Super Kamp King

[chevyrulez1]

Had a co-worker bought a "box-o-knives" and said when he saw this one he thought of me. Traditionally not being one to "gift" knives, he offered to sell it to me for a quarter.
Super Kamp King, from the tang stamp looks to be somewhere between 1946-1956 best I can tell. Also has the "beverage opener" to open cans before the pull tabs came along.
I just cleaned off some of the surface rust with steel wool, overall it is in nice shape

 

[btb01]

Cool knife! I like the old “church key” beer can opener, and how it’s configured to sit flat along the spine.

 

[Johnnythefox]

That is very nice I have never seen a "beverage opener"before,have you tried it out on a modern can?

 

[JW225]

That Beverage Can-Opener is very cool. Wow, does that take me back...

 

[mrknife]

beverage can opener, please open that up, im curious what that looks like, thanks!

 

[screened porch]

Had a co-worker bought a "box-o-knives" and said when he saw this one he thought of me. Traditionally not being one to "gift" knives, he offered to sell it to me for a quarter.
Super Kamp King, from the tang stamp looks to be somewhere between 1946-1956 best I can tell. Also has the "beverage opener" to open cans before the pull tabs came along.
I just cleaned off some of the surface rust with steel wool, overall it is in nice shape View attachment 1906801View attachment 1906802View attachment 1906804

Very cool. I, too, have never seen one of these on a pocket knife.

 

[Campbellclanman]

That's a neat Knife!!! I am sure I would pick that one up anytime I came across it !!

 

[chevyrulez1]

It just hooks on the lip of the can, and when you lift it punches a triangular hole in the top. A second "vent hole" would be punched on the other side of the can, and then drink as usual. I haven't tried it on a modern can, but I am pretty sure it would work if I jammed it into an area away from the tab

 

[mrknife]

neat, thanks, ive taken an interest in the implement portion of camp knives like the 35 lately.

 

[CVamberbonehead]

That is really cool!

 

[btb01]

It just hooks on the lip of the can, and when you lift it punches a triangular hole in the top. A second "vent hole" would be punched on the other side of the can, and then drink as usual. I haven't tried it on a modern can, but I am pretty sure it would work if I jammed it into an area away from the tab
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We keep one of those in a drawer in the kitchen (not on a pocket knife, just a standard church key with a bottle opener on one side and can opener on the other). About the only time we use the can opener side is to open a can of evaporated milk in the manner you describe above, which occurs about once a year when making pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving.

 

[sitflyer]

That church key tool is really cool, never seen one on a knife before. I was just reminiscing about bottle digging in the bank to the river in my childhood home. We would find many cans where someone used a church key to perforate about halfway around the lid and pry the thing open to get the goodies out. People used to just have their own dumps back then I guess.

Anyways, pretty cool knife to add to your collection.

 

[.577NE]

I really dig the deep red handle. Brightens your day.

 

[Let'er Buck]

Wow, such a cool piece. Love the red covers. Really cool set of tools as others have mentioned. Sounds like you have a pretty great friend!

Thanks for sharing the piece.

 

[Rhinofly]

I have only seen four different knife patterns (including yours) with church keys on them, and all four were Imperial knives from this period. Below is mine, a caplifter jack with the church key on the back. The other two patterns I have seen were both Imperial fish knives, a traditional long toothpick style and a short serpentine style (like my jacknife). One of the short fishknives (with churchkey) just sold on the big bay this very afternoon, but it was in rough shape. They are all quite rare, as far as I can tell.