Dating a "Can-Opener" knife.

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Post by Old Folder » Wed Jan 15, 2020 3:03 am

Helpful can-opener knife dating.
Found this in a "Knife World" magazine from Sept 2000.

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Post by jerryd6818 » Wed Jan 15, 2020 3:38 am

What about the two piece can openers???

Knife has been rehandled.

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Post by knife7knut » Wed Jan 15, 2020 3:41 am

There are also a couple of variants of the "D" shaped opener:the two-piece opener by Remington/Pal and Boker.

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Post by Old Folder » Wed Jan 15, 2020 8:29 am

It appears that some can-opener blades can be confused with "Cap-Lifters" ?

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Post by jerryd6818 » Wed Jan 15, 2020 8:40 am

And which one would that be?

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The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.

This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.

"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
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