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Suggest a very reliable and durable can opener? (vanity)

Posted on 03/27/2022 9:35:57 PM PDT by Mount Athos

Friend put away my can opener where I didn't expect it. Made me realize I need a backup. Must be hand operated not electric


TOPICS: Food
KEYWORDS: canopener; notchinese
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To: HereInTheHeartland

At least you can find cans still


21 posted on 03/27/2022 10:06:27 PM PDT by algore
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To: HoneysuckleTN

i ordered a swing away portable. $11.99 on ebay.
I have a whole lot of cans


22 posted on 03/27/2022 10:08:10 PM PDT by Mount Athos
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To: Mount Athos

23 posted on 03/27/2022 10:11:22 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: SpaceBar

“In before the P-38”.

I still have the P-38 I had in Nam.


24 posted on 03/27/2022 10:15:18 PM PDT by laplata (")
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To: Mount Athos
This is the one I use:

Kuhn Rikon Auto Safety LidLifter/Can Opener with Ring-Pull:


25 posted on 03/27/2022 10:24:10 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Leftnicks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.))
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To: Mount Athos
I had about ten or so break on me until I found this. I won a giftcard to williams sonoma and that is where I originally bought it. I use it for small, medium and those extra large bulk cans. Ten years and still works great.
26 posted on 03/27/2022 10:27:26 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: Mount Athos

Good choice, never underestimate the value of a good can opener.


27 posted on 03/27/2022 10:27:58 PM PDT by ResponseAbility (-The truth of liberalism is the stupid can feel smart, the lazy entitled, and the immoral unashamed)
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To: Mount Athos
A decent hand-held can opener made by OXO works well for me. I've got two. The oldest I've had for at least 20 years. Amazon sells them, and they also have a website:

OXO

28 posted on 03/27/2022 10:28:40 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: Mount Athos

Got a great can opener with rubber handles you can squeeze to make opening opening tight jar lids a breeze. A twofer!


29 posted on 03/27/2022 10:30:44 PM PDT by JennysCool ("It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." - Mark Twain)
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To: SpaceBar
I use the big brother of the P-38.

P-51
30 posted on 03/27/2022 10:41:12 PM PDT by jy8z
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To: rimtop56

We have one that cuts on the side of the can, too. It took me a long time to really get the hang of it, but I now like it a lot. Ours is probably about 8 years old, too.

Using the built-in gripper to get the lid off takes a bit of work, too.


31 posted on 03/27/2022 10:41:23 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Sorry, I’m not a biologist.”)
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To: Still Thinking

Yup,
Saw it on YouTube.


32 posted on 03/27/2022 10:41:42 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (On the Other hand,,, Free Men Choose- - SLAVES OBEY)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

Yup! Swing-Away! Still AMERICAN MADE.

Monkey copies from China cannot compare.


33 posted on 03/27/2022 10:45:17 PM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan (qd4)
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To: rimtop56
My wife bought the "Pampered Chef" Smooth-Edge Can Opener which I mentioned in an earlier post. It's a great tool, but YIKES is it expensive now! $44! It's very easy to operate.


34 posted on 03/27/2022 10:46:08 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Sorry, I’m not a biologist.”)
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To: Mount Athos

Not to Hi-Jack your thread, but I am in need of a reliable JAR LID OPENER...if anyone has a suggestion, please FREEPmail me :)


35 posted on 03/27/2022 10:48:17 PM PDT by Freedom56v2 (It's not the job of the unvaxxed to protect the vaxxed. That's the job of the "vaccine.")
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To: Equine1952

They also make a little larger version called a P-51. Better for old hands and fingers...


36 posted on 03/27/2022 11:02:36 PM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Freedom56v2

I just hit the jar lid with the handle of a knife in a minimum of 4-6 places and it breaks the vacuum seal.


37 posted on 03/27/2022 11:11:04 PM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: Mount Athos
EZ-DUZ-IT. Paid $9 eight years ago. Still going strong.
38 posted on 03/27/2022 11:36:38 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: Fungi

“Every Swiss army knife has a can opener.”

That was my solution in the US Army where they never shipped the same amount of P-38 openers as the number of C-rations in the case. I always had an opener that way.


39 posted on 03/28/2022 12:29:33 AM PDT by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't. )
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To: Mount Athos

As you see, there are a lot if good choices that fit your bill. I have one made by Cutco that my Wife and I like a bunch.


40 posted on 03/28/2022 12:31:44 AM PDT by Wingy (It's nice to be nice to the nice. (Stolen from Bagster who stole it from MASH))
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