Bat Can Opener

[toolcrazy]

I bet you looked at the title and said, "WHAT?". Well here's the story. My wife broke our can opener. The plastic handle stripped out. So we talked about what would make the can opener better. We decided an offset handle would make it easier to use. And this is what I came up with. Made from a hickory pen blank with a Shellawax finish. Nice thing about this design is no twisting, one finger on the foot of the bat and around you go.

I know, your thinking why not buy a new one. That would be no fun and you wouldn't be able to use your tools.

 

[splinter99]

I like it!!doing things like that makes it easier to justify new tool purchases to the wife. I need to turn a wooden handle for her pastry cutter but I need a new hallowing tool to do it[]

 

[jjenk02]

You made me look!!! I like it also[]

 

[fiferb]

Very innovative. Great Job!

 

[pete00]

you got me ...cute idea

 

[BigRob777]

That's a little bit close to what I was thinking. I thought you had a manual can opener glued into a bat.
It's pretty neat.
Rob

 

[tipusnr]

Do you use pine tar to open really tough cans?[] Nice job!

 

[turned_for_good]

I used a bat to open a can one time, the results were expected but not what I had desired.

 

[Ozzy]

I like it! I've used bats to "adjust" things and to "disassemble" things but never to open cans...I'll have to take a swing at it.

 

[bob393]

Neet idea.