Custom or Homemade Tube Lifters Poppers Anybody Have Any ?

[Will Power]

Every GEC knife comes with a tube popper you can use to open the next one.

OMG!!!! THINK of the damage you are inflicting on the value of that GEC!! Actually handling it!!! Real Safe Queens really should be MIT, in fact, the tube should NEVER be opened to maintain true mint status

 

[Jack Black]

This is how i store /view them now
Know whats in some of them just by the pic on the tubes
The paper rolls keep the tubes from rolling/spinning
Can quickly put the trays in a safe place

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Nice Lambsfoot content there!

 

[btb01]

OMG!!!! THINK of the damage you are inflicting on the value of that GEC!! Actually handling it!!! Real Safe Queens really should be MIT, in fact, the tube should NEVER be opened to maintain true mint status

GEC should start sealing the tubes with plastic shrink wrap. Then you’d really know which ones are “NIT” when sold on the secondary market.

 

[GaiusJulius]

I used a knife once and the tube was so tight, it bent the steel divider on the end of the knife! I fixed it by flipping the knife over and opening the tube again to bend it back, but now I just use a kitchen utensil like a spoon handle or somesuch.

 

[Jack Black]

Thanks for the link to that old thread. It’s a shame many of the photos are missing, but I’m glad yours were still there. Classic meako!

I found these on my PC

 

[abcdef]

I found these on my PC

 

[waynorth]

Not as far as I recall Charlie, far too advanced for me I have these brutal thumbnails so no real need

Thanks Will! I found the post! It was made by a former Porch member named sturzi !!
He was an electrical engineer, and he made a push-button machine!! Insert your Tube and push a button!! A lever reached over, and popped the top!!!
That guy was the King of Rube Goldbergs!!! Too bad he's not around any longer!!

 

[Fire King]

Ontario Rat II works perfect. I don't think the MODS will let me post a picture here.

 

[waynorth]

Ontario Rat II works perfect. I don't think the MODS will let me post a picture here.

Sure you can!!

 

[JM2]

I have the tube for my pocket carver but I’ve been tempted many times to thrown away. My knife rests in a pile in the knife bowl. I guess it’s only value is if I ever swap it.

 

[tejasandre]

If you smash the tube, the top pops right off.

 

[cccanada]

Still hoping a Proper Popper tool is someday made
I was picturing an opener similar to this one
Scaled down with the pressed ears set to the proper width

 

[calm]

They never used to be so tight, but the last couple of years they really went for airtight seals at GEC.

I just use any pry bar lookalike object, when needed.

 

[Jack Black]

They never used to be so tight, but the last couple of years they really went for airtight seals at GEC.

I just use any pry bar lookalike object, when needed.

I understand that a hermetic seal adds to the value on the secondary market

 

[Jakeywax31]

I always try to use my finger nails first if that fails I just use the other end of a knife. I don't know why I don't just grab the knife in the first place.