Opening bottles?

Alton Brown is a crackup. Somewhere or other he has a nice spiel on keeping kitchen knives sharp.
 
knarfeng said:
You folks are so common. Where is your flair? Your zest? (Likely the same place mine is, on hold.)

The other approach would be "champagne saber" style.

Alton Brown has a nice demonstration.

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I use to do that with a beer and an old cheap fixed blade knife it was kick ass
 
Bic lighter, butter knife, actual knife knife, table.. That's some that I use, but most times it's just my SAK. :D
 
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Same principle with a knife, lighter, spoon, etc
 
I use my knife to open a beer all the time...its called the Victorinox Pioneer and I don't leave home without it. improvising is fine, but im a firm believer in using the right tool for the job.
 
Don't you have twist caps in the US ? Hell, up here in Canada we can open off a beer cap on the edge of a table, the infamous Bic butt, a spoon, the gunnel of the boat or canoe, or the butt end of a spinning rod. SHEESH!
 
It depends on the knife, but typically if I'm opening a bottle with a knife it is because I am fresh out of available lighters or bottle openers. In those "emergency" situations when beer must be drank and there is a paucity of appropriate utensils I usually use the spine of the blade near the thumbstuds, or the handle.
 
bladeboss said:
You guys got me wrong!
Im not asking so I can do it, in just wondering. I'd never wreck my knives doing something that I have another tool for.
But thanks for the replies!
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It's not wrecking them at all. I've been doing it for years and I've never damaged any knife when doing this..
 
Lee D said:
I use my knife to open a beer all the time...its called the Victorinox Pioneer and I don't leave home without it. improvising is fine, but im a firm believer in using the right tool for the job.
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If all you have is a hammer… :D

habicht said:
Don't you have twist caps in the US ? Hell, up here in Canada we can open off a beer cap on the edge of a table, the infamous Bic butt, a spoon, the gunnel of the boat or canoe, or the butt end of a spinning rod. SHEESH!
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A good rule of thumb I've found - if it comes with a twist-off, you probably don't want to drink it. :)
 
I think this is the procedure you're wondering about. Here goes....

Step 1 - stick the edge of the cap between the liners:



Should look like this from the top:



Step 2 - put your thumb on the opposite top edge of the cap, and pry. Pry up and back on the edge between the liners:



Step 3 - Pop! Enjoy!



Does it damage your knife? Sure, a little. I have been doing this for over 12 years with my Al Mar Sere 2K. It marks up the g10 a little. Do I mind? Not a bit. It just adds more character to a well used and trusted tool:

 
And before any schmartazzes reply, yes, I am aware it's a twist off. This was only for demonstration purposes with a bottle of beer I had on hand. The Sere still popped it off regardless!
 
AntDog said:
And before any schmartazzes reply, yes, I am aware it's a twist off. This was only for demonstration purposes with a bottle of beer I had on hand. The Sere still popped it off regardless!
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I thought you were going to use the jimping (had there been any) as a twisting assist for that, uh, "beer" you have there. Rolling Rock, though? I thought I knew you better.:D
 
Lol! I hope he dumped it in the toilet after the demo. :P

Drinking a Shorts Humalupalicious, though there was no cap to pop.
 
bladeboss said:
Thanks! Yeah that's what I meant. It doesn't bend or chip e liners themselves?
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Nah, no damage to the liners at all. I've been popping tops with that knife for years and years, and it only scratches the g10. Doesn't bother me a bit, and it works great!
 
trevitrace said:
I thought you were going to use the jimping (had there been any) as a twisting assist for that, uh, "beer" you have there. Rolling Rock, though? I thought I knew you better.:D
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You do know me better Adam! My brother brings that hipster piss water to the house all the time. I don't like it much, but it was the only thing I had in a bottle.

I did drink most of it, but had to pitch the last bit. Just couldn't stand a full bottle.
 
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