Open a beer with a knife (or almost anything)

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David Mary

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Good evening friends. I have recently been requested to make a knife with a bottle opener on it, and in exchange for letting me talk him out of it, I promised to show him the easy and safe way to open a beer with a knife (or many other household objects). Try this at home. It's easy.

 
Also, my point behind mentioning the crowned spine was that, you don't need a 90° spine to get the job done. I was at a house party over a decade ago, and when I couldn't find a bottle opener, someone offered to open it for me with scissors. Yep. And that is when I learned the technique.
 
Different model, conan11 conan11 . American Gentleman was a one-off, you own the only one (at the time of this post anyway). It is based on the DropT, except the tanto point has been converted to a drop point. Mine is the Edge-C.

But you are not allowed to post in this thread without handing me an open beer. Pay up.
 
David Mary said:
Good evening friends. I have recently been requested to make a knife with a bottle opener on it, and in exchange for letting me talk him out of it, I promised to show him the easy and safe way to open a beer with a knife (or many other household objects). Try this at home. It's easy.

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I didn’t know this and now I want try this out. Thank you for sharing.
 
This,
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Or one of these.
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Blast from the past (2014) and photobucket crap all over the pics, but,

AntDog said:
I think this is the procedure you're wondering about. Here goes....

Step 1 - stick the edge of the cap between the liners:



Should look like this from the top:



Step 2 - put your thumb on the opposite top edge of the cap, and pry. Pry up and back on the edge between the liners:



Step 3 - Pop! Enjoy!



Does it damage your knife? Sure, a little. I have been doing this for over 12 years with my Al Mar Sere 2K. It marks up the g10 a little. Do I mind? Not a bit. It just adds more character to a well used and trusted tool:

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DrRollinstein said:
Oh dont mistake my tone, there was no sarcasm there. Rolling Rock is one of my go to cheap beers haha. Cheaper and better than Bud/Coors/Miller.
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Agreed.

Rolling Rock used to be really expensive here and bars considered it an import forever. I was like “imported from Pennsylvania?!”

Since then it’s gone down in price and I have no idea why. I don’t go out of my way to get it, but I won’t turn it down either.
 
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