Anyone use the corkscrew on a SAK?

When I shop for a SAK, I think of two essential tools that it MUST have. Just 2. I look for a saw, and a corkscrew. Maybe it's the alcoholic lumberjack in me.
 
The corkscrew on my SAK has saved many a party where the host misplaced the resident corkscrew. Nowadays, I use the corkscrew on my Leatherman Juice It is so much better at the task.
 
I use my corkscrew as a lanyard attachment. Just take the lanyard and wrap it around the corkscrew so it sits on the inside. If the fit is right, it's a very secure way to hold it.
 
I used it a many times, but never at home. At home, you can have better and much bigger corkscrew, but on vacations, weekend camping, office parties it is a great tool. Corkscrew on your SAK is compact tool and it does its job.
R
 
I've used the corkscrew countless times, Argentinians drink a lot of wine! If you use it often it becomes easier and easier to take those corks out. Synthetic corks suck, that's true, but I don't like any wine that uses those new thingies.

The great thing about SAKs is that if you think that the corkscrew is a useless or outdated tool, you can just get a model with a screwdriver instead of the corkscrew.
 
I've had no problems on either natural or synthetic corks, over several cases of wine. On one SAK, the tip of the corkscrew was a little dull; a few passes with the groove in a Sharpmaker and problem solved.
 
An SAK is rarely the best tool available for any given job.

It is, however, the best pocketable compromise I've found for performing an almost infinite variety of different tasks.

maximus otter
 
I've used the corkscrew to open wine. As previously noted, it's not the best tool, but it'll do in a pinch. Mostly I use it to hold the SAK eyeglass screwdriver.
 
I must also be an 'alcoholic lumperjack,' for I too look for the corkscrew and saw when thinkin' on which SAK to buy.

I use mine to open wine for the woman on occasion. Sometimes it's because I'm too lazy to get the wine key out of the drawer, sometimes it's because I want to use my SAK. :)

It's nice as a marlinspike, too, for when knots are too small for my extra-manly fingers.
 
Chris "Anagarika" said:
I use it for picking knots, handy!:thumbup:
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:D Me too. Has loosened knots in shoelaces that would have been impossible to undo with the fingers. :thumbup:
 
Buzzbait said:
I use mine to hold my SAK eyeglass screwdriver.
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That about covers it for me too. Sometimes when I'm bored/fidgety I stick the corkscrew in my teeth and spin it around.:jerkit:
 
wenger/vic ought to completely rethink the corkscrews and replace most of them with something else....I avoid them on all sak purchases.......paul
 
I find the corkscrew very usefull, but you need a technique. Put the wine bottle between your feet and hold the bottle tightly. Insert corkscrew and pull uisng your feet to hold the bottle. No problem.
 
I have used and carried (not so much an EDC) an Aitor Gran Capitan as my SAK like knife and that has opened countless bottles of wine. Especially backpacking around Eruope. I think the corkscrew is more useful than not.. But then I tend to use the blade the most and then followed by the bottle opener, cork screw and can opener..
 
Pilot1 said:
I find the corkscrew very usefull, but you need a technique. Put the wine bottle between your feet and hold the bottle tightly. Insert corkscrew and pull uisng your feet to hold the bottle. No problem.
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The problem with this technique is that you can wind up lifting the bottle about 1" of the ground and then slamming it down when the cork releases. Only do this on dirt or carpet.

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Personally I won't buy a SAK without a corkscrew. It makes the SAK the perfect travel knife. After a little practice you get the technique down and it's not much harder than using a fancy corkscrew.

Tip: insert the screw all the way into the cork, until the body of the knife touches the bottle. Lever the knife back and forth against the bottle a bit to start the cork - the corkscrew has a bit of spring both forward and backwards to allow you to do this. Grasp the knife tightly in right hand, with the cork between middle and ring fingers. Grasp the neck of the bottle tightly in left hand. Twist and pull firmly.
 
I've had a Victorinox for about 20 years now and it has opened countless bottles of wine in a pinch.

With most bottles I can just grab the neck of the bottle with both hands and use my thumbs to push the knife up, and the cork out.

If that doesn't work, (synthetic corks suck) I place it on the ground between my feet, hold it down with one hand and make sure I don't elbow someone in the eye with the other arm.

I may have had too much practice though. ;)



I don't remember where I read this, but you can also use it to get that first wiener out of the jar without it breaking up.:rolleyes:
 
Opened a few bottles of wine, usually I just use it to hold the mini-screwdriver(works great for adjusting electronics in class).

for a 'non-corkscrew' method, make sure the cork will slide inside(cut off the top bulge if the cork isn't already flush), and just shove it inside. not as elegant, but it works.
 
Indispensible.....

I own mostly SAKs with corkscrews.

I've EDC SAKs always with corkscrew for over 24 years.

The Victorinox corkscrew is at least on par with regular manual non-assisted corkscrews.

With a Corkscrew - one is an instant hit at parties :D :D -
and often people forget the corkscrew when going on a picnic/outing.

It is true that one is not often called on to use one at a restaurant -
but I once "raced" a waitress, who was already half way down the cork with a standard waiter's lever tool - and won - she claimed I "cheated" since I just screwed through the foil instead of removing it.... not to be "ungentlemanly" I had to agree with her ;) :p

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