Forget the Can Opener? Use an Ax.
Skid McBrick ·
Jun 28, 2011 at 8:20am
For all you city slickers out there. So, we forgot to pack a can opener for camp. My brother says, "Use an Ax". It worked pretty good.
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Sep '10
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Skid McBrick is a name that pretty much screams "hard boiled detective fiction".
Nov '10
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I have actually wondered how it comes across. There were two different instances where someone totally hashed my first and last names. First was Skid, and then McBrick. So I put them together and made a screen name.
Jun '10
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Is there anyone who can recommend a good can opener. I've tried expensive. I've tried cheep, and everything in between and nada. Two months and they're dead. The only canned food I buy these days is if the can is one of those self-opening kind, you know pull the tab. I can get a laptop computer for four hundred bucks, but can't buy a can opener to save my life.
Aug '10
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What? An outdoorsman without P-38's sprinkled liberally throughout his gear?
The Army's greatest invention ever costs about $0.35 each. I bought a handful for $5 years ago and dropped one into every drawer, car, tote bag, and emergency kit I own. Even with the inevitable misplacing of several over time, it's fairly easy to ensure at least one is around whenever needed.
Here's a video showing how to use the P-38 (and its larger descendant the P-51). Compact and useful... though I admit opening a can with an axe is more impressive, and earns extra points for manliness.
Edited on Jun 27, 2011 at 11:14pmFeb '11
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As an economist once said, "Assume a can opener."
Sep '10
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I love that joke.
Dec '10
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I'd recommend opening all the canned food before opening any of the canned beverages.
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My mom had this great electronic opener that never failed. It was given to her by her brother at her 1969 wedding.
He died tragically in 1976. But that can opener just kept going. Not normally a big weeper, she cried and cried when it finally went kaput a few years ago.
May '10
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Wasn't it on your checklist?
Mar '11
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When an ax is the only tool you have every problem starts to resemble a log.
Jan '11
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I'm takin' your Totin' Chip patch away from you, Skid.
Edited on Jun 28, 2011 at 8:29amDec '10
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Is that a can of Coors Light in the left side of the picture? If so, you've prepared well for this camping trip.
The King is most certainly correct haha.
Apr '11
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I heard it as a mathematician instead of an economist, but yeah, that joke!! Love it!!
Nov '10
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My cousin, "Stubs" Casteel, always used an ax to open cans.
May '10
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Cas, this is a good one: http://www.amazon.com/Pampered-Chef-Smooth-Edge-Opener/dp/B0045O0RPU/ref=pd_sbs_k_5. Leaves no sharp edge. I've had mine about five years and it still works great.
Dec '10
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You're doin' it all wrong!
Gotta lay the can down on its side and turn the ax around backwards so you can use the blunt end, Sledge-O-Matic style.
To do it properly you need at least three spectators under clear sheet plastic though.
Jun '10
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I wonder what part of the South Skid is from. I'm from there and know one when I see one.
Nov '10
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Playing with the quote feature. Finally working.
Edited on Jun 28, 2011 at 6:16pmNov '10
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Would it count if my grandpa was from Kentucky? He moved out west, Idaho, and that's where I came from.
Nov '10
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Can't take my Totin'Chip Patch because I don't have one! I was never a boy scout. I am now wondering if that is the reason I thought it was fine to use the ax. It really worked great although the inside of the can lid looked like shark teeth when I was done.