Sardine tin keys

[Arran]

Now, when was the last time you encountered a sardine tin that opened using a key?

I really wanted one when I was a kid so I ended up fruitlessly scouring shops and supermarkets in a quest to find one, then eventually concluded that they are probably no longer in production. How many sardine tin manufacturers are there in the world?

[Heather74]

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All the tins of Sardines I buy these days have the pull ring tops, hate opening tinned cornbeef its bloody lethal!!

[Arran]

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It intrigues me why tins for certain types of food are (or were) opened using a key whereas the majority of tins required a tin opener until the recent proliferation of ring pull lids.

[darren]

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They are so dangerous many times ive been badly cut by them.

Same with corned beef too.

I never understood the key idea.

it intrigues me why tins for certain types of food are (or were) opened using a key whereas the majority of tins required a tin opener until the recent proliferation of ring pull lids.

[Richard1978]

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I was thinking with tinned meats it was easier to remove the contents from the tin when it's opened in the middle rather than the top.

[Arran]

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I encountered a tin of pressed cod roe that opened using a key.