[TheForge] Re: corkscrew

[Charles C. Wales]

Mike Spencer wrote:
> 
> > Alternatively, make an auger-type corkscrew.  Not as elegant,
> > perhaps, but they also work.
> 
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From my years as a wine snob, and the advice I had from the "experts" is
that the auger type is kinder to cork than the helical.  The helical is
more apt to tear up a reluctant cork than the auger. As a blacksmith, I
haven't a clue how to make the auger, with a hammer on the anvil, that
is. The commercially available are probably cast or belted out with some
enormous power hammer in one blow.
Chuck