Brass Corkscrew
 |
Solid Brass Naughty Boy Corkscrew Wine Bottle Opener Sale Price: $12.99 Average Rating:   |
|
AUTHENTIC ANTIQUE REPRODUCTION 2 1/4 " HIGH - 3 " WIDE ANTIQUE FINISH THE SCREW PART IS NOT SOLID BRASS UNIQUE COLLECTIBLE BAR ITEM |
 |
Paderno World Cuisine Bench Mount Uncorking Machine, Brass List Price: $69.99 Sale Price: $71.10 Average Rating:  |
|
A4985700 This uncorking machine comes with a brass finish. It quickly and easily extracts corks. It has been a staple in busy bars and restaurants for decades. All World Cuisine uncorking machines come with one spare worm... |
 |
Brass Vintage Style Wine Corkscrew Key Sale Price: $7.99 |
|
Beautiful Brass Corkscrew Key Beautifully done in an antique brass finish Functional and very decorative piece Handle pull accommodates two fingers very comfortably Nice gift idea Measures 5"L x 1-3/4"W * Wine not included |
|
|
Corkscrew $15.99 *Classic corkscrew is perfect for opening your favorite bottle of wine *Every bar needs a high quality corkscrew from BergHoff *Bar tool made of zinc alloy with melamine handles |
|
|
Royce Leather Wine Steward with Corkscrew $42.99 Royce Leather - Lunch Boxes and Coolers - This soft suede drawstring tote is an elegant way to present wine, champagne or liquor. Little accents make a difference here like brass grommets, leather drawstring, matching patch for logos or personalization. Features a padded bottom. Corkscrew included. Available in Black, Green or Burgundy Want to make this item your own? Then have it personalized for a small fee! Each Royce Leather product offers a unique personalization option. Call our friendly customer service center for a free estimate! |
|
|
Alex Giant Corkscrew $16.24 Alex Giant Corkscrew |
|
|
Clava Corkscrew and Leather Pouch $36 Clava Corkscrew and Leather Pouch |
|
|
A Corkscrew Is Most Useful $12.41 A Corkscrew Is Most Useful |
|
|
Vineyard Corkscrew $19.95 From Italian designers this waiter's style corkscrew features an integrated wheel foil cutter rubberized handle and Teflon-coated worm for extra leverage and smoother pulling. This corkscrew is synthetic cork friendly. |
|
|
Franmara Carded Wing Corkscrew $11.44 *Franmara wing corkscrew. *Corkscrew is chrome-plated. *Wing corkscrew features open spiral worm. |
|
|
Franmara Wing Type Corkscrew $15.26 *Franmara wing corkscrew. *Corkscrew is chrome-plated. *Wing corkscrew features open spiral worm. |
Does anyone know a source for a boxed wine gift set.?
I received one of these from a corporate client. The box looked like cherry or mahogany, and had a brass latch. Inside was a bottle of red wine and a chrome corkscrew and bottle plug. Now I'm planning gifts for some of my clients and would like to give them the same thing. But I can't find it anywhere on the internet. Does anyone know a source?
Check out my website www.WineWithMeToday.com. We have Boxed Wine Gift Sets, Gift Baskets and Personalized Wine bottles. You could get Personlized bottles of wine with your company name and logo or it could say whatever you would like it to say on the label. The gift sets are reasonably priced and would be great as a corporate gift.
A Short History of the Swiss Army Knife
The story begins in 1891 with Karl Elsener, owner of a company that made surgical equipment. He founded the Association of Swiss Master Cutlers, to supply pocket knives to the Swiss army, who at this time were using German-made ones. It took Elsener five years to come up with what he called the "Soldier's knife" (known today in Switzerland as the "Offiziersmesser"). With suggestions from an engineer friend, Jeannine Keller, the original model had a wooden handle, and came with a blade, screwdriver, can opener, and a punch. It was actually made available to the army before 1896, but Elsener was not happy with the device, and eventually was able to put blades on both sides by using a special mechanism using a single spring for both blades. This allowed him to also add a corkscrew.
Elsener's company, Victorinox, was the single supplier of multi-function pocketknives until 1893. A company in the French-speaking area of Switzerland called Paul Boechat & Cie began to market a similar product. The company was later bought by its general manager, Theodore Wenger, and the company name changed to Wenger. By 1908, the Swiss government decided to split the contract for knives between the two companies, partly to appease German and French-speaking factions in the country, and partly to stimulate competition (and lower the prices of the knives). The two companies came to an agreement over marketing, with Victorinox using the phrase "The Original Swiss Army Knife" and Wenger using "The Genuine Swiss Army Knife". The following year (1909), the Swiss army began decorating the knives with the Swiss national symbol (a white cross). Victorinox uses a shield with bilateral symmetry around the cross, while Wenger uses a slightly rounded square with quadrilateral symmetry. The Swiss army uses knives with a simpler bilaterally-symmetric shield.
Victorinox switched to stainless steel blades and tools in 1921. It is believed Wenger did so as well around the same time, but company sources are inconclusive about the exact date. The knives were sold in PX stores on US army bases from 1945 to 1949. In fact it is believed that the term "Swiss Army Knife" was coined in English by American G.I.s during World War II, because they couldn't pronounce the Swiss name "Offiziersmesser".
Today, Swiss army knives contain a multitude of tools, including: several blades, a bottle-opener/screwdriver/wire stripper, can opener/small screwdriver, tweezers, toothpick, corkscrew, phillips-head screwdriver, nail file, scissors, saw, hook, magnifying glass, ballpoint pen, fish scaler, pliers, keychain, USB flash memory, digital clock, digital altimeter, LED light, laser pointer mp3 player, and a brass spacer in the official army model, which allows assembly of the SIG 550 and SIG 510 assault rifles (with the screwdriver and reamer extended, the knife becomes a restraint to the firing pin during the lock assembly). Wenger has a special model which contains all the tools they make. The device is nearly twice as wide as it is long, and retails for around $1,200.
The knives are also available in many other colors besides the traditional red. Black, blue, white, pink, camouflage, phosphorescent yellow and many others, in both opaque or transparent. Also metal and wood cladding. The model actually used by the Swiss army is in fact aluminum, and not red at all.
On April 26, 2005, Victorinox acquired the Wenger company, becoming again the single supplier of knives to the Swiss army. The company intends to keep the Wenger brand alive for knives sold to consumers.
About the Author
Michael Carpenter operates two websites that sell Swiss Army Knives:
Army Knife Swiss (US) and
Army Knife Swiss (UK).