For no reason to every knife, if you think about it, its own role is assigned. Some convenient to cut bread, somehow - fruit; One suitable for meat, the other - for nuts.
According to this principle, there are sommelier knives, which also wear a simpler "folk" name - Corkscrews.
What corkscrews exist when they appeared, as well as their varieties, consider further in the article.
History
For the first time records of the corkscrew as a tool appeared in the XVII century. Analog or even a prototype for this simple knife - A tool that remove shells from the blow of powder weapons in case of drying.
In 1795, English priest Samuel Henshall patented this idea.
Corkscrew development went to her leg with the development and improvement of bottles for bottles Since the bottled wine needed not only to close well, but also to be able to open.
In just the entire history of the existence of this tool, more than 350 different types of sommelier knives are recorded and patented.
But there are other data, for example, in his book "History of Wine" from 1681, Critic Hugh Johnson first described a corkscrew, as something similar, resembling a "steel worm", which pull out a cork from the neck of the bottle. The product was named "Bottle Screw", which was logical for that time.
Another variation of how the sommelier's knife came from, says that The tool first was used at all to open bottles with wine, but to open bottles with spirits or for pharmaceutical jars , In turn, in order not to shed the contents of the bottle, they clocked very tight. And only after the corkscrew turned out to be very convenient in the opening of perfume bottles, he moved to wine bottles. The first prepositions of the bottle screw appeared in France, but patented him by the British.
Views
As mentioned above, there are about 350 patented types of corkscrews. Consider what "steel worms" exist now and what they differ from the sommelier knife.Classic corkscrew
Most likely, each in the apartment was such a tool. It is an inexpensive mechanism that will help to open any bottle, while he himself will not break.
Represents an ordinary screw with the handle, most often wooden, by type of letters T. The principle of use is simple - sticking the tip of the screw into the plug and tighten the rod until it stops or up to the middle, and then apply the power and pull the cork from the neck.
Of the shortcomings - you need to apply force, and sometimes even a lot of power. And not all the first time can open a bottle. Unlike the knife of the sommelier, such a model does not provide a knife to which you can cut the label.
Corkscrew Crrypull or ScrewPull
Invented in 1979 by Herbert Allen. His main task was to come up with such a model that would be convenient to operate, and, most importantly, easy. That is, it turns out, it was necessary to invent such a knife to open them bottles without much diligence or putting strength.
The amazing and elegant biloting system is that The knife has a forceps that you wrap the neck of the bottle, and the spiral design itself is in the piston You first, without much effort, enter into the lid, and then raise, thereby getting a plug.
The system is very simple and does not require any additional skills, but nevertheless the price for such a simple tool will be high enough, and it will take a lot of space. For connoisseurs of wine, such a knife will be a good gift and will be used for its intended purpose.
There are also other types of corkscrew - wine, eclectic, folding, which go in hiking sets.
Knife Sommelo
The sommelier was invented in 1883 by the German inventor Carl Laine. Now this tool is referred to as "Wannke's knife."
The inventor himself initially assumed that his creation would be used primarily waiters. So it was. But because of the amenities of the knife, they began to use and sommelier, because it was practical, comfortable and quickly.
By type, the model can be divided into types:
- Single-stage - the knife has only one zubrin on the working part;
- Two-stage - this model has two jar.
Professional sommelier prefer a two-stage knife, because he is more maneuverable to use, because everything happens in two stages. And this is considered to be the right use of the tool, that is, the screw part is shifted in the bottle, and then it comes to extract it.
Another advantage of the two-stage system is that if the bottle of wine is old, there is a possibility that the lid is dry, thereby becoming very fragile. It turns out that in this case it will be impossible to sharply pull the plug, it will simply fall apart. And with two approaches to smoke the cover will be absolutely not difficult.
How to use
Corkscrew to use enough simple. In addition to the screw tip, there is a small knife in the instrument, which must be cut foil. You need to start at once under the biggest protrusion at the neck.
Then you should neatly remove the foil. Declaring the knife, screw the screw part on the plug, making a puncture, then twist the screw into the hole.
All the time you need to keep the brush directly, not to reject to the side so that the screw came at right angles.
Next, you need to pull the handle with a slightly, checking how well the screw fixed in the traffic jam, and then with great effort to pull the handle, but to get the cover only half.
Then, by setting the cutter to the edge, the second recess, pull and pull the cork from the bottle.
It is in this way that it turns out to smoke wine without excessive noise and undesirable consequences in the form of a spilled drink.
Choice
In order to choose correctly choose a professional corkscrew knife, you need to know some features. The corkscrew helix must be made of high-quality material. By purchasing a tool in the store, you can ask:
- Is the "sting" sharpened;
- A spiral is made of solid steel;
- What is the diameter of the helix.
It is worth paying attention to the diameter of the spiral, since if it is too thick, then simply will deform the cork, grinding it into small pieces.
How to open a bottle of wine with a sommelier knife, see below in the video.