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im looking for a p38 so i need info

Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 6:47 am
by SGB4EVA
it may seem silly but i got distracted ended up at georgia-outfitters site
im wondering should i spend $4 -$9 bucks for one of these. i bought two cheap ones at a surplus store last year ,one broke instantly, the other dissapeared ...

anyhow if i buy two of these....... one to use , will it last a lifetime?

thanks in advance

Re: im looking for a p38 so i need info

Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 8:48 am
by housil
SGB4EVA wrote:it may seem silly but i got distracted ended up at georgia-outfitters site
im wondering should i spend $4 -$9 bucks for one of these. i bought two cheap ones at a surplus store last year ,one broke instantly, the other dissapeared ...

anyhow if i buy two of these....... one to use , will it last a lifetime?

thanks in advance
If you are talking about the can opener, I have my one in use sence 26 years (1982), serious! 8)

Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 1:58 pm
by dirtbag
Get the p-51, bigger, sturdier. $0.50 each...
http://www.georgia-outfitters.com/page52.shtml#p51

Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 2:49 pm
by mreheater72
If you need one, send PM. I guess you are from US??

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These ones are good old stuff: Destruction is not possible :)

So long mreheater72

Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 3:59 am
by SGB4EVA
8) cool ... thank ya'll

Re: im looking for a p38 so i need info

Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 4:03 am
by SGB4EVA
housil wrote:
If you are talking about the can opener, I have my one in use sence 26 years (1982), serious! 8)


amazing :!:

Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 3:17 pm
by Treesuit
Oh yeah,
Mine has been in service on my key ring or dog tags since 1990. Seventeen years old and still strong. :D :wink:

Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 5:13 pm
by george94
I bought one a few years ago and lost the thing :oops:

Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:22 pm
by Mkim340518
I really like the can openers that come with the Spanish Armed Forces rations!!! Those things are big, robust and made for years of use!!!

Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:25 pm
by German_EPA
if you want "brand new" ones let me know - but let me tell you: its a pack of 40 can openers :wink: