CANCO QUICK AND EASY OPENERS

Informational Topics that are no longer on the first few pages.

Moderators: Forum Moderator, Current Officers, Previous Officers

User avatar
Bryan2
Rust Governor
Rust Governor
Posts: 3007
Joined: Mon Aug 21, 2006 3:14 pm
Answers: 0
Rusty Bunch Member Number: 752
BCCA Number: 19592
eBay name: captainuker
Year Started Collecting: 1979
Location: Marblehead, OH on beautiful Lake Erie
Been thanked: 2 times
Zodiac:
Status: Offline
United States of America

#31

Post by Bryan2 »

I have a couple of cans where the point of the triangular openings almost meet. Can this be done with the first I-7s or would this be a mechanical one as several others have talked about?

I picked up a Krueger opener the other day for a buck off ebay. It does not have the cap-opening end. It has the hatted K-man on it which I think is cool and it has: VAUGHAN USA PAT 1,996,55O. Is this the later I-6 or is this still considered an I-7 ?

Thanks for everyone's offer of openers, please bring them to Blue/Gray where I hope to be.


Currently in a collecting funk. Waiting for the bug to bite again to get back into collecting some type of cans, on a small, affordable level.
Bryan Shrock
beercanman
Forum Moderator
Forum Moderator
Posts: 3229
Joined: Sat Aug 12, 2006 8:59 pm
Answers: 0
Rusty Bunch Member Number: 327
BCCA Number: 24599
eBay name: www.beercanman.com
Year Started Collecting: 1975
Location: 1/2 way between DC and Baltimore
Has thanked: 12 times
Been thanked: 50 times
Zodiac:
Contact:
Status: Offline
United States of America

I-7

#32

Post by beercanman »

Measure the length of the opener. The I-7 will be 4-3/4" long. Anything shorter than that and it's not an I-7.

And to answer the question about the opening holes nearly touching, I'd say that was done by a bar-type opener and not an I-7. If you post pics of the top I'm sure we can figure it out.
Steve
-----------------------------
http://www.BeerCanMan.com

"Like" Beercanman on FaceBook - I even have random giveaways! https://www.facebook.com/beercanmandotcom"

Searching for Esslinger Quizzie BOCK variations and upgrades!
User avatar
Longopener
RB Roster
RB Roster
Posts: 4207
Joined: Tue Aug 22, 2006 12:17 am
Answers: 0
Rusty Bunch Member Number: 417
BCCA Number: 29470
eBay name: Longopener
Year Started Collecting: 1976
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Has thanked: 36 times
Been thanked: 151 times
Zodiac:
Status: Offline
United States of America

#33

Post by Longopener »

Steve, the first opener I pictured is 5 1/4" and the "beak" is actually about 1/4" or more longer than the next I-7.
"Although the cans will be of no value after opened, their cost is expected to be small..." Iowa: June 22, 1935

Why drive 12 hour one way to dig Pre-Tax Tru Blu ales, Genny 12 Horse Longopeners, Gamecock Ales, Apollos, Neuweilers Bock, and Krueger’s Baldies when you can locally drive 10 hours round trip and dig Pfeiffer, Goebel, Drewrys and Strohs?
beercanman
Forum Moderator
Forum Moderator
Posts: 3229
Joined: Sat Aug 12, 2006 8:59 pm
Answers: 0
Rusty Bunch Member Number: 327
BCCA Number: 24599
eBay name: www.beercanman.com
Year Started Collecting: 1975
Location: 1/2 way between DC and Baltimore
Has thanked: 12 times
Been thanked: 50 times
Zodiac:
Contact:
Status: Offline
United States of America

5-1/4" opener

#34

Post by beercanman »

Chris,

Are you calling the 5-1/4" longer opener (heh heh, I said longopener) an I-7 also? Everything I ever read was that the I-7 was 4-3/4" long. The longer opener with the longer "beak" should be referred to as something else I would think, otherwise having different I-7's would be extremely confusing.

How about bringing a sampling of your different openers to B/G???
Steve
-----------------------------
http://www.BeerCanMan.com

"Like" Beercanman on FaceBook - I even have random giveaways! https://www.facebook.com/beercanmandotcom"

Searching for Esslinger Quizzie BOCK variations and upgrades!
User avatar
texascans
Rust Master General
Rust Master General
Posts: 668
Joined: Wed Aug 16, 2006 7:27 pm
Answers: 0
Rusty Bunch Member Number: 504
BCCA Number: 904
eBay name: Grand_Prize_Vintage
Year Started Collecting: 1971
Location: Austin
Has thanked: 113 times
Been thanked: 38 times
Zodiac:
Status: Offline

#35

Post by texascans »

Hey Kevin - I've seen the Grand Prize opener as well, but I don't have one handy. How long is it?

Cheers!
Steve
Steve Fernandes - MOST WANTED TEXAS CANS - Southern Select J-Spout upgrade, , Grand Prize O/I with solid red circle (does it really exist???), Grand Prize "Premio Gordo"
User avatar
Longhorn Mike
Rust Governor
Rust Governor
Posts: 3315
Joined: Fri Sep 15, 2006 12:16 am
Answers: 0
BCCA Number: 23865
Year Started Collecting: 1979
Location: Dallas, Texas
Has thanked: 21 times
Been thanked: 230 times
Status: Offline
United States of America

#36

Post by Longhorn Mike »

As far as the speculation that other early openers exist, a Gunthers or a Grand Prize (or any other brand that came with opening instructions) makes sense. However, why would a brand like Regal from American in New Orleans have an early opener when their first cans were cone tops? I am sure there are later Regal openers from when they switched to flats in the late 40's or early 50's but they would not be I7's.

Maybe the brand was Regal of Detroit, not New Orleans. That would make sense.

- Mike
User avatar
Longopener
RB Roster
RB Roster
Posts: 4207
Joined: Tue Aug 22, 2006 12:17 am
Answers: 0
Rusty Bunch Member Number: 417
BCCA Number: 29470
eBay name: Longopener
Year Started Collecting: 1976
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Has thanked: 36 times
Been thanked: 151 times
Zodiac:
Status: Offline
United States of America

#37

Post by Longopener »

Mike, I was thinking it was Regal from California or, as you speculate, Detroit, since Stroud produced one for their National Can as well.
"Although the cans will be of no value after opened, their cost is expected to be small..." Iowa: June 22, 1935

Why drive 12 hour one way to dig Pre-Tax Tru Blu ales, Genny 12 Horse Longopeners, Gamecock Ales, Apollos, Neuweilers Bock, and Krueger’s Baldies when you can locally drive 10 hours round trip and dig Pfeiffer, Goebel, Drewrys and Strohs?
beercanman
Forum Moderator
Forum Moderator
Posts: 3229
Joined: Sat Aug 12, 2006 8:59 pm
Answers: 0
Rusty Bunch Member Number: 327
BCCA Number: 24599
eBay name: www.beercanman.com
Year Started Collecting: 1975
Location: 1/2 way between DC and Baltimore
Has thanked: 12 times
Been thanked: 50 times
Zodiac:
Contact:
Status: Offline
United States of America

regal opener

#38

Post by beercanman »

I was thinking the Regal Beer from out west, like the WF ones that Roy dug.
Steve
-----------------------------
http://www.BeerCanMan.com

"Like" Beercanman on FaceBook - I even have random giveaways! https://www.facebook.com/beercanmandotcom"

Searching for Esslinger Quizzie BOCK variations and upgrades!
User avatar
Kevin the Ex-Editor
Rust Master
Rust Master
Posts: 297
Joined: Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:07 am
Answers: 0
Rusty Bunch Member Number: 198
BCCA Number: 29381
eBay name: kdooley
Year Started Collecting: 1976
Location: Athens, GA
Has thanked: 14 times
Been thanked: 28 times
Zodiac:
Status: Offline

#39

Post by Kevin the Ex-Editor »

I checked the Regal and Grand Prize at lunch but didn't measure them. They look like I-7s but appear to be just a bit smaller.

Kevin
User avatar
menke
Rust Governor
Rust Governor
Posts: 2210
Joined: Sun Aug 20, 2006 11:58 am
Answers: 0
Rusty Bunch Member Number: 406
BCCA Number: 23654
eBay name: www.onefullquart.com
Year Started Collecting: 1979
Location: Calvert Hills, for the duration
Been thanked: 240 times
Contact:
Status: Offline
Australia

#40

Post by menke »

Another angle on prewar's pre-can openers...I have a monstrous Prune Juice opener, and a nearly as big Eveready Prestone opener that will be coming to B/G, both in the same style as the I-7's but don't have them handy to measure. So much for my ability to guess the length, I always swore I-7's were seven inches long. ;) a 4 3/4 inch tool can still do quite a bit of damage, thank you very much.

Anyone who needs to bottom open and drain their patent pending beauties is welcome to borrow one. Who would want to use the same opener for their beer as for their antifreeze or prune juice? Don't see other tins pierced with anything like this in dumps, though. I wonder how common these openers were for other liquids.
User avatar
danielj
Rust Governor
Rust Governor
Posts: 2014
Joined: Wed Aug 16, 2006 7:02 pm
Answers: 0
Rusty Bunch Member Number: 736
Year Started Collecting: 1975
Location: ToadHole Farm NC
Has thanked: 4 times
Been thanked: 43 times
Status: Offline
United States of America

#41

Post by danielj »

Very imformative post! it really got my interest up.
I dumped these 2 openers, both are 4 and 3/4 inches long
and seem the "canco" type.
and match the openings in the cans in this dump,
but 1 has a re-inforced top piece.
openers are too pitted to make out any lettering,
is the re-inforced one the older pre beer can opener?
made for food and juice cans?
I have found old 1 quart oil cans with a bigger opening
in same dump. I would welcome any info.
Take it easy!
Image
Image
Post Reply Previous topicNext topic

Return to “Archived Topics”