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Originally posted by Open2Truth
And if you follow the suggestion of the OP and buy those extra can openers, consider keeping one tucked in your purse or glove box and asking the next homeless person you come across if they need one.
Originally posted by nenothtu
reply to post by MegaMind
Not to mention jumping a chip out of the edge of the knife - some are tempered more hard than others. It's a pain to try working that gap in the edge out with only a hand stone.
Just use a knife....I learned that when I was 12.
Hell...even a multitool can open a can.
Originally posted by daskakik
Originally posted by nenothtu
reply to post by MegaMind
Not to mention jumping a chip out of the edge of the knife - some are tempered more hard than others. It's a pain to try working that gap in the edge out with only a hand stone.
Cans are pretty soft and thin metal. I remember my friends mom used to use a cheap kitchen knives to open cans. Never saw her chip any off them. Here is a vid of a kid opening one with a spoon.
Stockpile of cans and starves to death because there is no can opener. Not much of a survivalist.
edit on 17-5-2012 by daskakik because: (no reason given)
Hell, I've bit the side out of beer cans with only my teeth - that doesn't mean I recommend it, though!
Originally posted by AuntB
Personally, I have no clue why people own electric can openers. Is it that hard to open a can manually?