Corkscrew Substitute

[nin137]

ok, i know this is way off-topic but i have a huge dilemma. what would you use for a substitute for a corkscrew. if i think about it, a corkscrew is the only thing that i know that you use for it's specific purpose, i mean what else can you do with one? so what do you do when you don't have one and want to open a bottle of wine like i do now? i've tried a knife but almost slit my wrist so that doesn't work. i guess i could break it open on the counter? anyhow, any suggestions are welcome.

[TwoRails]

Push the cork into the bottle

[Byte 2.0]

Originally Posted by TwoRails Push the cork into the bottle

pressure will work against that.

[spyder003]

Be careful trying to break the cork... I always get no less than 1000 tiny pieces of cork in my wine when I do that.

[shadowbreaker513]

A long normal screw works, and so does a screw with the little wings

[rjfvillarosa]

You can actually push the cork very slowly into the bottle, once you have pushed in the cork and emptied the contents of the bottle you can remove the cork with the aid of a silk scarf. You need to capture the cork in a very thin silk scarf and gently with the cork facing the right way up, pull the cork back out of the bottle.
I have given up trying to do this, BUT I have seen it done, having said that it was a long time ago when we used to keep the bottles for use in home wine making. Nowadays I don't suppose many people make their own wine and just toss the bottles in the recycling container.
The most dangerous method I have ever seen was a device that pierced the cork using a needle and then via the same had held device you would gently pump the handle up and down forcing air down the needle and pressure build up behind the cork would push the cork out, I say dangerous because I have seen several bottles explode from the pressure, because they were pressurised too quickly.

[bailey]

I have been known to use a electric drill and just drill it out, and no small pices in the drink.

[FLG]

Yep a last resort is a drill, You can make a decent size hole and then just pour it into a cup

[Jaggannath]

Just use a normal, longish screw... it's the same principle as a corkscrew
Just be careful not to shred the cork

[lil Jimmie]

I've used a long 1 1 /2 to 2 inch drywall screw with coarse threads and a pair of vice grips to pull on the screw as a substitute before. This was during a move and we hadn't unpacked all of our kitchen stuff.

[roomwithamoose]

Just don't break the bottle. Having little bits of cork is much better than little bits of glass. If you do end up with bits of cork, just put a coffee filter into the glass, pour the wine into the filter then pull the filter out along with the peices of cork.

[nin137]

i tried a screw, but then i didn't really have a grip on it, so i went ahead and screwed it in with a screwdriver (brilliant) and when i ended up doing (don't really know how) was make a hole in the cork so that the wine could dribble out, i used the coffe filter suggestion which caught the cork pieces :-). but anyhow first thing after work today i'm buying a corkscrew.

[Panama Red]

Originally Posted by nin137 but anyhow first thing after work today i'm buying a corkscrew.

Good plan! That's why I carry one in the glove box of my truck. It's a combo cork screw/bottle opener and can punch. Never leave home without it.

[sdkfz]

I know I am late on this, but a swiss army knife? anything other than the little key chain ones always seem to have a passable cork screw on it any ownership of the knife is pretty universal.