Want wine and no corkscrew? the wenger can opener is your friend

[RamoN]

Well everyday im becoming a bigger fan of the wenger can opener. I just seem to find a new use for it everyday but this time it was beyond expectation.

So as i said once we drink a lot of wine here... and sometimes you find yourself without a corkscrew, this time i had my trusty and everyday more useful ranger 90 with me and i said, i bet the can opener can do that..

So here it is next to its challenge a bottle of red malbec.




Removing the protecting cap is no problem with the sharp tip





Now the only trick here is to let it in deep very near the edge of the bottle so the "hook" part also grabs the cork. As you can see i made a first try by placing it in the middle of the cork and didnt work, it just turns on itself and breaks the cork.




Started to twist and surprisingly the cork comes out really easy




Succes and ready to get drunk 





I was surprised how easy is to get the cork out, much easier than any corkscrew because you dont even have to pull, the twisting motion alone paired with the bottle presure makes the cork rise without effort.


So there you go, another way to open a wine bottle and yet another use for the great wenger can opener 

[RoboYeti]

Great idea. I'm going to give this a try.

[Cogito]

That's awesome!    Someone try it with a Leatherman.

Once on youtube I saw someone use the Leatherman knife to remove a corkscrew, but when I tried it on my friend's bottle it didn't work at all

[RamoN]

Thanks.

Let me know how it goes roboyeti, i would like to try it in a non plastic (traditional) cork to see what happens. 

Ive opened bottles once with a knife and its not smooth. The problem also is that if its a stiff corkscrew you may damage the blade and not open the bottle at all, also the bottle may damage the edge and even if it goes twisting a knife is not a good idea ever. 

The good thing about the can opener is that its thick and sharp and has the tip in an angle so it can enter easily, withstand the twisting and grab the cork no problem. 

[Cogito]

I was thinking, as I had started a thread before asking if the p51 can opener was superior to the leatherman can opener and they came out about even.  So if the leatherman can opener can remove corks also for example the surge model, then I think in that case the leatherman wins because I don't think you can get the leverage to remove a cork with a p51.

[Lynn LeFey]

I don't drink a lot of wine, but I might run out to get a bottle of white zin to test this... or just as an excuse to drink a cheap bottle of wine. Whatever.

If I DO get a cheap bottle, I'll give the Leatherman can opener a go at this.

I've been using the Coghlan's cheap SAK knock-off's cork screw, just to see if it'll actually open multiple bottles without exploding into uselessness, but this seems like more fun.

Also, you can all thank Cogito for  me to respond to this thread.

I have a strange feeling that somehow I have become associated with the topic of can openers on these boards. I don't know how that might have happened. 

[Jothra]

I don't drink a lot of wine, but I might run out to get a bottle of white zin to test this... or just as an excuse to drink a cheap bottle of wine. Whatever.

If I DO get a cheap bottle, I'll give the Leatherman can opener a go at this.

I've been using the Coghlan's cheap SAK knock-off's cork screw, just to see if it'll actually open multiple bottles without exploding into uselessness, but this seems like more fun.

Also, you can all thank Cogito for  me to respond to this thread.

I have a strange feeling that somehow I have become associated with the topic of can openers on these boards. I don't know how that might have happened. 

Let me know how the Coghlan's corkscrew holds up. I've opened maybe two bottles of wine with mine, and pulled some nails during my original challenge, but that's it.

I like the Wenger can opener as a corkscrew. I may have to try that with my s18.

[enki_ck]

Nice idea and good job opening the bottle.

That's awesome!    Someone try it with a Leatherman.

Once on youtube I saw someone use the Leatherman knife to remove a corkscrew, but when I tried it on my friend's bottle it didn't work at all

I think that someone using a Leatherman knife was Tim Leatherman. I remember seeing that video once.

[Aloha]

I dont drink but next time my roomie has wine I know how I'm gonna open it 

 Great post thank you

[RoboYeti]

I just tested this out. I took some pictures. Hopefully they will show up, I've never posted pictures here before.

The test knife was my Wenger Evo S10. I started near the edge of the cork and worked the claw as deep in as I could. Then I started twisting and pulling. It didn't require as much force as I expected, but as I twisted back and forth, it enlarged the hole in the cork and eventually the cork split. I realized it would work much better to twist in only one direction and pull. I'm pretty sure the cork would not have split if I had done this.

Anyway, the cork was pulled up enough that I could dig the claw into the exposed side of the cork and pull up. I got it most of the way out. Another dig into the side and a pull and it came out.

I'm surprised it worked so well. I think with a little refinement to my technique, I could get the cork out pretty reliably and easily. This is a great discovery. Now I can get a Wenger with a backside Philips still be able to deal with the occasional cork.

[Caranthanus]

I'm surprised it worked so well. I think with a little refinement to my technique, I could get the cork out pretty reliably and easily. This is a great discovery. Now I can get a Wenger with a backside Philips still be able to deal with the occasional cork.

... but, there's always but  where do you put mini screwdriver 

Great job both of you ... RamoN & RoboYeti 

[RamoN]

Thanks everyone 

Nice Roboyeti, i havent been able to try with my small wenger yet, dont know how much the bigger or smaller frame helps with the twisting.

Ill see if i can make a video too the next wine opening, Remember is twisting only no pulling, more like twisting upwards. The rocking motion killed the cork because the can opener is very sharp!

Yes is very nice to be able to buy without a crokscrew, in my case that i use it almost only for wine and almost there arent thin saks anymore with corkscrew and phillips. Now to find a way to stash that little guy screwdriver somewhere 


Anyone else up to the challenge?   

[Cogito]

Robo yeti was that a synthetic cork or a natural one?

[RoboYeti]

This was a natural cork I believe. I'm sure the cork material will make a difference in terms of how well it holds together.