Opening bag of lump

AintEZbeingme

How do most of you open your bags? That darn pull strip never works for me

Shiff

I use scissors

Doc_Eggerton

A knife running up the knitted string.

Mattman3969

Razor blade

dougcrann

This...

Nsdexter

my teeth, i rip them open like a savage. or if im relavely sober i use scissors.

dougcrann

Try that again....

dougcrann

Hmmm...what's up with my picture? 

Jeremiah

Scissors. 

ChillyWillis

I say "open sesame" and snap my fingers like a boss. 

Legume

Just toss the whole thing in and light the thread.

stompbox

Opening it is not the issue. My problem is dumping it out and always getting a cloud of dust in my face which results in black boogers.

SmokyBear

This is SO freaking hilarious!!  They make this "easy" (ha) to open top and NO-ONE can open the damned thing without tools. (me included).

Jeepster47

Here's my method ... applicable to Rockwood bags:

1)  Rotate the bag until the single line of stitches are towards you.  All of the loops are on the backside in this position.

2) Go to the end of the stitching by your right hand.  That's the starting point.

3) Gently work the stitches loose until the single stitch thread is coming out your side of the bag and loop thread is coming out the other side.  Gently tug back-and-forth on each thread until it unravels.

4) If gentle tugging doesn't work, then either a) work the knot loose enough that you can pull the single stitch thread out up to the next stitch b) cut the first stitch on the single thread side and work the cut off piece loose on the other side c) cut the damn top off the bag.

Hmmm ... forgot to check, I wonder if @stlcharcoal wrote the instructions on the bottom of the bag.

Mattman3969

I've been able to open a few bags with the string but decided it was just quicker and easier to slit it with a razor.  @jeepster47 - it is cool when you rip it open with the string!!! No patience here for the charcoal string or the strings on the seed bags when I was a kid.  Lol. 

NPHuskerFL

https://youtu.be/n-uZSLjbO8Q

https://youtu.be/Q-NHxRwds4g

Jeepster47

@Mattman3969 ... there's a big dollop of Scottish blood in my background.  Stubborn folks to be sure.  So, no *&$#@ little piece of string is going to get the better of me.

Botch

SmokyBear said:

This is SO freaking hilarious!!  They make this "easy" (ha) to open top and NO-ONE can open the damned thing without tools. (me included).

Visit a grain elevator.  Those guys can zip the top off any bag with their eyes closed and leather gloves on.
I have two engineering degrees, but that damn string, along with tie-down straps, continue to elude me.  

Legume

I use the Kershaw method.

NPHuskerFL

@Botch No offense but, engineers can make simple things difficult. A molehill into a mountain so to speak. 

Legume

Agree.  Like.  Agree. Like.  Tough choices, eh @theyolksonyou ?

Botch

NPHuskerFL said:

@Botch No offense but, engineers can make simple things difficult. A molehill into a mountain so to speak. 

Deep down, yeah, we know.  

Jeepster47

@NPHuskerFL ... Now wait a minute ... oh never mind ... well, hell ... if engineers didn't have to make every thing idiot proof ... no forget it ... geez ... must have gotten up on the wrong side of the bed ... no it's probably all that sun up on the roof ... damn kids ...

DoubleEgger

NPHuskerFL said:

https://youtu.be/n-uZSLjbO8Q

https://youtu.be/Q-NHxRwds4g

Learned something new today. Thanks 

Begger

What an absolute CrackUp.   I thought I was the only one who couldn't figure those X*&^%& things out.   
I work it until it unzips, but have never figured out HOW I do it.

Scissors and Knives are CHEATING.  

theyolksonyou

@legume I'll being my office pondering a solution. I'll get back to you when I dumb it down for the laymen. 

Jeepster47

@DoubleEgger ... great videos - thanks - but, they're for a single thread stitch.  Both Rockwood and Royal Oak use a dual thread stitch.  The principle is the same though.

Skiddymarker

I don’t even try the strings on either lump or dog food. Out comes the utility knife or scissors and off with its head, to quote the Queen of Hearts. I’m not saving the bags and there are no extra marks for neatness. 

DMW

Rotate bag until you locate the side with the loose thread dangling. Grab the thread and yank. After you rip your fingers up trying to yank, pull the Kershaw out and cut it open.

Jeepster47

Man-o-man, where is the finesse with a machete?  All those beautiful, creative cooks and fantastic photographs; and now, I find out you're chewing the top off your lump bags. 

ksmyrl

I'm so glad you posted this @AintEZbeingme. Drives me crazy.