Rough Rider & Related Slipjoints

Next to the main blade. Described as a can opener. Got me?
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The can opener on the mini scout I have here does not look sharp. Not sure if the is normal as I do not have another large or small to compare it with.
 
mr_badexample said:
The can opener on the mini scout I have here does not look sharp. Not sure if the is normal as I do not have another large or small to compare it with.
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The upper straight edge on the curved blade is the sharp edge and thus you are working against the backspring so it won't close.

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I just picked this Red Bone Half Hawk for less than 10 bucks. I had a Case 6217 for years and lost it. Then I bought another one from the XX era and I was afraid to use it. Now I can beat the crap out of this one. I'll tell you what for 10 bucks I am impressed, so far.
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blacksheep72 said:
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Sorry about that. My "got me?" meant that I didn't know, NOT "do you understand?".:)
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No problem Blacksheep. I checked one of my old knives with a can opener, it isn't sharpened but it chewed a can open:D Seems kind of dumb.

Regards

Robin
 
Pipeman said:
No problem Blacksheep. I checked one of my old knives with a can opener, it isn't sharpened but it chewed a can open:D Seems kind of dumb.

Regards

Robin
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If you get the hang out of using them, they work fine. NOT great, but they work fine. There are other arrangements I have seen over the years. I was a Boy Scout in the '60s, and there were all sorts of patterns from around the world showing up on different kinds of knifes as can openers.

Waaaaay back in this thread there was yet another kind of opener, and although it almost took someone to show you how to use it, it worked well. (It is the blade that looks like it has a large thumbstud on it.) Our scoutmaster showed us how to use it or we would have never figured it out. The common feature all of the opener blades seem to have is that they are not sharp. No reason to push a really sharp blade with a fine edge through a steel can to dull it immediately. I think they thought more along the lines of using it to pierce without damaging the blade.

After getting all the frontier adventure out my system when scout camping I resorted to carrying the small EKCO can opener. Much, much better for me.

Robert
 
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blacksheep72 said:
How does the can opener work on that Mini Scout? I can't figure it out from the photos I've seen.
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Funny you should ask. The smkw catalog states that the can opener on the mini scout is not functional. A pity, really. I'm guessing it's size is the factor, as that style opener can be found on a number of old full sized scout/camp knives.
 
midnight flyer said:
If you get the hang out of using them, they work fine. NOT great, but they work fine. There are other arrangements I have seen over the years. I was a Boy Scout in the '60s, and there were all sorts of patterns from around the world showing up on different kinds of knifes as can openers.

Waaaaay back in this thread there was yet another kind of opener, and although it almost took someone to show you how to use it, it worked well. (It is the blade that looks like it has a large thumbstud on it.) Our scoutmaster showed us how to use it or we would have never figured it out. The common feature all of the opener blades seem to have is that they are not sharp. No reason to push a really sharp blade with a fine edge through a steel can to dull it immediately. I think they thought more along the lines of using it to pierce without damaging the blade.

After getting all the frontier adventure out my system when scout camping I resorted to carrying the small EKCO can opener. Much, much better for me.

Robert
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Hi Robert. The eariest style of can opener was a small Sharp blade with what looks like a thumb stud but is actually what you use as the lever along the edge of the can. Bernard Levine has posted most of the patent dates of these devices on his ID forum. If anyone is interested in doing a forum search I'm sure it could be found.

Best regards

Robin
 
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