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Pipe Smoker
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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.

Puigpull Corkscrew



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.

I bought a Puigpull a month ago, as a result of your recommendation. The Amazon seller said colors would be random. Mine was uncolored SS, except for the black spiral. There’s a bit of a learning curve, but it works great. The straight-up pull is an excellent design feature, and the mechanism provides a LOT of leverage.

Several folks here have said that the “ah so” design is better for old dry corks, and I believe it. But the Puigpull opened a 2006 Alexander Valley Silver Oak cab with no problems, and I’m not likely to be opening any wine significantly older than that.

This excellent corkscrew deserves a bump. I’ve had mine for five years and it still works as good as new. It’s as compact as any “waiter’s friend” corkscrew, but works better for two reasons:
1. The cork is pulled straight up, rather than at an angle.
2. Its “bumper jack” design provides a LOT of mechanical advantage to easily extract the most stubborn corks.
Its foil cutter isn’t all that great, but no matter – everyone here carries a pocket knife. Smile


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Of course I have a Corkatoo!


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Of course I have a Corkatoo!


Love it Mars!!!!



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I am STILL using this one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/prod...sc=1#customerReviews

This has probably been my longest lasting great opener.




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Years ago I had dinner at the Yellow Springs Inn in Chester Springs, PA. Sadly it is now closed. My wife and I ordered a bottle of wine which was opened using a Pulltap's/Pulltex corkscrew (aka waiters corkscrew). The function and simplicity attracted me and I have used one since that time. Never failed me.


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In 1980 I bought a box cycle that was custom made for me.
As a bonus gift the dealer gave me a Campagnolo Big Corkscrew.
It is and has been one of the finest tools I have ever owned and used.
Someone posted a photo of one earlier in this thread and it was ridiculed later as pretentious.

Own one and then critique it then.
They are fantastic.


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In 1980 I bought a bicycle that was custom made for me.Filled with Campagnolo components.
As a bonus gift the dealer gave me a Campagnolo Big Corkscrew.
It is and has been one of the finest tools I have ever owned and used.
Someone (Ripley)posted a photo of one earlier in this thread and it was ridiculed later as pretentious.

Own one and then critique it then.
They are fantastic.


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