Some ask tools becoming obsolete?

Last night after dinner I had a beer that didn't have a twist off cap. This morning I opened a can of Mary Kitchen corned beef hash that did not have a pull top can but needed an actual opener. I don't see those tools becoming obsolete too soon.
John
 
Shotgun said:
Drink better beer is my advice. A lot of the micro brews around here use the old caps. Something about the threads letting in air or out carbonation. One of the two. I use the bottle opener on all of them though. It's just easier like was said earlier. And you should add "SAK" to your dictionary so it doesn't get auto corrected. ;)
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Its rare that I buy beer with a twist off lid. Good beer comes corked or with a non twist off lid. People could drink less bud and they would see how useful the bottle opener is.
 
I've noticed some of the newer Leathermans and others are putting more emphasis on more widely used tools like bit drivers and the like. I imagine SAK's will always have bottle/can openers for the rest of the world, but I bet the US is their largest market by a fair margin.
 
A couple of times I've had those ring-pulls come away in my hand leaving the can intact. One was a can of Vimto I wanted to drink while out in the car, I had to open it up with the can-opener. I carry an alox Pioneer most of the time these days so I'm not really expecting to come across many bottles of wine. I still keep a corkscrew model SAK in the car in case. I'm sure I can continue to find a use for the tools on my Pioneer for years to come, so I'm not worrying about it.
 
Interesting thread. Pull tabs on cans and screw off bottle caps are very convenient, so I'm sure most companies will switch over. Either way, I'm sure Victorinox will keep the 2 flat heads and pry tool.
 
Great Post as usual Carl...

yup, at the end, the simple 58mm classic would out live all the other SAKs... no functions or tools on the classic would become obsolete... nails would always need some filing, the small knife is a life safer on some situation, and the small scissor is well desigan and mega usefull... not to mention T&T...

the great thing is that carrying a SAK is only limited by the user creativity... most of the time i use the can opener or bottle opener is for the usefull screwdriver tips, to pry open something or doing things that would save the main blades.

i dont use saw and file alot, but i've been in some situation that i glad that i carry a craftsman... so i could cut a brach to make a walking stick or fixing some componets that need some filing in the midle of no where.

SAKs would not get obsolate, they would become vitage and classic hehehe...
 
Sure, some of these tools might eventually become obsolete....but not in my lifetime (and I'm only 45).

Non-twist bottle caps are not going away any time soon.
They have even made a small resurgence with all the micro-breweries around these days.

And the vast majority of my canned food still requires a can-opener; only a few have pull-tabs.

Also, the vast majority of the wine I see on the shelves still have corks (real and artificial).
I can't recall the last time I bought wine with a screw-cap.

Nope, these handy little tools will be used for many many years to come.
 
Here on this side of the ocean, screw off bottle caps are almost non existent...and any wine that deserves to be called wine is corked (even if it's not natural cork, it still requires a corkscrew, and the new artificial ones are better than low quality natural ones).
Personally, I don't care about the corkscrew in a SAK. I'm not going to just open wine in the middle of nowhere, so I will always have a corkscrew around, and on my SAK's I prefer the Phillips SD or the awl/reamer. And I don't care much about the can opener either: canned food sees very seldom use in my life.
As for the bottle opener, it's one of the most used tools on my Tinker. Again, "real" beer (or, let's say, what I consider real beer) has non twist caps, and even if there are other ways to open them, I'm glad the bottle opener is there on my SAK's, and hope it will stay.

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I often ASK myself if some SAK tools are obsolete and think not. Since my wine comes in a box I rarely have use for the corkscrew yet I have used it over the years for other applications. As for the bottle openers, that's all ben said in previous posts. Even in the U.S.,we still have a while before all cans have pop lids or food is in foil pouches. I've had tuna from those and I could swear it tastes different. In fact, some of my favorite "gourmet" tuna comes in glass jars which have a lid requiring the use of a bottle opener.
Guess I'm old school and SAK's remind me of my younger days.I received my first one for my 10th birthday 41 years ago and I still have it and use it.We should know by now that "change" is not always good thing.
 
Old tools, eh? How many of you SAKaholics have an older phillips on the back that is slotted so it could be used as a "key" to open a can? Or how about the Schrade 906 Officers Model that I have. It actually has a "can piercer" and is labeled as such. Only folder I've ever seen with one. Remember the old juice cans or old oil cans that you punched with the triangular tool? Remember the old church keys in the kitchen that had a bottle opener on one end and the pointy punch on the other? Same idea. So yes, some specialized tools may eventually become obsolete. Of course, that means we will want them more than ever.
 
I don't care about obsolescence of tools. The cap lifters and can openers are also screwdrivers. I hope screws and bolts are not going to go out of fashion any time soon.* Real corks, not screwcaps, are the preferred way to cap a bottle of fine wine, for technical reasons concerning the exchange of air between the inside and outside of the bottle.

*The driver's side door on my Chevy S10 started sagging to the extent that it wouldn't even latch. Guess what? The hinges were welded to the door. My mechanic did a fine job bending the the hinges so that it latched properly, but really, it is getting to the point that repairs to anything will be impossible, replacement being the only option. Having to replace the whole door because of worn out hinges? Grrrr! End of rant.
 
*looks at flat bladed screwdriver/light duty pry tool*
Oh yeah, I suppose you could open a bottle with that tool! Isn't amazing all the uses people think of for these things!
 
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