old beer bottle/can openers

[Waukonda]

I realize this is a 10 year old thread, but I wanted to add these. They came from my father-in-law, I found them while clearing out his house a while back.

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Good stuff there, I don't think any of those ever made it to the Midwest, but I remember seeing Ballantines and Knickerbocker signs on old pictures of the NY ballparks.

Good story on the Dutchman's, Ripster.

[New_Windsor_NY]

These have only been in my family and they have seen plenty of usage. They are all mine now. Represented and pictured below are the following beers and breweries. Not in any particular order. Acme Brewing Company, Ballantine, Falstaff, Hamm's, Jacob Ruppert Brewery, Knickerbocker, Olympia, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Schaefer, Schlitz and Utica Club. These are all from the 1960's, possibly the 1950's, maybe to the early 1970's.
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[JACK OF ALL TIRADES]

Sorry to not have a pic yet but I have a Griswald bottle opener. Its a female figure about 4-5 inches long in brass or maybe bronze.I found it online from very early 1900s

[knife7knut]

Here are a few that are a bit different in that they are basically for opening champagne bottles but will also do the occasional bottle and can. The "Silver Spray Beer" opener came as part of a 1920's era sign painter's kit I bought many years ago.The German model is unique in that it has a folding can opener as is the Bonsa knife.

[eveled]

Well guys, here's one you don't have. I have long wanted to make my own cap lifter and searched for an appropriate vehicle to fashion one from. Being a collector of old tools I came across this old turn screw which long ago was kneveled by someone. I don't think the blade and handle were original. All the more reason to bastardize it into something else. I would'nt ruin an honest old tool. And you know, this darn thing works!!

Joe

kneveled? I didn’t do it.

[FRJ]

eveled, you went back into the weeds, didn't you.