Dan Hughes
Sr. Member
I'm sure Ermal Fraze had no idea what effect his invention would have on the treasure hunting fraternity.
It started innocently enough. In the summer of 1959, Ermal was at a picnic, and he'd forgotten his church key. He had to use a sharp part of his car's grill to open his beer can!
Well, Ermal ran a tool and die shop, and after the picnic he went home and began working on a design for a self-opening beer can.
And three years later, Iron City Beer introduced the world's first pulltab.
Listen to the whole sordid story. It's show #128 at:
In the Corner with Dan Hughes
