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ca Offline Grant Lamontagne

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Buck Xtract
on: November 23, 2007, 08:10:47 AM
I was carrying my XTract tonight at work, and a thought occurred to me- wouldn't a Victorinox or SOG style can opener with the mini screwdriver tip be somewhat more functional than the Wenger style can opener that's on it now?  Personally I prefer this style for can opening duties, but I don't open many cans.

Maybe I'm just a drunk, or maybe it's because I work in a bar, but it seems to me that I would get more use out of a bottle opener than a can opener.  Anyone else have any thoughts on the matter?

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Re: Buck Xtract
Reply #1 on: November 23, 2007, 08:17:02 AM
I agree with you. I've carried a multitool or sak since I was 16 and I've only opened a can once or twice. But I have opened lots of bottles.
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Re: Buck Xtract
Reply #2 on: November 23, 2007, 01:59:53 PM
I'd suspect that there's a fond memory  in upper echelons from Buck's collaboration with Wenger on the Swissbucks.
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Re: Buck Xtract
Reply #3 on: November 23, 2007, 05:22:09 PM
I can honestly say I have never used the can opener, apart from once just to see how effective it was.

Bottle opener gets plenty of use though.  ;)
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Re: Buck Xtract
Reply #4 on: November 23, 2007, 09:53:41 PM
I personally use the can opener quite a bit, and rarely if ever use a bottle opener.
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Re: Buck Xtract
Reply #5 on: November 23, 2007, 09:57:39 PM
Quote from: 665ae on November 23, 2007, 09:53:41 PM
I personally use the can opener quite a bit, and rarely if ever use a bottle opener.

Get an electric one, what you playin at?!  :D
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Re: Buck Xtract
Reply #6 on: November 25, 2007, 03:53:15 AM
Quote from: Benner on November 23, 2007, 09:57:39 PM
Quote from: 665ae on November 23, 2007, 09:53:41 PM
I personally use the can opener quite a bit, and rarely if ever use a bottle opener.

Get an electric one, what you playin at?!  :D

Uh-oh. He misunderstood, and now he's out shopping for an electric bottle opener.   ::)
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Re: Buck Xtract
Reply #7 on: November 25, 2007, 04:27:32 AM
I use a can opener a fair ammount, and I use the bottle opener occasionally as well.

Personally, I prefer the Victorinox style can opener more than any others. The SOG is second because it isn't sharpened.

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Re: Buck Xtract
Reply #8 on: November 25, 2007, 11:03:48 AM
hmmm bottle opener would be best now-a-days but in a survival situation a can opener is best IMO
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Re: Buck Xtract
Reply #9 on: November 25, 2007, 03:37:24 PM
Only if you find a bunch of cans!

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Re: Buck Xtract
Reply #10 on: November 25, 2007, 03:42:45 PM
Yeah, try finding cans of food in a survival situation unless you brought them along yourself.

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Re: Buck Xtract
Reply #11 on: November 25, 2007, 03:44:17 PM
lol I meant in an "End of Civilization" survival scenario!  The Big One!
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Re: Buck Xtract
Reply #12 on: November 25, 2007, 03:45:15 PM
I could see it perhaps as coming in handy as a smaller second blade- but still, I don't see it as being a "survival" type tool any more than I see anything else as a survival tool.  In a survival situation you take what you can get.  If you plan for a survival situation then you also plan to have a tent, a portable heater, a Coleman stove, a crate of MRE's etc.

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Re: Buck Xtract
Reply #13 on: November 25, 2007, 03:49:09 PM
If you have a crate of MRE's you might also want a case of EX-LAX for obvious reasons. :)

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Re: Buck Xtract
Reply #14 on: November 25, 2007, 04:02:50 PM
Quote from: CQC-7 on November 25, 2007, 03:49:09 PM
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Re: Buck Xtract
Reply #15 on: November 25, 2007, 08:20:21 PM
Quote from: J-sews on November 25, 2007, 03:53:15 AM
Quote from: Benner on November 23, 2007, 09:57:39 PM
Quote from: 665ae on November 23, 2007, 09:53:41 PM
I personally use the can opener quite a bit, and rarely if ever use a bottle opener.

Get an electric one, what you playin at?!  :D

Uh-oh. He misunderstood, and now he's out shopping for an electric bottle opener.   ::)

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Re: Buck Xtract
Reply #16 on: November 25, 2007, 08:38:44 PM
I had an MRE for the first time last night. Not too bad, actually. The coffee was watery (probably my fault, though).
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