Need to open a can without a can opener? Try these handy methods that incorporate common tools around your home (plus a little elbow grease). Our editors and experts handpick every product we feature.

There's nothing more frustrating than craving a tin of something tasty, only to realise it doesn't have a ring pull, battling with your can opener, and eventually having to abandon the effort or seek ...

Give Emily Johnson a few good cans, and she'll do a great opening act. She has spent a lot of time thinking about can openers. Her uncanny knowledge of all things can opener comes from her job as ...

10:09, Thu, Aug 29, 2024 Updated: 10:12, Thu, Aug 29, 2024 There’s nothing worse than fancying a tin of soup, realising it doesn’t have a ring pull, struggling for ages with your can opener, and ...

The first can opener was a blade that sawed around the can's edge, leaving a jagged rim. U.S. Pat. No. 19063 How did the first tin cans get opened? A chisel and a hammer, writes Kaleigh Rogers for ...