Some old can openers..................
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1967-68 "P-38" In my wallet since then. Still use it once in a great while. J.O'.
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I have a couple old Keen Kutters to add.
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I have never seen a "P38" or the Keen Kutter can openers. Likely there are many designs 'out there' for can openers. A whole new collecting field !
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Roland:The P-38 came included with C-rations(the predecessor of MRE's or meals ready to eat)that soldiers were given in the field.An inexpensive little can opener that could be attached to a chain(usually the one that held your dog tags)they were made in the gazillions.They didn't last very long but then they were only designed to open the cans included in each ration.kootenay joe wrote: ↑Sun Feb 14, 2021 8:41 am I have never seen a "P38" or the Keen Kutter can openers. Likely there are many designs 'out there' for can openers. A whole new collecting field !
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The Keen Kutter models I have only seen pictures of.
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P-38 on my keychain since 1989. The one I have now is my second one.
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I don't have one to show but I'm sure lots of us remember coffee keys that cut and wound up a band of metal from the coffee can. They were on Spam and Treet and other canned meats. Sardine cans had keys that rolled the whole lid off. I'm sure today they'd come with the lawyer cautions.
My grandmothers would save the keys and all the grandboys would fight over them. Don't remember if we even had a use for them but we fought over anything. J.O'.
My grandmothers would save the keys and all the grandboys would fight over them. Don't remember if we even had a use for them but we fought over anything. J.O'.
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I have noticed some corned beef still has it. It is usually a product of some foreign country, usually Brazil, however.Ridgegrass wrote: ↑Mon Mar 07, 2022 6:18 pm I don't have one to show but I'm sure lots of us remember coffee keys that cut and wound up a band of metal from the coffee can. They were on Spam and Treet and other canned meats. Sardine cans had keys that rolled the whole lid off. I'm sure today they'd come with the lawyer cautions.
My grandmothers would save the keys and all the grandboys would fight over them. Don't remember if we even had a use for them but we fought over anything. J.O'.
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Cody: Yes and some imported sardines. The key is under the paper wrapping. J.O'.
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Not a can opener but a handy old kitchen gadget. This one was in my parents' kitchen drawer before I was born,(I'm 76.), and both sets of my grandparents had one. It's a jelly jar lid opener, metal ice tray loosener, cap lifter and I don't know what else. Funny how it stayed with us all these years. I never use it but its there. J.O'.