I personally use 'the force' as my dad was Darth Vader or something.
Chris.
Chris.
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You are doing it wrong. Take your tin out to the garage with your wife or a friend. Put your motorcycle up on the center stand. Start the bike and ask them to rev it while its in gear. Take the can and hold the side of the top side edge against the motorcycle wheel until the friction spins it off.
This topic is clearly screaming for a poll... (can’t bring myself to do it.)
Wow, this is still going? Great because I was too ashamed to ask how the hell you get those things open without...cheating. At least that's what it feels like when you pop the vacuum seal and open it with relative ease. I always quietly fear that greater, mightier men open it with nothing but their bare hands.
As for what I use, surprisingly it's a fish knife, and I'm not a guy who usually has interesting or sophisticated answers. For whatever reason ever since I've lived on my own, I've kept a short brass fish knife nearby for the odd times it comes in handy; it was my snuff 'spoon' back when I dabbled in nasal snuff and it's really proved its worth over the—earning its place on my desk.
It's flat, thin but not to the point of being flimsy or weak, it's pointy enough to open letters or break masking tape on packaging but it's also not sharp so you can afford to be more reckless as you try to pry things open. Never used it for its primary function, come to think of it, but it's a fine little jack of all tools.
As for what I use, surprisingly it's a fish knife, and I'm not a guy who usually has interesting or sophisticated answers. For whatever reason ever since I've lived on my own, I've kept a short brass fish knife nearby for the odd times it comes in handy; it was my snuff 'spoon' back when I dabbled in nasal snuff and it's really proved its worth over the—earning its place on my desk.
It's flat, thin but not to the point of being flimsy or weak, it's pointy enough to open letters or break masking tape on packaging but it's also not sharp so you can afford to be more reckless as you try to pry things open. Never used it for its primary function, come to think of it, but it's a fine little jack of all tools.
As a newbie, I actually had to look up online how to open a tobacco tin since it didn't have any instructions on it (some do). I didn't have much luck using a quarter, but managed to pop the lid using the tip of a butter knife. I have since discovered that our set of stainless steel measuring spoons have handles about about as thick as a penny, a rounded end, and a slight bend side to side that fits the curvature of a tobacco tin perfectly. It's very easy to slide the handle of one of those measuring spoons inside the lip of the lid and pop it open with little effort.
I've counted: In a city apartment, 102 utensils that can be used.
In a suburban home: 289 possible openers.
In the country, 1399 possible openers, not including horses who step on the edge of a tin.
In a suburban home: 289 possible openers.
In the country, 1399 possible openers, not including horses who step on the edge of a tin.
Yep. I use a teaspoon from the silverware door. Works every time.
WaiddaMinute! That looks like a can of tuna! Is it aged? Flake or slices??
Here are some options, that I haven't taken yet:
Talking to the tin, until it is comfortable enough to open up.
Throw the tin on concrete, until it gives up.
I have also considered using my wedding ring, silverware from the good set, and possibly some of my wife's quilting tools.
Talking to the tin, until it is comfortable enough to open up.
Throw the tin on concrete, until it gives up.
I have also considered using my wedding ring, silverware from the good set, and possibly some of my wife's quilting tools.
That only works on War Horse tins...but there's a great risk of injury.