Comments on: Light, versatile and cheap: The p38 and p51 can openers https://pmags.com/light-versatile-and-cheap-the-p38-and-p51-can-openers Practical advice and musings on the outdoors, hiking, backpacking, ski touring, and camping. Sat, 26 Apr 2025 21:33:12 +0000 hourly 1 By: Solo camping cook kit – PMags.com https://pmags.com/light-versatile-and-cheap-the-p38-and-p51-can-openers#comment-701746 Mon, 04 Dec 2023 05:51:15 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=6053#comment-701746 By: Paul Mags https://pmags.com/light-versatile-and-cheap-the-p38-and-p51-can-openers#comment-689100 Wed, 16 Oct 2019 23:13:47 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=6053#comment-689100 In reply to Kim.

Ha! I used to have a pet guinea pig. Maybe rodents just sense my soft spot for them. 🙂

]]> By: Kim https://pmags.com/light-versatile-and-cheap-the-p38-and-p51-can-openers#comment-689097 Wed, 16 Oct 2019 23:02:08 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=6053#comment-689097 Great info Mags! Add an update how pack rats are attracted to your balaclava as much as you ? Tee hee!

]]> By: Mitchell https://pmags.com/light-versatile-and-cheap-the-p38-and-p51-can-openers#comment-581895 Sun, 01 May 2016 09:44:19 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=6053#comment-581895 Bonus: my Made In Canada P-51 works nicely as a striker for a ferro rod. Oddly enough, the P-38 I picked up (stamped US Shelby Co) doesn’t strike nearly as well. I guess it’s a low-carbon steel.

]]> By: Colter https://pmags.com/light-versatile-and-cheap-the-p38-and-p51-can-openers#comment-435783 Mon, 06 Oct 2014 16:38:40 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=6053#comment-435783 Good post Mags, as usual. The P-38 is one of those things to have in the field at all times. It is mighty easy to forget a can opener and then be stuck with a can of tuna and no good way to open it.

The “Classic” knife, LED light and P-38 combo you have pictured packs a whole lot of usefulness for the weight and I often carry that exact combo.

]]> By: Yoshihiro Murakami https://pmags.com/light-versatile-and-cheap-the-p38-and-p51-can-openers#comment-410020 Sun, 03 Aug 2014 02:06:36 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=6053#comment-410020 Yes, it is lovely. But, regrettably, almost all the can is equipped with pull-up opener, never require a can opener in Japan.

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