Probably nothing you didn’t already know, but still worth a read.<\/p>\n
One basic rule of life is that everything is easy with the proper tools, and nearly impossible without them. A great example of how this works is the can opener: Although we\u2019ve had the pull-tab design since 1962, you can still somehow find plenty of canned goods on the grocery shelves that lack this simple advancement\u2014and if you have one and lack a can opener, you will quickly learn the definition of futility.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I have opened cans with a knife before…it isn’t fun, but it isn’t terribly difficult either. I have not tried the spoon method yet. If you’re a survivalist of any stripe, you always have a knife handy even if you dont have a can opener or multitool on you. And, yes, a P38 works well and takes up no space on your keychain<\/a>.<\/p>\n
My experience is that the can openers on a Swiss Army knife or multitool do excellent jobs and have the bonus of being part of a larger ‘multitasker’…in other words, a multitool with a can opener is more useful than a can opener by itself.<\/p>\n
By the way, when it comes to #10 cans of food for storage, I always tape a P38 to the bottom of every second or third can. Theyre cheap, small, and a far better choice than banging a screwdriver with a rock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Probably nothing you didn’t already know, but still worth a read. One basic rule of life is that everything is easy with the proper tools, and nearly impossible without them. A great example of how this works is the can … Continue reading