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So amongst the BMC crowd this is a lost art. When I began my drinking career, there was no such thing as a twist off. Pretty much every BIC lighter would have their bottom edges rounded off from popping caps off bottles and we tended to get rather creative in how we'd open the little suckers.

I saw a video a while back on YouTube where they were using CD ROMs to knock the top off so I gave it a try. Believe it or not, it can be done without ruining the disc. There is a very high probability you will ruin it, so make sure it's a coaster before you try, but it does work.

Sure, there were staples like the lighter, molars, other bottles, (even actual openers) but what creative ways did you (or do you) use to get the little metal disk off your beverage?

I actually hung a red bandana out of my back pocket that was attached to a 'church key'. Yes, I was a young *********.
 
I have a 'class ring' that I got from GM for achieving their Mark of Excellence. I wear it whenever I go out so I always have an opener at hand as it were...
 
Time MTB pedals

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put one edge of the crown under a loop, hold pedal still, rock bottle, tada, beer!
 
i use my wedding ring
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and that is my swmbo in backround

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and i asked for it as we were buying our rings
should have seen the face of the lady in the jewlery store I wish i had a camera.
 
Put it on the edge of a countertop and hit it with the palm of your hand. If the neck doesn't break and you don't lose it all as a gusher, you're good to go.
 
Just put your palm on top of the bottle hooking the ring under the edge of the cap. Wrap your hand around the bottle as if you were picking it up while holding firmly with the other hand. Then just rotate your hand up pulling the cap off! Looks very impressive at a party. I wouldn't recommend using your wedding band(at least not if it wasn't bought for that purpose!)
 
My second molar back on the bottom of the right side of my jaw is permanently rounded from caps. I really was a young *********. In my own defense, I was wise enough to temper the behavior as the tooth deteriorated. I finally quit before that final, fatal slip that knaps a huge spear head off or splits the the tooth in half.

You know, I go to the dentist every 6 months. It's never been mentioned. Not once.
 
opening with a wedding ring...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T3QC95D8wE]YouTube - How to open a beer bottle with a golden ring![/ame]
 
thewurzel said:
Mine wedding band is made of tungsten carbide.
I have opened lots of bottles and not a scratch yet
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The cool thing about Tungsten rings is if you ever break your finger, they are easily and safely broken in a bench vice saving you the cost of having a Dr. Cut your gold band off.


THANKS for the video!

My current ring is Titanium...It'll work.
My real wedding ring is in the safe with diamonds and such.
 
My wedding band is gold and has been worn down over the past 11 years. I'm sure that mine wouldn't stand up to the wear & tear. It comes off & goes into the toolbox first thing in the morning before touching a car partly because of the risk of shorting & welding my hand to something, but also to keep it from being destroyed.
 
flat bladed screw driver, a pair of scissors, a car/house key in a pinch. you just need something flatish to get between the cap and the bottle and gently pry.

i don't bang the counter tops anymore, cause i started taking chunks out of them, and i'm not replacing particle board and formica. ;)
 
In the summer I use these.
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Built in bottle opener on the bottoms.
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I love the looks i get from people when I open their beer with my shoe. Especially after I have stepped in dog ****.:drunk:
 
Some of my friends consider me the beer mcguiver. I will always find a way to open a beer no matter where I am. I have used lighters, edge of a dumpster, knife, another bottle, the rims on my car, the grates of a bbq grill, just about any tool in a tool box, i even used a rock once. One of my favorites is the seat belt of some cars though.

I have never thought about my ring though. It is tungnsten but seeing as we have only been married less than 2 months then I might want to hold off on that one.
 
I carry a bottle opener on my keys, I also have a couple flat plastic credit-card style ones that came with Budweiser aluminum 16oz 15-packs. They're nice because they're slim, effective, and travel well. And they were free, so if a buddy steals one, I don't have to punch his nads into his sinuses. Then, I've got a couple other "bar-style" metal bottle openers scattered around the house, so that I never have to walk too far.

In a pinch, I keep a flathead screwdriver in each room of the house. I just twist slightly, move to the next rib on the crown, twist slightly, move, twist, move, twist, and then pop it straight upward.
 
Paint opener keys have built in bottle openers. It's like they know that when you're painting, you're going to be wanting a beer.

We usually use slip-joint pliers in the garage. I had a keyring mounted one, but it disappeared after a night of too much use.
 
this is my favorite bottle opener. It is a real bottle opener but I still felt like I should add it here. This thing is actually made out of tool steel, has quite a bit of weight to it and is coverege under the craftsman lifetime warranty.
A friend bought it for me as a joke last christmas but it ended up being one of the best things I have got in a while.
 
  • An A4 sheet of printer paper,
  • a sheet of news paper,
  • mobile phones,
  • tables' edges,
  • crates' edges,
  • coins,
  • knives,
  • forks,
  • spoons,
  • lighters,
  • belt buckles,
  • phone book,
  • another bottle,
  • keys,
  • screwdrivers (flatheads and philips),
  • hammers, bunsenburner,
  • ceramic tiles,
  • radiators,
  • an old hard drive,
  • a ruined NMR probe (400 MHz),
  • old cd's,
  • a midget-oriënted porno magazine,
  • a USB stick,
  • the barrel of my .22 varmint air rifle,
  • the stock of said rifle,
  • a box of pellets for that same rifle,
  • the glass.
 
Bernie Brewer said:
Put it on the edge of a countertop and hit it with the palm of your hand. If the neck doesn't break and you don't lose it all as a gusher, you're good to go.
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+1 on the table edge. If we are camping (in a tent) and the campground has those metal fire pit rings, those work really well.
 
Bernie Brewer said:
Put it on the edge of a countertop and hit it with the palm of your hand. If the neck doesn't break and you don't lose it all as a gusher, you're good to go.
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Any edge that comes to a nice 90° angle will work... but only if it is hard, and/ or expendable.
Do not do this on your friends new granite or composite countertop! I have left big bite marks in some wooden surfaces I have tried this in.

In my younger days I drove a '68 beetle. I seem to remember there were about 6 or 7 places I could pop a bottle like using a wall mounted opener. There two places on the bumper and the rims worked too.
 
Old rims are great but on some cars on the seat belt will work. If you have a seat belt that there are slots instead of rounded holes on the buckel you can use that.
 
Dollar dollar bill, yo
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8QmBBncHTk]YouTube - Open beer with one Dollar bill[/ame]
 

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