What SAK are ya totin' today?

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Those can key SAKs are really cool gents! Wonderful photographs Dan!

When I was a lot younger back in the 1950s and 1960s there were many items on the grocers shelves that needed a can key such as lard, coffee and sardines to name a few. About five months ago I brought something home from the store when I was surprised to find a key on it's lid. The truth be known, I tossed the item in the cart when I was wondering the aisles because: a) I like sardines b) I wanted to relive those thrilling days of yesteryear when everything was a new discovery, a.k.a. nostalgia struck me! My cataract plagued eyes had no problem identifying a rara avis. With so many easy open cans that are out there these days here on the prairie of southern Minnesota, the can keys are nearly obsolete here. Is the can key still in production at Victorinox? I sense a trip to SAK WIKI is going to be on today's agenda.
 
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Dan, my small Tinker has the can key too. But I had no idea what it was until a couple months ago when someone discussed it on the forum. Of course when I bought it in the 80’s the instructions went in the garbage, because I was so much smarter when I was youngo_Oo_O
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Yes it's a nice surprise, I forgot about them. It's amazing how many screw drivers have them when you start looking. The bulk of my collection is 1980s, which is when they were being phased out so it's hit or miss if a knife has one or not I find.
Dan.
 
Hairy Clipper said:
Those can key SAKs are really cool gents! Wonderful photographs Dan!

When I was a lot younger back in the 1950s and 1960s there were many items on the grocers shelves that needed a can key such as lard, coffee and sardines to name a few. About five months ago I brought something home from the store when I was surprised to find a key on it's lid. The truth be known, I tossed the item in the cart when I was wondering the aisles because: a) I like sardines b) I wanted to relive those thrilling days of yesteryear when everything was a new discovery, a.k.a. nostalgia struck me! My cataract plagued eyes had no problem identifying a rara avis. With so many easy open cans that are out there these days here on the prairie of southern Minnesota, the can keys are nearly obsolete here. Is the can key still in production at Victorinox? I sense a trip to SAK WIKI is going to be on today's agenda.
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Thanks for your kind words about my photos. My personal observations are that the can key phased out in the mid 1980s. But like most Swiss Army Knife tool history there aren't too many hard dates on when tools stopped being used.
 
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