You Will Receive 10 New
US Shelby P38 Can Openers
Just Like The Ones Shown With all 10 total weighing approximately 1.7oz\'s they make a great light weight addition to any Every Day Carry, Bug Out Bag, Back Pack, or just throw a few in the glove box or center console so you have them when you need them..
Great for Every Day Carry on your key chain, \"I suggest putting tape around it if on a key chain though, I ripped a couple pockets in shorts before I learned that lesson\"
The P-38 is known as a \"John Wayne\" by the United States Marine Corps, either because of its toughness and dependability, or because of an unsubstantiated story that the actor had been shown in an as-yet-unidentified training film opening a can of K-Rations.
The can opener is pocket-sized, approximately 1.5inches (38mm) long, and consists of a short metal blade that serves as a handle, with a small, hinged metal tooth that folds out to pierce the can lid. A notch just under the hinge point keeps the opener hooked around the rim of the can as the device is \"walked\" around to cut the lid out. The handle portion can also double as a makeshift flat-blade screwdriver with limited ability because of the rather soft sheet metal used.
P-38s are no longer used for individual rations by the United States Armed Forces, as canned C-rations were replaced by MRE rations in the 1980s, packed in plastic pouches. The larger P-51s are, however, included with United States military \"Tray Rations\" (canned bulk meals). They are also still seen in disaster recovery efforts and have been handed out alongside canned food by rescue organizations, both in America and abroad in Afghanistan. The original U.S.-contract P-38 can openers were manufactured by J.W. Speaker Corporation (stamped \"US Speaker\") and by Washburn Corporation (marked \"US Androck\"); they were later made by Mallin Hardware (now defunct) of Shelby Ohio and were variously stamped \"US Mallin Shelby O.\" or \"U.S. Shelby Co.\" < LIKE THESE ONES!
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