Not a church key....

Dave H (MI)

Well-known Member
...but along the same theme. On the wall inside the door to the basement. Been there a LONG time. I did not have the original screws, just this thing I pulled out of a old house that was being torn down. Owners let us have a few things out of their cellar and this was down there too. I use it to open my bottles of Northwoods root bear. I often wonder how many companies put their names on these?
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I sent mine to the chrome plater for a new coat of nickel. The plater charged me 45 bucks. I got the chrome screws from Gardner-Wescott.
 
If you look on ebay under the coke openers you will see a lot of variations on those cap catchers. Some are wood and would be easy to duplicate. None of it is what you would call real valuable so I would just make something up and decorate it to suit me.
 
Back when I had my Sportster cycle I had my cola opener triple chromed and mounted on the sissy bar as shown. I drank Lowenbrau beer at the time that weren't twistoffs. The next day after a party there was a coat of beer foam on the rear fender.
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I rented a old service station in 1979 these two items were in it. The Pepsi sign hung on my screened in back porch for 35 years till last December. I have a coke opener and some old coke stuff that dates back to the early 1900's...

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That style of bottle opener was invented by "Cocacola" Brown in Newport News, VA (my hometown) and was manufactured as Starr "X" Brand by Brown Manufacturing starting about in 1925. Even though Brown was a Coke distributor he manufactured them with logos for most major sodas and more than a few beers. The company has been bought out, but it is still in business making these openers.

Cliff(VA)
 
What is a church key? And I date from 1943. I have I think still one of thse bottle openers fastenrd to bacement steeps that has not been used for 30+ years.
 
I saw that but I still cannot figure out why some call them a church key, to me that does not compute.
 
(quoted from post at 19:14:43 03/14/18) I saw that but I still cannot figure out why some call them a church key, to me that does not compute.
Way back when, if they locked a church at all, it wasn't much of a lock because ALL people, even hardened thieves, were God-fearing. So a church lock could be opened by almost any tool, even a kitchen can opener.
 

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