tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460851571985771047.post74642976556390339..comments2024-01-23T08:36:56.787-08:00Comments on Erebus & Terror Files: The Oldest Can Opener in the WorldPeter Carneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11720739633773324546noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460851571985771047.post-39518773418622016222020-11-01T00:06:08.193-07:002020-11-01T00:06:08.193-07:00Hello
I am French and I have been collecting opene...Hello<br />I am French and I have been collecting openers for over 20 years.<br />Currently the oldest reference of a can opener on a book dates from 1840.<br />From the Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal, volume 9, no 430, April 1840:<br />The report is mainly made on the canning factory of Mr John Guillon<br />In Leith in Scotland.<br />He describes how he invented a lever knife to make it easier to open the cans they ship.<br />One of my collector friends to find in his collection a model marked Gillon Leith.<br />As his company was established in 1838 one can easily deduce that his can openers date between 1838 and 1840.<br />We can also think that other countries like France are more ahead of the canneries. Can openers were made locally. On a notice for the French Navy from 1836 it is advisable to use a knife or a chisel with a hammer to open them.<br />Other models similar to that of John Gillon Where were marketed in the 1845s. There is a plate from the Timmins & Son catalog of 1845 with drawings of the model marketed. They are similar to John Gillon's description.<br />In my private collection I have 2 similar models marked Wynn. It was a toy maker in jail the company was bought by Timmins in 1887.<br />Regarding the oldest official patent, dates from July 1850. It was the French Bernard Leon Claverie who filed it. Currently there is no model known to date just the official drawing of the patent.<br />Robert Yeates Filed on July 13, 1855 (No. 1577) his patent in England.<br />Daniel<br />ouvresboites@free.fr<br />Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05116379820432363803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460851571985771047.post-72405766990883518442020-06-19T00:30:28.356-07:002020-06-19T00:30:28.356-07:00I have one of these and it has extremely intricate...I have one of these and it has extremely intricate nautical markings on it?G. Mayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15240758411068104789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460851571985771047.post-45095041464451222842018-01-13T09:17:18.997-08:002018-01-13T09:17:18.997-08:00I've stories of bayonets being used as can ope...I've stories of bayonets being used as can openers more frequently than being used for fights.vilstefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14183356136648221026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460851571985771047.post-82324045566487555642017-07-26T05:02:30.825-07:002017-07-26T05:02:30.825-07:00Very interesting, Peter! So a can opener is a leve...Very interesting, Peter! So a can opener is a lever knife. I can imagine that the inventor previously was using a regular knife to open cans, and decided an improvement was needed. I myself have opened plenty of cans with regular knives, and it is time consuming. Soloman Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972686779984782545noreply@blogger.com