How to open a tin can without an opener?

Often in everyday life, on a hike, or simply by coincidence, a situation may occur that openers or, as people say, openers, are not at hand. In the absence of a special device, the problem arises of how to deal with a closed tin can.

From the article you will learn what to do, and how you can open canned food, without having a specially designed device.

In the absence of specialized equipment, you can take advantage of what is somehow similar to it in functionality or form. In this case, this is an ordinary knife. For a long time people used it in order to open banks with success, because the opener was not invented then. This method can be called old, well-tested and reliable.

1. First of all, in order for the bank to stand firmly, it needs to be fixed in some way. You can firmly squeeze it between the knees, or in order not to damage the muscles of the legs, you can squeeze the jar with shoes.
2. The next step is to vertically hold the knife, put the tip to the very edge.
3. In order to pierce the metal, one should firmly hold the knife with one hand with a point at the edge of the can, make a strong blow from above on the handle, to literally drive the tip of the knife into the metal.
4. Next, make translational movements around the can, as if cutting off the top layer of metal. Thus, you can cut off the edge of the lid along the entire circumference, and it will turn out no worse than with an opener.
5. To completely release the jar from the top layer, the lid must be pry off with the tip of a knife and raised.

So you’ll be able to open the jar perfectly, especially if you have physical strength. But very many men, indeed, possess it, and besides, they carry the knife with them constantly, therefore, in any such situation this should not cause a problem. The main thing is to practice cutting around to make the cut near the edge.

If there is no knife, it’s okay, because even ordinary tableware can help you in this case: a fork, a spoon, or any other solid, but narrow, object in one of its faces. Consider how to use it correctly, and how can you open a jar if you only have a spoon, and it’s not at all sharp. This is not at all scary, because a tin can is made of rather soft metal, and it will be enough to literally wipe it in one place with something harder, like the edge of a spoon.

So let's try it.

1. For a successful opening, firmly fix the jar in your hand or, again, between the knees - in this case there is nothing to hurt. We do this so that it does not fidget and does not interfere with affecting only one place we need.
2. In order to make an attempt to open the lid with a spoon, you will first need to wipe one hole in the iron, and it should be right near the edge. Therefore, put the nose of the spoon to the edge and rub there until you can lower it a little deeper into the jar.
3. After you have already managed to pierce the spoon down, try to translate it deeper with progressive movements, and also make the same notch along the entire perimeter.
4. As a result, the spoon will simply become a lever, and you can remove the lid, completely freeing the contents.

Each of the options below requires strong physical strength. Indeed, canned food can only be opened with your own hands. Let's figure out how to do it.

You can simply crush the container from two sides, so that it is divided into two equal halves. Of course, this may not be the cleanest way, since the marinade can be very dirty, but the contents will remain intact. And you, even without accessories and a spear, can get to the contents of the can.

Grasp it firmly with your hands, and with your thumbs press firmly in the center of the can so that the metal bends inward. If everything turned out right for you, then you have a bank in your hands, bent on one side, bend it to the other - and you will get torn metal on the sides.

We will figure out what to do if you are not so strong. Indeed, it is not uncommon if, from hunger or the characteristics of your body, you simply don’t have the strength to break the can, but you still need to open it. Then you can resort to alternative methods that are a little trickier, but no less effective.

To successfully remove the lid, you need to understand how it is worn on this very jar. It happens rather primitively. They take a round flat piece of metal, but not ideally sized equal to the diameter of the can, but a little larger so that the edges can be bent under the press around the entire perimeter of the container. Thus, it turns out that this is just a cover, and it can be removed.

It will be more convenient for you if the stone is large, but a small one may come up.

• If the stone turned out to be large, the surest way would be to turn the canned food with the lid down and simply make circular movements to erase the curved edges.You need a couple of minutes to open. When holes already appear on the edges, just squeeze the jar a little, and the lid itself will separate from the base.
• If you had only a small stone in stock, then everything is also quite simple - you need to drive this stone around the circumference, that is, you are not making a bank move, but with a stone. This method is a little inconvenient, and a little longer, but the result will also not take long.

Based on all of the above, we can say for sure: it is more than realistic to open canned food, and it is absolutely not necessary to have a special device for this. If you are hungry, your own forces will help you recover energy, and even if they don’t turn out to be okay, then do nothing wrong: use your wit and rough cobblestone. The tin can, one way or another, will be open, and now you know exactly how to do it right.

In this video, you will learn how to open a tin can with your hands without using any tools.