was so easy I had to watch the lid to make sure it was turning because I couldn't feel it..... I think this works because the lid is a lot thicker than the can body, plus the lip is larger for the turning wheels to grab. Note : I think I was actually turning it backwards from what you would normally turn the handle...... try it and see if it works for you .....PS take off the label first ..... Mike :thumbup:

 

[Bob Denman]

Get yourself one of these. :thumbup:
For only thirty-five cents: they're priceless!

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=P-38+can+opener+pictures&tbm=shop&spd=9971329456814494759

 

[JerryB]

Hi Bob,

Re: Get yourself one of these.

I still have my P-38 that was issued to me in Dec '59.

Jerry Baumchen

 

[IGETAROUND]

Mother of invention

Get yourself one of these. :thumbup:
For only thirty-five cents: they're priceless!

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=P-38+can+opener+pictures&tbm=shop&spd=9971329456814494759

True however they are hell on the arthritis to operate

 

[ARNIE R]

Got one, too, can't recall where I stashed it.......

 

[Bob Denman]

Hi Bob,

Re: Get yourself one of these.

I still have my P-38 that was issued to me in Dec '59.

Jerry Baumchen

:clap::congrats:
It still probably works just as well as it ever did! :thumbup:
(Give it a try for us, and "issue a report". )

 

[Zip]

Get yourself one of these. :thumbup:
For only thirty-five cents: they're priceless!

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=P-38+can+opener+pictures&tbm=shop&spd=9971329456814494759

it's on my key chain

 

[Bob Denman]

it's on my key chain

 

[easysuper]

Get yourself one of these. :thumbup:
For only thirty-five cents: they're priceless!

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=P-38+can+opener+pictures&tbm=shop&spd=9971329456814494759

I've carried one in my wallet since 69 , and still use it now when camping with our spyders.

 

[JerryB]

Hi Bob,

Re: Give it a try for us, and "issue a report".

Actually, I used it about two weeks ago*; worked great as they always did/do.

Jerry Baumchen

* I did it just to see if I still knew how to use it.

 

[Bob Denman]

Forget??
It's just like falling off of a bicycle: it hurts like the dickens; when you do it wrong!

 

[2Paw]

Get yourself one of these. :thumbup:
For only thirty-five cents: they're priceless!

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=P-38+can+opener+pictures&tbm=shop&spd=9971329456814494759

Got one on my key ring and several more in a drawer. Genuine antiques from back in the day. (1963)

 

[Bob Denman]

:clap: And the batteries NEVER go dead in them! :thumbup:

 

[Cavman]

The only can opener I've used for decades is a Swiss Army knife. Current one is The Farmer. I paid less than $20 for it.

https://www.swissarmy.com/us/en/Pro.../Medium-Pocket-Knives/Farmer-Alox/p/0.8241.26

 

[Chupaca]

Interesting. ...

i see what you did...:yikes: and without pictures..:roflblack: but because my lovely wife was always cutting herself on the open cans I got the one that cuts the center of the seam allowing you to re cap the can and no sharp edges. Cost a bit more than the traditionsl ones but I save a lot on bandaids....:lecturef_smilie:

 

[JerryB]

Hi Gene,

Re: I save a lot on bandaids....

Reminds me of when I was about 10 yrs old. In those days, you could buy a ham in a can. The can came with a 'device' where you wound the 'device' around the can to remove a small strip of the can & then you would pull the lid of off the can.

I wanted to do it, so my mom let me. As I went to pull the lid off, I cut myself on my right middle finger, clear to the bone. That did bleed a bunch; and the scar is still there.

Anyone remember hams coming in those types of cans?

Jerry Baumchen

PS) I think I've spent a fortune on bandaids over the years. :banghead:

 

[2Paw]

Hi Gene,



Anyone remember hams coming in those types of cans?

Jerry Baumchen

A lot of other kinds of meat came in cans like that too Spam, Vienna Sausage and I think others.

 

[Bob Denman]

Anyone remember hams coming in those types of cans?

I sure do!
As I recall: they came from Hormel back then. :clap:

 

[cmbspyderrss]

Are you guys seriously talking about can openers?:roflblack:

 

[safecracker]

My military issue P38 is on my keyring. Bruce