Hard to open tobacco tins

[enfield]

Double tap

 

[freakiefrog]

Chechz tool for me too.

 

[lordofthepiperings]

Hope you were able to get the tin open by now.
I just use a quarter to open a tin.

 

[mcitinner1]

I hope you guys are kidding about the nail holes. Just slip a table knife or anything between lid and bottom and twist it a little till the vacuum releases.

 

[enfield]

No, not kidding. Twisting a coin/knife/screwdriver can be painful to the point of impossibility with arthritis of the hands.

 

[newbroom]

I recently had a devil of a time with a couple of tins that must have been sucked out by a Hoover on steroids, because breaking that pressure was difficult! I pried at every notch all the way around, bending he tin some too,

when I finally gave it ENOUGH twist...it gasped for air...

 

[tennsmoker]

I feel your pain, piped. . . I have a bum shoulder. Long ago, I quit trying to muscle open tins. I switched to my handy-dandy Swiss Army Knife, the one with the tooth pic and wine bottle opener. It has a screwdriver blade that works like a charm. You just keep going around the tin, releasing pressure, and voila!

 

[delro]

I use a large knife...BENCHMADE!

 

[jkrug]

I find a small hatchet makes short work of opening tobacco tins.

If it's a tin I want to save I'll use the spoon on my Czech tool or a butter knife. ::

 

[mcitinner1]

Enfield I apologize for not considering that issue. I know all blends aren't available in bulk.

 

[elbert]

:rofl:
I second portascat's solution--that image almost had me rolling out of bed!