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Every corkscrew I own is unwanted. I don't even drink. It has been years since I ever needed to use one in my own home. (The cooking wine I use is screw-top.

Every corkscrew I own is unwanted. I don't even drink. It has been years since I ever needed to use one in my own home. (The cooking wine I use is screw-top.) That said, I own at least six of things. Why? They are attached to other objects that I actually use. Two are on swiss army knives I've owned for decades. Two came packaged with other products (sets of kitchen tools). The others are attached to my can openers, which I do use. Question: Has anyone here ever used the can opener on a swiss army knife? It is there. It is slow but does work. For all my corkscrews, many times I've found myself without a can-opener and had to resort to the swiss army knife.

hughrr 5y ago
I use my Swiss army knife regularly, as alluded to elsewhere in this thread. It has supplanted a few other tools in an effort to minimise the amount of crap I have. The one I own is 20 years older than me and is a hand me down from my father. One of the most useful things I own. As for opening cans, I use it for that after the last can opener I had fell to bits about a decade ago. Takes a bit of practice but you can chunk through a can in about 10 seconds reliably. It also opens cans that the can openers won't grip properly. I've used it to build a couple of PCs with as well as the only tool. As for not drinking, most of the wine I get gifted goes into a pot and is used for cooking. I'll only drink it if there's someone interesting to drink it with, which is sadly not happening that often these days.
leephillips 5y ago
I have, while camping and when at home when the normal can opener was broken. It’s not too slow once you get the knack.
geoduck14 5y ago
>Question: Has anyone here ever used the can opener on a swiss army knife? I have. I used it to cut shoelaces. I immediately regretted the decision.
Avshalom 5y ago
I've been using the can opener on my leatherman for two or three years now exclusively... my old can opener broke and every time I think to buy a new one in a store I see the price of a good one and think "well fuck that", even though yes obviously I way more than that on all sorts of stuff regularly. Works fine, I'm pretty handy with it, not much slower than the standard clamp and crank style. https://www.leatherman.com/wave-10.html https://www.leatherman.com/wave-10.html

hughrr 5y ago

I use my Swiss army knife regularly, as alluded to elsewhere in this thread. It has supplanted a few other tools in an effort to minimise the amount of crap I have. The one I own is 20 years older than me and is a hand me down from my father. One of the most useful things I own. As for opening cans, I use it for that after the last can opener I had fell to bits about a decade ago. Takes a bit of practice but you can chunk through a can in about 10 seconds reliably. It also opens cans that the can openers won't grip properly. I've used it to build a couple of PCs with as well as the only tool. As for not drinking, most of the wine I get gifted goes into a pot and is used for cooking. I'll only drink it if there's someone interesting to drink it with, which is sadly not happening that often these days.

leephillips 5y ago

I have, while camping and when at home when the normal can opener was broken. It’s not too slow once you get the knack.

geoduck14 5y ago

>Question: Has anyone here ever used the can opener on a swiss army knife? I have. I used it to cut shoelaces. I immediately regretted the decision.

Avshalom 5y ago

I've been using the can opener on my leatherman for two or three years now exclusively... my old can opener broke and every time I think to buy a new one in a store I see the price of a good one and think "well fuck that", even though yes obviously I way more than that on all sorts of stuff regularly. Works fine, I'm pretty handy with it, not much slower than the standard clamp and crank style. https://www.leatherman.com/wave-10.html https://www.leatherman.com/wave-10.html