Sunday, December 16, 2012

altoid kits in video form


When I started this blog I stumbled across, and was fascinated by, a survival kit that was designed to fit in an Altoids mint tin.

Well, now there is practically a whole YouTube channel devoted to it.  Neat.

But the thing that may be most useful... How to open a can without a can opener.

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9 comments:

  1. Old NFODecember 16, 2012 at 9:00 AM

    Yep, we were actually taught that in SERE school!

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  2. AnonymousDecember 17, 2012 at 3:12 PM

    'Hokay, smartz guy, how do you open a can of 7.62x54R without Hero of Past (and Future) Soviet Socializt Republiks can opener?

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  3. aczarnowskiDecember 17, 2012 at 3:22 PM

    Well look at that. Thanks.

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  4. AnonymousDecember 17, 2012 at 4:20 PM

    I'll be damned. That info is definitely a keeper.

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  5. Mr EvilwrenchDecember 17, 2012 at 4:24 PM

    Ok, smart guy, how do you open one without a can opener or a knife, huh? Huh? Yeah, I thought so. Actually, that's a really good one I hope I never have to use.

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  6. FirehandDecember 17, 2012 at 8:05 PM

    Hammer and si- uh, thin chisel.

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  7. Windy WilsonDecember 17, 2012 at 10:22 PM

    Let's just say that lid's not the hardest of metals. The real question is whether this technique would have helped the three men who had a can but no can opener in Jerome K. Jerome's "Three Men in a Boat?"

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  8. rickn8orDecember 17, 2012 at 10:28 PM

    NFO-- You had CANS??

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  9. KristophrDecember 18, 2012 at 12:49 AM

    rickn8or: Sometimes you didn't have a p38 to get that can of snake and limas open.

    And lead sealed cans went all the way back to the Napoleonic Wars.

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