Old Beer Can? Identify This...

[StaticCling]

I found two of these a few weeks ago when raking pine needles and pine cones up on the mountain. I also found a rusty old pop top can. I tossed them. I have a contractor building a dog run for me up here, and it looks like he unearthed another one.







I included the modern 12oz can for comparison. Too small for oil can.

[island14]

Hard to tell now, but I remember them..

Dad always had a "Church Key" he called it on is key chain.

My Uncle Jiggs could belch .."Stroh's Beer"

We were so very proud of him.

[CertInsaneC5]

I used to collect old ones like that as a kid. But that one is way far gone unless you can expose "something" on it I have no idea.

[StaticCling]

Originally Posted by CertInsaneC5

I used to collect old ones like that as a kid. But that one is way far gone unless you can expose "something" on it I have no idea.

Yeah, the ones that are here are sort of buried. And with all the snow and rain up here, they are toast. I have found old bottles and cans down the hill that are in good shape, but I have never seen ones that require a 'church key' to open.

I remember pop tops as a kid, and big cans of juice that would require the little tool to open, but never individual cans...

[mrvette]

Still have a few 'church keys'.....used to call them that also....

I went to remodel my hall bath some years ago, found a beer can in the wall, drank one myself, and added to the lore......

in a few decades the next fellow gets his turn.....

[MrPeabody]

My recollection is that the last beer and soda cans that needed a tool to open went away in the early to mid 60s.

[Grey Ghost]

I still remember opening some cans in the '70s like that. I have gone to old home sites and raked through the trash pile for old bottles.

[Giraffe (He/Him)]

The church key opening. Reminds me of my dad and his cronies.

[island14]

Originally Posted by chinaski

I remember pop tops as a kid, and big cans of juice that would require the little tool to open, but never individual cans...

Kinda of a side note on improvements over the years, but we still do not have twist off caps on the beer bottles here.

The last time I was in the states I opened up the beers using another beer bottle as an opener using my hand grip for the wedge Filipino style.

After watching me open a few... my buddy looked at me with a grin and said..

"You do know that those twist off now don'tcha"


Actually I did know that at one time.. but had forgot as I have been away too long..

[island14]

Originally Posted by MrPeabody

My recollection is that the last beer and soda cans that needed a tool to open went away in the early to mid 60s.

Later 60's maybe early 70's I think.

Back before zip lock baggies.. when Mom still wrapped our PJ & Jelly sandwiches for school lunches in foil or saran wrap.

[JRD77VET]

definitely old beverage can Large opening for liquid and the small one for air

[MrPeabody]

Originally Posted by island14

Later 60's maybe early 70's I think.

Back before zip lock baggies.. when Mom still wrapped our PJ & Jelly sandwiches for school lunches in foil or saran wrap.

Don't forget waxed paper.

[LATB]

Originally Posted by MrPeabody

Don't forget waxed paper.

Yep.
Waxed paper. Brown bag.

[JRD77VET]

Originally Posted by MrPeabody

Don't forget waxed paper.

Then taking the wax paper out to recess to make the sliding board faster. ( and hoped you didn't get busted my the old bittie Miss Heckler and get marched right up to the principal's office )

[63C2splitter]

In 71, flip top cans were available, but in Vietnam, the beer we got required a church key to open (Budweiser). I think they packaged it that way to minimize damage in transit.

[Milton Fox]

Paint shade looks similiar, but this maybe an earler version.

[aj]

Originally Posted by MrPeabody

My recollection is that the last beer and soda cans that needed a tool to open went away in the early to mid 60s.

1967 for sure need an opener. We had at least one opener in every room of the house and they were very well used.

[Steve Austin]

I was popping tops in 71 I think. I do remember my parents opening steel cans the old fashioned way as a kid. They always drank it from a glass though.

[MrPeabody]

Beverage can - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[CertInsaneC5]

Originally Posted by Milton Fox

Paint shade looks similiar, but this maybe an earler version.

The local sure would be right. But the only thing that can is good for now is trash.