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.

9 comments:

Old NFO said...

Yep, we were actually taught that in SERE school!

Anonymous said...

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

aczarnowski said...

Well look at that. Thanks.

Anonymous said...

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

Mr Evilwrench said...

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.

Firehand said...

Hammer and si- uh, thin chisel.

Windy Wilson said...

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?"

rickn8or said...

NFO-- You had CANS??

Kristophr said...

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.