Question about antique pocket knife can openers

Campbellclanman said:
Warning! Knife abuse content ....( or is it simply bush craft applied within the house?)
I'm opening myself up for fire here, I have plenty of Scouts, and we have an electric can opener stashed away somewhere, but I made a small knife in a knife making day my daughter bought me for my birthday, Its a small stout blade and I use that - I bang that blade through the lid and cut around the can with 6 or seven purchases on the knife, it's not tidy but effective - and the knife is as sharp as it was before I started.
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A friend uses his sheepsfoot blade to do the sam.
 
FarmallSS said:
I still have my P38 from c-rat days.Surprising how often I use it. It rides on my key ring with a small SAK.
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I still have mine from way back in 1991 when I joined the Navy, I also carry a Craftsman 4 way screwdriver.
My gf gets mad that the p38 is my only can opener.
But now that I saw her grandfathers Case, I'm thinking of getting a Victorinox Aluminum handle either Bantam, Cadet, or Pioneer.
Does anyone know if they're worth the money?
I'm leaning toward a Bantam, the can/bottle opener looks like it works nicer.
 
jpvjr71 said:
Does anyone know if they're worth the money?
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They're worth the money and then some, and the can opener does work well.
I prefer my American made Ez-Duz- It can opener though, dedicated can openers are so much better and it's a really good one.
 
I see videos on this all the time, and they are sharing bad information that is leading to people getting cut. You do not hold knife straight up and down on the can while opening it. It pulls the jagged edge up, and one slip causes a nasty cut.
That is why it is important to hold the knife/ can opener at an angle to the side, all the force is being exerted away from the can. If it slips, your hand simply moves off to the side and not into the jagged edge. Here is another video showing the proper technique. This is showing a dedicated can opener instead of a old scout knife, but the can opener should operate the same way.
 
chevyrulez1 said:
I see videos on this all the time, and they are sharing bad information that is leading to people getting cut. You do not hold knife straight up and down on the can while opening it. It pulls the jagged edge up, and one slip causes a nasty cut.
That is why it is important to hold the knife/ can opener at an angle to the side, all the force is being exerted away from the can. If it slips, your hand simply moves off to the side and not into the jagged edge. Here is another video showing the proper technique. This is showing a dedicated can opener instead of a old scout knife, but the can opener should operate the same way.
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That's how I did it.
But there was a jagged edge upward & outward not like my p38 inward & downward.
 
Hickory n steel said:
They're worth the money and then some, and the can opener does work well.
I prefer my American made Ez-Duz- It can opener though, dedicated can openers are so much better and it's a really good one.
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Good to know.
black mamba said:
I used the can opener on my SAK one day for a coworker so they could eat their lunch, as the opener in the lounge had disappeared.
Needless to say . . . Hero of the day!
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Since 1991 carried a p38, 4 way screwdriver, & Case Peanut.
Then I got a Buck 303 to replace my Peanut.
But the idea of a Victorinox intrigues me.
 
Victorinox isn't a rabbit hole at all.
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This opener had an empty hole where the opening stud should have been. I peened a bit of finishing nail into it. "Made in USA" is all the tang-stamp says.
I carried the Alox scout for years, then I carried the shorter Celidor with the additional awl and corkscrew until the Celidor crumbled, but the epoxy has held well enough that I haven't had an excuse to switch to the short Celidor with the toothpick and tweezers.
My Saint Patrick's carry is from Germany by Imperial Schrade, and has the best tweezers I've seen in a knife.
 
screened porch said:
Victorinox isn't a rabbit hole at all.
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This opener had an empty hole where the opening stud should have been. I peened a bit of finishing nail into it. "Made in USA" is all the tang-stamp says.
I carried the Alox scout for years, then I carried the shorter Celidor with the additional awl and corkscrew until the Celidor crumbled, but the epoxy has held well enough that I haven't had an excuse to switch to the short Celidor with the toothpick and tweezers.
My Saint Patrick's carry is from Germany by Imperial Schrade, and has the best tweezers I've seen in a knife.
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The antique style can opener is best for a lefty like me.
 
Today I got to test out and compare the antique style,my p38, aluminum bodied Victorinox Bantam,Cadet,Farmer and Pioneer.
As a lefty, the antique works best for me.
I like the Cadet/Pioneer/Farmer 2nd
p38 in 3rd place and the Bantam last.
I bought the Cadet, and placed an order for the Pioneer (as a logger I don't need the saw, I have a Husky 372 for that).
Tomorrow I'll test the screwdriver tips vs my Craftsman 4 way screwdriver.
 
For their intended purpose, both are adequate.
The smallest head on the 4 way doesn't work as well as the nail file but, again, in a pinch they work.
 
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