Can Opener's- Do you have a plan?

Does TSA confiscate either the P-38 or P-51?

Yeah my 100'th Post

 

I wouldn't think so. I had pepper spray and my Leatherman in my pack and TSA passed it thru.

 

Like many here we have lots of can openers of different types. My personal fav for the kitchen is this one from Pampered Chef

Smooth-Edge Can Opener - Cook's Tools | PamperedChef.com

 

Leatherman!!!
http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-5...0001&campid=5337639227&icep_item=151526403781

 

Well I guess I am blessed that mine didn't get added to that pile. That is a good deal on Ebay, plus free shipping. I wonder how he gets them form the TSA? Maybe he is a fired agent for stealing.

 

They auction them off just like the DMRO does, there is one TSA approved leatherman, it doesn't have the blade.

 

If you have a pull top can, use a side can opener on it. When done emptying you cans contents, wash out can, load up your stuff in the can and epoxy the lid back on. When you need something, pop the top and there you go, dry and safe until needed.

 

can openers are just another one of those everyday usage items we have around the house - that suddenly will become a problem .... because the vast majority of Americans have an electric one sitting on the counter ....

 

I do product reviews on the side and two days ago got hired to test out a manual can opener. LOL I love free stuff. This new one will make 4 manual can openers now.

 

I haven't used an electric can opener since I was a kid. And it had an an electric grindstone built in to sharpen kitchen knives. (Nice feature)

 

We've gone through a couple of manual can openers in the Gunbunny household. Not all are/were of good quality. You definitely get what you pay for; as a few of them did NOT open cans at all, and a few more only opened about half of the can before they would continue to slip off.

I began to look at the gears now, to see how well they mesh. I can't believe that retailers sell a can opener that BY DESIGN will not cut open a can, but they do. The gears have to mesh under load.

 

I actually use a manual type can opener like on a knife or the P-38 all the time,there is no other type in our house because i cannot remember to buy one for some reason.....ive been using a p38 for over 2 months now. I keep breaking normal openers!
Di

 

Can opener's? Hell 4 of them are for opening jugs of wine!

I consider that very important !

 

The Mrs doesn't drink wine, but I have an ample supply of Lortab laid away

 

I have carried a P38 in my wallet for decades. Got it in USAF boot camp. We were supposed to turn them back in after eating our C-rats on Wet Fire day at the range. Some of us didn't. It has served me well. I can zip open a can PDQ. Have several cheapo 'multitools', and tried their can openers. They do work, but much less efficient than the good old P38.
At home and in the BOB, I keep the regular hand crank opener.

 

Still have a P-38 on my dog tags. They are starched away.

 

I have several p51s and 38s..and a good stash of the old openers that you stab in the top of the can and work your way around.Will not fail unless you break the blade off.Usually had a corkscrew in the loop handle,remember?

 

NOT a nice feature. My wife once used that feature on my favorite Gerber skinning knife. The knife that had seen only ceramic rods for sharpening, and had a pristine edge. When she was done with it, it looked serrated! I bought her a $2 Japan special, and told her "The next time the can opener gets hungry, feed it this!"