Cabela's. SplicingNut. Camp Water Purifier. Cobb Grill. P-38 Can Opener. Here is a Nestle's Milk P-51 style opener, don't know the year it was made but the person I obtained it from said they thought it was pre-WWII: (click on thumbnails to enlarge photos) Here is a ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCE P-51 style opener: (click on thumbnail to enlarge photo) Another ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCE Field Can Opener: (click on thumbnail to enlarge photo) Below are German versions of the P-38 can opener.
One has a screwdriver built into it's top: (click on thumbnail to enlarge photos) Above is an illustration of a P-51 size World War II German can opener stamped "Kamerad". Below is an English version of the P-51 can opener made by Highlander: (click on thumbnail to enlarge photos) Below is a Canadian version of the P-51 can opener made by Coghlan: (click on thumbnail to enlarge photos) Below is a FRED version of the P-51 can opener made by STANSPORT: Below is a made in China version of the P-51 can opener called Tracpac: (click on thumbnail to enlarge photos) Since the late 1970?? 1. Radial alembic for steam distillation. This is a cool trick for improvising a condenser when you don't have access to proper equipment.
It could be used for simple distillation (say, to purify water), or, in the slightly more elaborate set-up pictured here, steam distillation (say, to extract essential oils from plants). I would add that this is not my idea, originally, although I may have been the first to recognize the unique shape of the so-called "schoolhouse" lamp globe as highly amenable for impromptu condenser service, since it comes with a readymade "drip tip" where condensate can accumulate.
My version, shown in the diagram, requires a stainless steel pot with an integral strainer (constructed such that there is some distance between the pot bottom and the strainer bottom when the strainer is in place), a "schoolhouse" style glass lamp globe which is of greater diameter than the pot, and a stainless steel or glass receiving vessel. Consumables are water, ice, and plant material to be extracted. index.