[Baynative]

An oddity we found was that tin cans were invented early in the 18800s, but the can opener didn’t come along for another 50 years. I wonder how the cans were used and how they knew they worked.

[Baynative]

18800s 1800s (of course)

[eclecticEel]

[Jamestown1630]

My grandmother used something like this, even into her ‘nineties (strong hands!):

http://www.amazon.com/stab-opener-FASHIONED-PUSH-OPENERS/dp/B004AFELB0

-JT

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Wikipedia says the first cans weighed more than the contents (late 1700s) and instructions said to open with hammer and chisel! Then along came the can opener over 50 years later. You are right...that was a big time gap!