Possible to open a bottle of wine with pocket knife?

Now I've heard some interesting ways to open a wine bottle without a cork screw, which is cool, but personally I'm not about to stop carrying the $8.42 Vic. Climber I recently got on sale at a home improvement store. Besides opening wine, it cuts like crazy, takes about 30 seconds to get shaving sharp, and even has screwdivers, scissors, and other useful tools, as well as the mysterious all purpose hook. It doesn't take up much room in my pocket, and I pair it with a larger locking knife for heavier cutting tasks. It seems that some of the non-corkscrew methods have drawbacks, like a 20% failure rate, getting sprayed with wine, or gagging on cork crumbs. So I'm sticking with the SAK. (Barring that I'll get my wine with a screw top or in a box. ;) )
 
Many years ago, I gripped a bottle at the bottom and tapped it slowly against a thick barked tree and the cork eased out so I could grab it and pull it the rest of the way out. (Might not be the best way to open a fine bottle, but it did work.) GF was semi-impressed too ;).
 
The tradition shape of a champagne cork is like a mushroom, with the round top sticking out of the end of the mouth of the bottle. Regular (non-carbonated) wine bottles usually have corks that do not protrude past the mouth of the bottle.

You can open a bottle of champagne with a sword or large knife by swinging the blade and hitting the side of the round top of the cork. It is an impressive display but wasteful. I don't think it would be possible with a regular bottle of wine.

Chris
 
cmd said:
You can open a bottle of champagne with a sword or large knife by swinging the blade and hitting the side of the round top of the cork. It is an impressive display but wasteful. I don't think it would be possible with a regular bottle of wine.

Chris
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The tradition is to sever the bottle in a way that the bottle breaks but only around the neck.
 
cork?

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:D
 
Little claw said:
I always thought it was the way cmd said (I've seen it done like this) but it seems you're right:

technique

but why waste a drop?

proper technique
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I stand corrected and enlightened. I like the part about not doing it this way around children.

Chris
 
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