Anybody here collect church keys, or can-bottle openers, whatever you want to call them?

Found a few different ones but they're a lil rusty.

I have a few, but not a collection.

I always look at them and then think "what are you thinking???",  you already collect enough "stuff."  There are some cool ones out there.

  Jim

I've got a few but don't collect them. The only one I bought was $.25 for an Electrolux one. It struck my sense of humor that Electrolux would give away openers to help ease hubby's pain from spending the big bucks on a vacumn.

Heres some pics,

Lonestar, Carling, National, & Duquesne.


Old German, Jack, Gunther, & National.


Fort Pitt, Duquesne, Old German, & PBR.


Oddball stuff.

nice group . good for you I certainly do not need another collection.The wife would throw me out    bob w.

This is just stuff that I have found in different buildings,
I never thought about collecting them, I just might start
since I have a couple anyhow. At least their small.

Damn shame that they are obsolete.  Much more fun to use than a pop top.

But Bob they are under 4 inches!!

I have a few but not a real collection. Some local ones that are out of business.

Mmm Black label

In the first picture- Apex- is that a knife sharpener? I have multi tool with those rollers on it.

Noel, Yes I think you are correct and the little tiny roller is probably meant to be a glass cutter.

Somebody probably does collect them,  There is enough variation to keep you busy hunting for more.  I've run across a few, but the only one I ever bought had the long can opener that was later prohibited as a gang weapon.

They're still useful for opening things like tomato sauce cans when you're cooking.

I keep a "Grand Prize Beer" similar to the APEX shown, on my key ring.
It works perfectly on Corona bottles!
The other style beer can openers are in a tool drawer.
I collect them if I see one at a garage sale!

Gang,

I don't actively collect openers, but when they find me and are fairly priced, I grab them.  I have several from the 1960's that represent the brands I remember when I was coming of age (Burgermeister, Shlitz, Olympia, Hamms, Pabst, Falstaff, Lucky Larger,etc) and a bunch that represent Texas brands (Lone Star, Pearl, Santone, Southern Select, etc).  And I have a handfull of openers that are just interesting designs that caught my eye.

If you're interested in openers check out this cool little site:  http://www.just-for-openers.org/