Knowing and Loving your Zippy

[kamogawa]

Here are a couple of articles to help you understand the history beyond
the enemy...the Pull Tab aka Zip Top and Pop Top.

[b][color=black]http://www.squidoo.com/canpulltab

http://www.rustycans.com/HISTORY/zips.html

[JTGOLD]

just wish they were made out of something besides metal.guess it is one of lifes little dings for detectorist

[aloldstuff]

Do you think any ring manufactures had a hand in the pull tab?? Any possibilities of the pull tab being made out of plastic?? Thanks for the info

[OxShoeDrew]

Thanks for the info. I found one of those 1964 tops the other day...can't remember where the heck I was, nor did I know what it was. I thought it was a newer oil can top. Humph.