Opening a Can (and a Bottle)

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The knife was not destroyed in the process. :thumbup:



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Hmm. I always use the back of the blade and pry off the cap like I would do if I were using a lighter. Thanks for the tip on the "new" technique!
 
If you know the trick you can pop off a cap using all kinds of things as a lever -- a knife handle, a Bic lighter, even a folded dollar bill. There are plenty of videos on youtube. This method isn't as fast but it doesn't require any skill. I figured it out when I was a kid and my lady friend said she did too. I think a lot of people have. People who don't think pocket knives are made of spun glass....
 
Cougar Allen said:
There ain't no pleasin' some folks.... Next I suppose you'll want me to prove a knife can whittle a stick. :grumpy:

I enlisted a lady friend to do the photography...
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:thumbup: Thank you for the demonstration. I may try to open my next bottle with the spine of a closed pocket-knife to see if that works better as your method seems somewhat time-consuming and dangerous (mostly for the knife tip), and I want my beer now ;)

But don't be grumpy, we helped you enlist "a lady friend" into a photo-shoot! Is that so bad :o
 
Just becuase it works proves nothing
Do not confuse me with reality

Nice demo
Yes it is very easy to do


"The first cut is the deepest"
 
I've been using this P-38, no, not the space modulator, the can opener, for 30 years now and all this time I could have used a knife? Now you tell me.
 
I used nails to open bottles when I was in construction. Now I use whatever is available. If there is beer inside I will find a way to get at it.
 
This is neat. Years ago I went on a day hike. I had my Buck with me but for no apparent reason I left my SAK behind.(talking serious stupid attack) Anyway I took a little beef jerky and a can of spaghetti and meatballs. Well about midday I had already eaten the 2 strips of jerky and was ready for lunch when I realized I didn't have a way to open that can of spaghetti. I was out about 4 and a half hours, took 5 to get back and got mighty hungry. Being young and stupid, had it been a true emergency I might've starved with a can of spaghetti in my pack.
Anyway thanks, I'm going to find a dirt cheap knife to practice that. I would hate to use one of my good knives but hey, if I had to I would. I wonder if this can surpass the batoning craze.
 
I wouldn't think of leaving home, much less going into the wilderness with a blade that would get damaged opening a tin can or popping a bottle cap.
 
I had one of those Camillus utility knives in my issued tool box back when I was in the service.
 
My uncle in da' infantry and da' one in artillery were both sure they were issued sheath knives to open C-rat cans. When I joined Scouts, both made it a point to take me out in the back yard at a quarterly family pot-luck and show me how to do it. Can opener? Pshaw!
 
This thread is analogous to a guy learning, late in life, that he can also pee standing up.
 
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