# Obsolete camping advice **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 29, 2016, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsolete-camping-advice/758732 "2016-06-29T19:39:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2024, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsolete-camping-advice/758732/201 "2024-09-01T03:40:58Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > I had to google P-38, and the first 5 or 6 results were a WWII fighter jet. Nitpick The P-38 was a fighter but not a jet. It had propellers. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2024, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsolete-camping-advice/758732/202 "2024-09-01T11:02:39Z")
Much, much better than using a knife. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2024, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsolete-camping-advice/758732/203 "2024-09-01T17:16:56Z")
I don’t think Lumpy meant using the knife blade. A canopener is a common tool on a Swiss army knife and on similar knives. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2024, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsolete-camping-advice/758732/204 "2024-09-01T17:40:43Z")
Ok, never had a SAK. I prefer a single short lock back blade. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsolete-camping-advice/758732/205 "2024-09-01T18:26:19Z")
The Juice models of Leatherman tools have a pretty good can opener, especially when you file it down a bit and put an edge on it. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsolete-camping-advice/758732/206 "2024-09-01T19:15:42Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > Are the P-38s and P-51s any better than just using my pocketknife can opener? Lighter, and you can have both! Some people duct tape a P51 to the top of a can, just to make sure. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2024, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsolete-camping-advice/758732/207 "2024-09-01T19:21:47Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > The P-38 was a fighter but not a jet. It had propellers. Heh, you’re right. I remember the image showed propellers. Jets were used in WWII, though, weren’t they? Just not in the beginning? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsolete-camping-advice/758732/208 "2024-09-01T19:32:58Z")
The only operational jets were German and very late in the war. Both the Germans and Japanese had rocket-propelled aircraft that were suicidal (either intentionally or not. The Komet was a death-trap.) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2024, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsolete-camping-advice/758732/209 "2024-09-01T19:33:09Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Jets were used in WWII, though, weren’t they? Just not in the beginning? Probably the most famous was the [Messerschmitt Me 262](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_262). It didn’t have a can opener named after it, but got a [Blue Oyster Cult song](https://youtu.be/Av40GQeyte4?feature=shared) instead. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsolete-camping-advice/758732/210 "2024-09-01T20:52:12Z")
These last two posts are why I love The Dope. Better and more interesting answers than google! ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2024, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsolete-camping-advice/758732/211 "2024-09-01T22:17:15Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > > [@Lumpy](#): > > > > Are the P-38s and P-51s any better than just using my pocketknife can opener? > > Lighter But I’m carrying the pocketknife anyway. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsolete-camping-advice/758732/212 "2024-09-02T03:58:05Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > But I’m carrying the pocketknife anyway. I always do. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsolete-camping-advice/758732/213 "2024-09-02T10:31:18Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > But I’m carrying the pocketknife anyway. Never without mine. Unless on vacation and I only have a carry on. Always pisses me off because I will always need it at some point. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsolete-camping-advice/758732.md?page=10)