On 5/11/2010 5:40 PM, Kswck wrote:
> > wrote in message
> ...
>> Mine did, so before I even had a new one I tossed it one day. It was
>> one of those black and decker 20-buck things, and it never kept a bite on
>> the can, was light as a feather, just annoying as hell.
>>
>> So--after I used a hand opener for a while, I finally got out and got a
>> cuisinart stainless steel model for $30. It is HEAVY and has a great
>> "bite." I love it.
>>
> The best ones I have ever used had a wheel on them for a cutting 'knife'.
> The newer ones have a point that will dull over time. I wish I could find a
> new one with a wheel-alas, they seems to be extinct.

The wheel dulls over time too. But mine's about 20 years old and still
on its first knife.