New package opener.

[NYlakesider]

Do you see the opener that Russian Commissar had in the Hunt For Red October that he used to open the letter sent to him by Marko Ramius?

That bad boy should work just fine!

 

[WuzzFuzz]

Labworm...That clip of Larry David is exactly me this morning......


Somehow I'll bet who ever invented the packaging on products, also sells Anger Management books...


WuzzFuzz

 

[Rustyt1953]

....And still the champ....

 

[the ringo kid]

First of all GRRRRRRRR......

I'm on the hunt now for a new, better, bigger package opener.

I'm leaning t'wards something like a "Arkansas Toothpick".

The little ole "Old Timer". just isn't getting the job done on some of the packages any more....

Why just this morning, I tried to open a new package of Chapstick..(I like using it, vs some of the other brands). Anyway, the plastic that wrapped it, I thought I was going to have to take it out to the shop and use the hacksaw on it, to break thru that plastic wrap. GRRRRRR.....

Now my "Old Timer" is sharp, I keep it that way using my Arkansas whet stone. But I was still having a time of it this morning, fighting that wrap....

And it's not just this one package I was fighting this morning....Seems like about anything that doesn't come in a can or a glass jar a person need to have a spare tire iron, a hammer and chisel, a helping hand, to fight to open anything any more....


The canned food, not much of a problem with those. But anything that comes in a jar.....Welll.....A person might want to go to some of your local farm sales and see if you can pick up a good set of Vice Grips.

And while I'm trying to open XYZ, and be damned, if there isn't another seal under the cap that I had just fought to get off.....Here I go and try and squeeze out some ketchup and nothing comes out...So I unscrew the cap, and there's that seal, preventing anything from coming out...Out comes that good ole knife, to cut the seal and pop it off....

Rats....by the time I got thru with the ketchup bottle, my french fries were cold...GRRRRRRR....

I tell you, I'm thinking there needs to be a congressional investigation about this problem, cause us senior citizens are either going to be going hungry, because we can't open food containers, or do much of anything to help ourselves sustain our independent living if we're going to have to call 911 every time we need help opening a package...

Shoot, since the holidays are just a few short weeks ahead, ya'll might consider giving some senior you know a new Bowie knife or Arkansas Toothpick for a present...Those are large enough, a person like me can get their hand around the handle, and it's large enough to get most package opening jobs done, and lastly it'll be harder to lose in the drawer. Not saying it can't be done though.

Well, let's see how the rest of this day goes.



WuzzFuzz

For actual packages and letters, I use a WWII Garand bayonet, for other stuff, a Sears multi tool--or whatever its called?

 

[arjay]

Bought a knife once because I couldn't find my knife and I'm looking at the packaging....

 

[S42N8]

Phased plasma rifle in the 40 watt range oughta take care of that jes fine...

 

[fiasconva]

+1 on the old hand held can opener, the kind you squeeze tight and turn the handle. It works!

 

[Lt JL]

My tried and true, 50 year old KaBar.

 

[SW MP15]

Pet Alligator?

 

[Beemer-mark]

I bought one of those memory foam mattress mail order. It came in a box and the mattresses itself was vacuum packed in impenetrable shrink wrap plastic. Warning labels all over the package - DO NOT OPEN WITH SHARP INSTRUMENT.

As a mechanical engineer that one had me stumped. Sent it back.

 

[DR505]

 

[snubbyfan]

I use a strap wrench on those difficult to open jars.

For those darned plastic packages.

 

[Smith357]

 

[MasterTech1960]

Plasma Cutter .........but it can get messy.

 

[Road Rat]

I'm with the OP...............

We - Americans and Chinese - over-package everything that comes along!!!

Some of the "new and improved" plastic is almost impossible to get off/out/etc., without serious damage to your hands!!

Did I mention that I hate packaging??

 

[bricker]

What is this? What is it used for? I MUST have one.

 

[soFlaNative]

What is this? What is it used for? I MUST have one.

That would be a brush cutter / bush hook.

 

[NYlakesider]

What is this? What is it used for? I MUST have one.

The grandfather of the weed eater!

 

[soFlaNative]

The grandfather of the weed eater!

These are what I used in my youth.
The bow type worked better underwater.

Think either may take care of
today's packaging issues.

 

[Smith357]

What is this? What is it used for? I MUST have one.

It is a brush hook or brush axe, sort of a cross between a bill hook and an axe. The handles are typically 36 to 42 inches, the blades are around 11-14" and weigh 3-4 pounds. They excel at clearing dry woody underbrush and opening those plastic clam-shell packages.

These are what I used in my youth.
The bow type worked better underwater.

Think either may take care of
today's packaging issues.

Those look like they would work well, I was using this old thing for a while,but the edge is very fine and really only meant for grass, the plastic packaging dulls it quickly.