......got a bit of a problem....lately buying nice corkscrews..anyone else like this?

[TheEngineer]

Over the course of the last few months, I've purchased a few nice waiter style corkscrews. Not sure why I did this...but I think it had something to do with the rabbit corkscrew that I was using over Christmas. I must have opened several dozen wines with the rabbit corkscrew and by the end of it, it was just TOO EASY... I did not like this. It felt artificial. So not entirely happy with my $2.99 waiter style corkscrew, I went on a bit of an ebay shopping day.

Picked up first a Sabatier Laguiole..an impulse purchase,...should've did my studies first....what a piece of junk. Looked great when it arrived,...fell apart in my hand after a few bottles.

Then I realized that there were so many different "Laguiole", and did pay for a real one. Nice....It just feels so solid in your hands. Bent it though opening up a bottle of moscato d'asti....

Since then, have picked up a few more $5o+ waiter style corkscrews including a Trudeau, and a few others.

Anyone eles with this fascination?...sickness... but this way, this is not in any way a statement against screwcaps which I do not mind.

[wineguruchgo]

Last year I had a Lagouile mahogany one stolen from my waiters apron. Now bear in mind this was for "home use" only and I was geeky enough to use it only on good bottles!

I had brought it into work to show the chef because he has a collection of corkscrews.

I was so upset. Don't have the money to replace it.

Bummer.

I totally understand your fascination with it. Good tools are good tools. Doesn't matter if they are in your garage or kitchen drawer.

[wineguruchgo]

PS:

"Picked up first a Sabatier Laguiole..an impulse purchase,...should've did my studies first....what a piece of junk. Looked great when it arrived,...fell apart in my hand after a few bottles."

Betcha that was a knock-off. A real one wouldn't do that.

[winoweenie]

Well TE and anyone else, IMHO, the Screwpull is the most reliable and easiest to use product available. For my use, which is mostly on bottles with some whiskers, I've found the standard model that is hand controlled works best. On younger bottles I like the lever-action model which the Rabbit was modeled upon. The thin, teflon-coated screw will very seldom lose the cork into the bottle. WW

[jmcginley1]

I've only ever used "waiter-style" corkscrews. They were what my father used when I was young, and they are what I use behind the bar at work. I am sure better corkscrews exist, but I am still using the oldschool.

[TheEngineer]

I like old school! It just seems like the right tool. Being an engineer, the level is a wonderful machine. I like it. I've opened a few bottles using those cheapo hotel corkscrews too (the ones where the screw end inserts into a sheef (sp??) which is also used as the twist end when inserted into the hole above he screw part...I know its confusing...been a long week.... [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/smile.gif[/img]

[winoweenie]

Ah Yes! Another magna-cum-laude graduate from the weeners' 101 spellin' class.WW [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/wink.gif[/img] (sheath)

[neilm]

I've used a nice screwdriver before now

[Drew]

I have been using my $10 Costco rabbit style for years now, all metal construction that pulls them corks smoother then WW's typing at a dyslectic secretaries convention...love it, love it!

Drew

[TheEngineer]

ww, I once had a boss put a presentation note for a pretty major industry group meeting. He made the following typo on it. What he wanted to type was the "To assess whether..."

Instead, he typed "To assess asses wether.."

MS Word did not pick this up as assess asses are not repeating words and wether is a baby goat....so he wanted to assess the baby goats....well....you know.... we had a good chuckle for a while.

[winoweenie]

Been there & done that TE meeny times. WW [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/wink.gif[/img]

[wondersofwine]

I once did some volunteer work for the campaign of a Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives (he was elected). The sentence I was typing (not computerized at that time) was supposed to read "For too long our Congressional District has had virtually no voice in Washington due to the excessive negativism of the incombent." I left out one little letter (caught the mistake before it left the office) and typed "For too long our Congressional District has had virtually no VICE in Washington." I got a chuckle out of that.

[TheEngineer]

hehehehehehe........ [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/smile.gif[/img]