OT: Corkscrew for Charles Shaw wines?

[OH JEFF THATS AN ERROR]

On 2011-04-16, Kent wrote:

The teflon on the worm wears off and they become useless.


I've tried about every type of corkscrew you can imagine. Leverage,
Screwpulls, nitrogen needles, tablemount, etc. The best I've ever
used is a solid brass wing-type corkscrew. I didn't find any new ones
on the web, so you may hafta look around on ebay or garage sales. The
one I have will penetrate any cork, be it dense, synthetic, plastic,
etc, then pulls cork effortlessly. There are a lotta really cheapo
versions that are junk. Hold out for a heavy duty SOLID brass one.
You'll be able to tell the difference.

I can't get 2$CHK anymore, but know how tuff they can be. I once pulled a
shoulder muscle using a common manual corkscrew on the damn things. My
brass wing corkscrew makes short work of 'em.

nb

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"sf" wrote in message
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And most "corks" today are synthetic. They are harder to put in and harder
to take out, but they don't go bad and leak.

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Kent wrote:


I've used mine hundreds of time and have never chipped glass. You're not
holding your mouth right.

[ElysesMommy]

"notbob" wrote in message
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How long has the "screw wire" held up; does it work with the very dense
Charles Shaw cork. All the corkscrews under $30 other than the Screwpull
have a "screw wire" that is not wide enough, and the wire is too thick for
the very dense Charles Shaw cork. As I mentioned above, the two Screwpulls
we have had both cracked.

Kent

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On Apr 16, 2:39?pm, "Kent" wrote:

I use the winged opener with the screw worm, although they're just
made of pot metal any more.

[lovelygirl]

On Sun, 17 Apr 2011 00:09:49 -0400, "Ed Pawlowski"
wrote:

I mentioned synthetic corks up-thread and frankly, they're easier to
take out than a real cork that's too long. I don't understand all the
complaints about them. Get a better cork popper and live it up.

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

[tattta]

On Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:11:21 -0500, "Nunya Bidnits"
wrote:

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I have 2 waiter's corkscrews, and I got both of them at TJs. They
both work fine for me, on any type of cork, and I have never chipped
glass.

Maybe the technique of using them needs to be refined?

Christine
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On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 21:29:01 -0700 (PDT), spamtrap1888
wrote:


Frankly, I don't think they're even made of pot metal. I bet under
all that fake metal is plastic. Good plastic, but plastic all the
same.

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

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"Janet Wilder" wrote in message
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You're doing what you should. That keeps the inferior end of the cork moist.
However, the surface end is dry and still needs cleaning out with water
before you try to get the cork out with an Ah So, or with a standard
corkscrew.

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On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 15:04:39 -0700 (PDT), Bryan
wrote:

They save screw tops for the high priced stuff.

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.