Here is one for the old timers--- Hoo-AH The P-38 can Opener..

This 1-1/2 inch stamped metal tool that was developed to open C-Ration cans in only 30 days in the Summer of 1942 by the Subsistence Research Laboratory in Chicago.

It's official designation is 'P-38 Can Opener, Key Type', but the P-38 supposedly acquired it's namefrom the 38 punctures required to open a C-Ration can. It's also known by many as a "John Wayne".

P-38's were issued in cases of C- rations in this little brown paper with instructions on how to use it. These Can Opener's do not come packaged.

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Saturday, February 07, 2009 02:55:01 PM