All good advice, especially to stay away from any solid core screw.
Not seen above (unless I missed it) is a style that is much more unusual and seems to baffle folks who have never used an old-school bumper jack, but we use one of these, oh, a couple times per week or more for the last 20 years. Not the same style, the same single device, given to us by my mother circa 1998. It takes just a bottle to get used to, but avoids the more extreme angles and 2-steps of the normal restaurant style screws above and the rocking back and forth. This pulls it straight up and I don't think we've had more than a handful of dry corks break in all that time.
Seriously, folks who drink any more than a couple bottles a decade should give this a try.
We also have one of the Rabbit (?) brand or style clamp-and-pull designs. They work really well, but are a lot more bulky, as opposed to the above that just sits in the silverware drawer.
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April 26, 2018, 08:32 AM
caglio
I've had a rabbit for years as well.
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Originally posted by StorminNormin:
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Originally posted by 4MUL8R: Have used the rabbit remover for a decade. $45?
Rabbit is the one I tried after the Williams Sonoma and broke after two months. Maybe since I bought it on Amazon it is fake.
April 26, 2018, 08:35 AM
RichardC
In a pinch:
"How to open wine bottles using a Victorinox Cadet knife - without corkscrew!"
Originally posted by Georgeair: All good advice, especially to stay away from any solid core screw.
Not seen above (unless I missed it) is a style that is much more unusual and seems to baffle folks who have never used an old-school bumper jack, but we use one of these, oh, a couple times per week or more for the last 20 years. Not the same style, the same single device, given to us by my mother circa 1998. It takes just a bottle to get used to, but avoids the more extreme angles and 2-steps of the normal restaurant style screws above and the rocking back and forth. This pulls it straight up and I don't think we've had more than a handful of dry corks break in all that time.
Seriously, folks who drink any more than a couple bottles a decade should give this a try.
We also have one of the Rabbit (?) brand or style clamp-and-pull designs. They work really well, but are a lot more bulky, as opposed to the above that just sits in the silverware drawer.
Looks likely an excellent design – and a Teflon-coated spiral. I think that I’ll have to buy one.
We've had ours for about 10 years, pretty easy and has held up well.
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April 26, 2018, 05:17 PM
StorminNormin
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Originally posted by bald1: No one has mentioned the "Ah so" also known as the "Butler's friend" and Mathus blade style opener.
Been using them for years with no issues. Even have a couple in nice Lasercraft wooden sheaths. Here's a shot of one of them along side a V.Sattui Vineyards (Napa Valley) labeled one.
Interesting. I had to Google how to use it.
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April 26, 2018, 05:19 PM
StorminNormin
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Originally posted by Rey HRH: All those complications just offer so many ways the wine opener can break.
While on vacation, I picked up a simple wine bottle opener similar to this form. It has a sharp enough blade to take the foil off. A bottle opener. And the corkscrew. It has a part that catches on the lip to provide leverage as I pull the cork out.
Originally posted by 220-9er: The blade type is the best solution I've found. Fits in a drawer, will remove a damaged cork and reinstall one. Costs almost nothing.
Do you mean the Ah-So?
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April 26, 2018, 08:02 PM
Navman316
Another vote for the (authentic) Rabbit. I have the vertical one and it's worked great for years now. Very quick and smooth. Amazon also says it has a 10 year warranty.
Originally posted by Georgeair: All good advice, especially to stay away from any solid core screw.
Not seen above (unless I missed it) is a style that is much more unusual and seems to baffle folks who have never used an old-school bumper jack, but we use one of these, oh, a couple times per week or more for the last 20 years. Not the same style, the same single device, given to us by my mother circa 1998. It takes just a bottle to get used to, but avoids the more extreme angles and 2-steps of the normal restaurant style screws above and the rocking back and forth. This pulls it straight up and I don't think we've had more than a handful of dry corks break in all that time.
Seriously, folks who drink any more than a couple bottles a decade should give this a try.
We also have one of the Rabbit (?) brand or style clamp-and-pull designs. They work really well, but are a lot more bulky, as opposed to the above that just sits in the silverware drawer.
Georgeair, does this device hold the spiral stable when you’re trying to start it into the cork?
Serious about crackers.
April 27, 2018, 01:04 PM
bendable
fine , be that way
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April 27, 2018, 01:41 PM
Georgeair
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Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
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Originally posted by Georgeair: All good advice, especially to stay away from any solid core screw.
Not seen above (unless I missed it) is a style that is much more unusual and seems to baffle folks who have never used an old-school bumper jack, but we use one of these, oh, a couple times per week or more for the last 20 years. Not the same style, the same single device, given to us by my mother circa 1998. It takes just a bottle to get used to, but avoids the more extreme angles and 2-steps of the normal restaurant style screws above and the rocking back and forth. This pulls it straight up and I don't think we've had more than a handful of dry corks break in all that time.
Seriously, folks who drink any more than a couple bottles a decade should give this a try.
We also have one of the Rabbit (?) brand or style clamp-and-pull designs. They work really well, but are a lot more bulky, as opposed to the above that just sits in the silverware drawer.
Georgeair, does this device hold the spiral stable when you’re trying to start it into the cork?
It does.
That picture doesn't show clearly, but the screw rotates 90 degrees to perpendicular. I'll see if I can find a picture, but in the pic of the red one imagine it rotated up 90 degrees in relation to the frame. You then have a normally configured screw/handle orientation, screw it in just like a normal corkscrew.
Then rotate back like the pic of the black one, the ratchet catch would be near the top notches and you just lift up end with the bottle opener which moves down a few notches, then press down and it raises that much. Lift, press, repeat.
You can pull a cork in two moves easily. If you've got a really delicate cork or something in a really special bottle you can go more slowly a notch or two at a time and ease it out as well.
It really is remarkable. And simple.
Oh yeah - it has a built in foil cutter too. At the bottom of the red pic you just press on that silver catch a bit and the cutter slides out about 1/2" on that end. Slice/pull foil off, put that back inside and start as above.
eta - Not the best video, but decent idea of what I'm describing, probably poorly. Hey - I'm from AL! This guy screws it in 100%, we probably go just a tad more shallow than that to avoid popping out a piece of cork into the bottle. YMMV.
You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02
April 27, 2018, 02:01 PM
HRK
We've been down this road, electric cork screws, rabbit, winged however the best by far is the tried and true Waiters Corkscrew.
Get a decent one, in fact get two, just in case something happens to the first one, plus get a cheap one for travel, picnics, etc.
