Last night I successfully opened a corked bottle of wine using nothing but the can opener tool on my Pioneer. This was my second attempt. The first bottle of wine I tried this on refused to be opened in such a manner. I had to vanquish it with the corkscrew on my CT41 (which was okay, because it was that SAKs first wine bottle, so that was special in its own right).(Image removed from quote.)But last night, I achieved what I had previously thought to be impossible. Using the method outlined in this youtube video I was able to cleanly remove the cork.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIwFa95vlf0One additonal thing I did that helped was to make a pilot hole with the awl, allowing me to plunge the can opener deeper into the cork.Victory!
Looks like a real cork to me. (Image removed from quote.)
Quote from: GoatDragon on September 19, 2017, 10:13:45 PMLooks like a real cork to me. (Image removed from quote.)So it does!Did you try it on synthetic corks?
Also, we want a test with non-glued cork. Your cork seems to be made the same way as Champagne corks, i.e. small pieces of cork glued together, while wine is traditionally corked with a stopper cut from a single piece of the cork tree bark. This is MT.o, after all. (No, I won't test it myself, I'll stick to my corkscrews, thankyouverymuch! )
Quote from: Steinar on September 19, 2017, 10:33:52 PMAlso, we want a test with non-glued cork. Your cork seems to be made the same way as Champagne corks, i.e. small pieces of cork glued together, while wine is traditionally corked with a stopper cut from a single piece of the cork tree bark. This is MT.o, after all. (No, I won't test it myself, I'll stick to my corkscrews, thankyouverymuch! )Well I generally buy inexpensive (≤$12) wine, and thanks to the foil they put on the bottles it's impossible to know what kind of cork you're gonna get. I will however be opening every bottle of wine I get in this manner for a good while (until I feel that I have mastered the technique) because it extends the capabilites of my edc sak of choice. So if I come across any differently constructed corks in the future I will update this thread with the results!
It's nice that it can remove a cork but can it open a box of wine? That's what us real connoisseurs drink.
Excellent!!Thanks for the increased utility of my SAK, (Super Tinker)Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
I've tried it before, and more often than not I push the cork into the bottle.
You can use the awl to remove the cork. Insert it at an angle (45º +/-), twist gently while you pull up. The cork will rotate and come out.
I showed my wife the picture of the cork, and she felt it looked normal/non-glued cork, so now I'm all Ah, well, she's more often right than I like to admit.
Quote from: Steinar on September 19, 2017, 10:36:05 PMI showed my wife the picture of the cork, and she felt it looked normal/non-glued cork, so now I'm all Ah, well, she's more often right than I like to admit.It's what they call an agglomerated cork. You are right and your wife is wrong, and you can tell her that from me if you like, I think Norway is a safe distance away
That one has discs of solid cork glued to the ends, which is quite common. Possibly so that the wine comes into contact with a piece of natural cork, or possibly to make it look more like a natural cork to the casual observer.A solid natural cork is defintely going to be more risky to remove using this type of method. Often they contain cracks or lines of weakness and the cork breaks. Even the corkscrew on a SAK is sub-standard in this respect, since it's not long enough to drill down the full length of the cork.
Quote from: shibafu on September 20, 2017, 03:39:02 PMQuote from: Steinar on September 19, 2017, 10:36:05 PMI showed my wife the picture of the cork, and she felt it looked normal/non-glued cork, so now I'm all Ah, well, she's more often right than I like to admit.It's what they call an agglomerated cork. You are right and your wife is wrong, and you can tell her that from me if you like, I think Norway is a safe distance away Whoo! QuoteThat one has discs of solid cork glued to the ends, which is quite common. Possibly so that the wine comes into contact with a piece of natural cork, or possibly to make it look more like a natural cork to the casual observer.A solid natural cork is defintely going to be more risky to remove using this type of method. Often they contain cracks or lines of weakness and the cork breaks. Even the corkscrew on a SAK is sub-standard in this respect, since it's not long enough to drill down the full length of the cork.Good point, especially since the cork length varies a lot between beverages and brands. (I open more bottles of lambic with a corkscrew than wine, that's why I use a general term. )
I think Norway is a safe distance away