Post by: Valkie on February 03, 2019, 06:02:46 AM
I find that in all that time I have never used the can opener, not once.
Now, most cans these days have ring pulls.
And I don't eat much from a can.
But even in the past, back when I was 12 and onward, never have I used the can opener.
Has anyone ever used it.
If so, how good is it?
Am I an anomolie?
Post by: Barry Rowland on February 03, 2019, 06:14:31 AM
Post by: kottskrapa on February 03, 2019, 09:48:36 AM
or you can do this(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190203/fe3f9828d7898ec1791aa58666ec57d8.jpg)
Still works for cans but much better as a driver
[It's not failure if you learn something from it]
Post by: AmberDragon on February 03, 2019, 10:34:55 AM
Post by: ReamerPunch on February 03, 2019, 12:29:43 PM
Post by: Greg Jones on February 03, 2019, 01:20:57 PM
I've used a few here: Can Opener Comparison (https://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,78010.0.html) :cheers:
Nice work and very informative, your findings with the Schrade are bang on, unfortunately I'll be using it at some point in the Tough Tool Challenge :facepalm:
Post by: Greg Jones on February 03, 2019, 01:28:29 PM
:climber:
Post by: ReamerPunch on February 03, 2019, 02:00:26 PM
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190203/fe3f9828d7898ec1791aa58666ec57d8.jpg)
Still works for cans
wow, a straight claw. Therefore not a claw. I can see this working. :D
That's an interesting design, that needs to be explored. If it still works, and also improves the function of driving screws then it might be the way to go. :salute:
Post by: ReamerPunch on February 03, 2019, 02:01:52 PM
I've used a few here: Can Opener Comparison (https://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,78010.0.html) :cheers:
Nice work and very informative, your findings with the Schrade are bang on, unfortunately I'll be using it at some point in the Tough Tool Challenge :facepalm:
Thanks! :cheers:
The Schrade left a lot to be desired. Apparently just the shape of a claw is not enough. Who knew? ::)
Post by: Greg Jones on February 03, 2019, 02:12:19 PM
I've used a few here: Can Opener Comparison (https://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,78010.0.html) :cheers:
Nice work and very informative, your findings with the Schrade are bang on, unfortunately I'll be using it at some point in the Tough Tool Challenge :facepalm:
Thanks! :cheers:
The Schrade left a lot to be desired. Apparently just the shape of a claw is not enough. Who knew? ::)
You and me knew :cheers:
Post by: Rapidray on February 03, 2019, 02:46:52 PM
Post by: ReamerPunch on February 03, 2019, 02:47:45 PM
While staying in a Suite it was used five nights a week...it works great! That routine went on for a little over a year.
:clap: :like:
Post by: Nix on February 03, 2019, 02:50:25 PM
Has anyone ever used it.
If so, how good is it?
Am I an anomolie?
Oh, I use it frequently. Maybe once a week.
Many of our canned goods still come fully sealed, and with no pull tab, especially canned beans and tomatoes.
Now, I do have a dedicated can opener in the kitchen, but it's just as easy and quick to pull a SAK from my pocket and use the can opener. Probably quicker if Mrs Nix has put the dedicated can opener away...in a different drawer.
Some of our canned goods do have pull tabs. Even with those, however, I find the darned pull ring will snap off the I go to use it. :rant: So, it's SAK to the rescue.
Is the can opener a necessity? Ahhhhhhhhh... :think:....probably no. But I sure do find it handy.
Post by: Nix on February 03, 2019, 02:52:02 PM
I use the Vic can opener all the time, and like it, I'm not a fan of the combo tool though, it uses a pulling motion that feels wrong to me, I'm a 2 layer opener guy all the way
:climber:
Some guys like the combo tool. It works for me, but the dedicated can opener is much faster and smoother for me. :tu:
Post by: Nix on February 03, 2019, 02:52:54 PM
While staying in a Suite it was used five nights a week...it works great! That routine went on for a little over a year.
:cheers:
Post by: Rapidray on February 03, 2019, 02:55:54 PM
While staying in a Suite it was used five nights a week...it works great! That routine went on for a little over a year.
:clap: :like:
:cheers:While staying in a Suite it was used five nights a week...it works great! That routine went on for a little over a year.
:cheers:
Post by: ReamerPunch on February 03, 2019, 02:58:50 PM
Post by: Rapidray on February 03, 2019, 02:59:53 PM
30 Day can opener challenge? ::) :pok::rofl:
Good one
Post by: kottskrapa on February 03, 2019, 03:00:24 PM
I must admit that it's not as good as the standard one with cans but it does the job.. Think I have pics here somewhere where I show it.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190203/fe3f9828d7898ec1791aa58666ec57d8.jpg)
Still works for cans
wow, a straight claw. Therefore not a claw. I can see this working. :D
That's an interesting design, that needs to be explored. If it still works, and also improves the function of driving screws then it might be the way to go. :salute:
But as a driver it's much better! Both recessed and then there is tight spaces I have done this to awlmost awl SAK's I have
[It's not failure if you learn something from it]
Post by: kottskrapa on February 03, 2019, 03:05:58 PM
https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?topic=77538.msg1713680.msg#1713680
[It's not failure if you learn something from it]
Post by: Sakpan74Gr on February 03, 2019, 06:35:32 PM
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Post by: Nix on February 03, 2019, 08:40:57 PM
You can also use the can opener like a finger nail, without the risk of injury. It's a good staple remover.
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:tu:
Post by: cbl51 on February 03, 2019, 09:36:42 PM
You can also use the can opener like a finger nail, without the risk of injury. It's a good staple remover.
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I've fund many uses of the can opener that doesn't involve any cans. Staple remover, hood for taking a pot off the campfire, used as a hook for pulling the pin form the trailer hitch so I don't bang my arthritic fingers on the trucks frame. Useful for opening those pistachio shells that only have a tiny crack that's too small for a finger nail to open.
Like most SAK tools, it's useful for way more things than it was designed to be.
Post by: smiller43147 on February 03, 2019, 09:52:41 PM
I wondered when the thread would broaden out to the other uses for the can opener.You can also use the can opener like a finger nail, without the risk of injury. It's a good staple remover.
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I've fund many uses of the can opener that doesn't involve any cans. Staple remover, hood for taking a pot off the campfire, used as a hook for pulling the pin form the trailer hitch so I don't bang my arthritic fingers on the trucks frame. Useful for opening those pistachio shells that only have a tiny crack that's too small for a finger nail to open.
Like most SAK tools, it's useful for way more things than it was designed to be.
It (and the bottle opener) are great general purpose prying tools. The can opener is narrow and thin at the tip, but flares out, making it a good "starting" pry tool, with the bottle opener's large screw driver for finishing the job (if needed).
It also works as a phillips screwdriver with several different sizes of phillips head screws.
As mentioned, a Pioneer/Soldier/SI can opener is the best staple remover that I've ever used.
And yes, I've even opened a few cans with it.
Post by: Myron on February 03, 2019, 10:24:24 PM
It's really good to take apart Legos as well
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190203/fe3f9828d7898ec1791aa58666ec57d8.jpg)
Still works for cans but much better as a driver
[It's not failure if you learn something from it]
Ditto here. I used to use them on camping trips as a boy and younger man, but canned goods have been replaced by dehydrated foods on all my camping trips now. So now I turn them into fine screwdrivers for spectacles and the like, and get much more use out of them.
(https://i.imgur.com/awFNuIi.jpg)
Post by: Rich S on February 03, 2019, 10:58:59 PM
Rich
Post by: Rapidray on February 03, 2019, 11:14:18 PM
If it wasn't for the can opener, i'd have starved to death in grad school. It's a must have on all my user SAKs (mainly Tinkers).It stoped me from starving also, just not in school! :like: :tu:
Rich
Post by: WolfyW on February 04, 2019, 12:18:54 AM
Post by: CallsignBadger on February 04, 2019, 01:04:37 AM
I really like them :tu:
Post by: kamakiri on February 04, 2019, 03:10:52 AM
Also a good scale pry tool when needed.
Post by: Valkie on February 04, 2019, 04:00:06 AM
Ill have to find a can and open it, just to see how it goes.
The problem is that in our house, the little missus takes umbridge at anything out of a can.
We have an electric can opener that was given to us on our wedding day 39 years ago, its been used perhaps 10 times, maybe.
She likes to cook fresh with fresh food and when we go camping we still eat fresh food and lots of fish that we catch.
I went through the pantry just last night and found 3 cans out of 7 that didn't have a ring pull.
One I threw out, it was over 5 years old.
One was pineapple juice, that uses a different kind of opener.
One was coconut milk, same as above.
It was actually quite an eye opener, my missus just don't use cans.
Looks like Ill have to buy a can to test it
Post by: nate j on February 04, 2019, 07:13:04 AM
I use the Vic can opener all the time, and like it, I'm not a fan of the combo tool though, it uses a pulling motion that feels wrong to me, I'm a 2 layer opener guy all the way
:climber:
+1.
I use it all the time, though more often for screws and light prying, and occasionally for cans.
Post by: Sawl Goodman on February 04, 2019, 08:51:57 AM
It is by far my favourite can opener of any kind. Not necessarily for always being the fastest or always making the neatest cuts - with good technique and luck it can achieve both those things - but also for being reliable and simply pleasurable to use.
It is my main Phillips driver whenever a dedicated screwdriver isn't close enough at hand.
It is the ideal tool for extracting spitter connectors from irrigation lines. Just work the cutout of the opener under the flange of the connector, and lever it out. Easy peasy. My workmates without SAKs faff about with pliers and screwdrivers that have to be got from a distance and that can wreck the connectors if they're otherwise reusable.
I use it as a hook now and then.
:salute:
Post by: Greg Jones on February 04, 2019, 01:42:50 PM
I open juice cans regularly with the Vic, on the pour side open it an inch then pry it back with the bottle opener to give a spout, then vent the opposite side with a single slice :tu:
Post by: Nix on February 04, 2019, 02:48:21 PM
The problem is that in our house, the little missus takes umbridge at anything out of a can.
Excellent!
Here in the states, canned tomato paste is more common than tomato paste in a tube. Apparently canning tomato paste is an American thing. I prefer the convenience of the tube-type tomato paste (usually Italian). But the tubed stuff is expensive, so I always have a can of canned tomato paste on hand for soups, stews, and sauces.
Post by: Rapidray on February 04, 2019, 02:58:29 PM
You mean, something like this...
The problem is that in our house, the little missus takes umbridge at anything out of a can.
Excellent!
Here in the states, canned tomato paste is more common than tomato paste in a tube. Apparently canning tomato paste is an American thing. I prefer the convenience of the tube-type tomato paste (usually Italian). But the tubed stuff is expensive, so I always have a can of canned tomato paste on hand for soups, stews, and sauces.
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