Comments on: Cherries And Clay’s Holiday Gift Guide #3 http://www.cherriesandclay.com/2009/12/15/cherries-and-clay%e2%80%99s-holiday-gift-guide-3/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:04:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Shea http://www.cherriesandclay.com/2009/12/15/cherries-and-clay%e2%80%99s-holiday-gift-guide-3/comment-page-1/#comment-1155 Shea Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:48:58 +0000 http://www.cherriesandclay.com/?p=2107#comment-1155 I think for me the reason I prefer the water's tool is b/c the fancy rabbit openers break when you are opening hundreds of bottles a year. As do all the stupid foil cutters. However, if you have a lack of grip strength, the extra leverage is great. I think for me the reason I prefer the water’s tool is b/c the fancy rabbit openers break when you are opening hundreds of bottles a year. As do all the stupid foil cutters. However, if you have a lack of grip strength, the extra leverage is great.

]]> By: cbjerrisgaard http://www.cherriesandclay.com/2009/12/15/cherries-and-clay%e2%80%99s-holiday-gift-guide-3/comment-page-1/#comment-1149 cbjerrisgaard Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:59:33 +0000 http://www.cherriesandclay.com/?p=2107#comment-1149 Hahaha holy hell I didn't even notice those were screw tops. What a joke. Thanks for the info guys! Hahaha holy hell I didn’t even notice those were screw tops. What a joke.

Thanks for the info guys!

]]> By: Jake http://www.cherriesandclay.com/2009/12/15/cherries-and-clay%e2%80%99s-holiday-gift-guide-3/comment-page-1/#comment-1126 Jake Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:12:19 +0000 http://www.cherriesandclay.com/?p=2107#comment-1126 Haha. Yeah, it's an ambitious product if nothing else. I wonder how it would have done on the show Dragon's Den. Haha. Yeah, it’s an ambitious product if nothing else. I wonder how it would have done on the show Dragon’s Den.

]]> By: Dane http://www.cherriesandclay.com/2009/12/15/cherries-and-clay%e2%80%99s-holiday-gift-guide-3/comment-page-1/#comment-1125 Dane Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:39:46 +0000 http://www.cherriesandclay.com/?p=2107#comment-1125 At first I was like "what's wrong with the butterfly opener?" then I watched the video. I can't believe someone had the balls to create that product. It just grips the screw top! That's hilarious. The main selling point seems to be keeping "the romance and ceremony alive in opening a bottle of wine". Holy shit. They should also make a fake plastic butter churn that you can clip on top of a margarine tub to keep the romance an ceremony of making butter alive. At first I was like “what’s wrong with the butterfly opener?” then I watched the video. I can’t believe someone had the balls to create that product. It just grips the screw top! That’s hilarious.

The main selling point seems to be keeping “the romance and ceremony alive in opening a bottle of wine”. Holy shit. They should also make a fake plastic butter churn that you can clip on top of a margarine tub to keep the romance an ceremony of making butter alive.

]]> By: Jake http://www.cherriesandclay.com/2009/12/15/cherries-and-clay%e2%80%99s-holiday-gift-guide-3/comment-page-1/#comment-1124 Jake Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:53:58 +0000 http://www.cherriesandclay.com/?p=2107#comment-1124 Yeah agreed, I think In a restaurant setting, I'd say probably not. I think it's a matter of avoiding the use of something bulky and complicated at a table, when really one of the simplest and efficient tools work best (a hinged waiters tool/friend). If I'm at home, or someone else house, I'll use any device necessary... That just got me thinking of an appropriate device/gift for someone old or who suffers from arthritis... the handheld electric corkscrew... http://www.hammacher.com/Product/77823?source=FROOGLE Yeah agreed, I think In a restaurant setting, I’d say probably not. I think it’s a matter of avoiding the use of something bulky and complicated at a table, when really one of the simplest and efficient tools work best (a hinged waiters tool/friend).

If I’m at home, or someone else house, I’ll use any device necessary…

That just got me thinking of an appropriate device/gift for someone old or who suffers from arthritis… the handheld electric corkscrew…
http://www.hammacher.com/Product/77823?source=FROOGLE

]]> By: Kurtis http://www.cherriesandclay.com/2009/12/15/cherries-and-clay%e2%80%99s-holiday-gift-guide-3/comment-page-1/#comment-1121 Kurtis Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:48:31 +0000 http://www.cherriesandclay.com/?p=2107#comment-1121 Oh, totally. The regular "winged" kind are great, and the Rabbit is certainly sleek and well-made. I also like the big levered ones that affix to a bar like in old school pubs. What us 'hardcore' people deplore are the ones that make things more complicated in the interest of making the consumer pay way too much, being duped into thinking their product will make life easier. Like, say, the one Jake listed above, which is to open a Stelvin (screwcap) bottle and has the nerve to market and retail for $25(!) when ANYONE CAN USE THEIR OWN FUCKING HAND FOR FREE! Oh, totally. The regular “winged” kind are great, and the Rabbit is certainly sleek and well-made. I also like the big levered ones that affix to a bar like in old school pubs.

What us ‘hardcore’ people deplore are the ones that make things more complicated in the interest of making the consumer pay way too much, being duped into thinking their product will make life easier.

Like, say, the one Jake listed above, which is to open a Stelvin (screwcap) bottle and has the nerve to market and retail for $25(!) when ANYONE CAN USE THEIR OWN FUCKING HAND FOR FREE!

]]> By: cbjerrisgaard http://www.cherriesandclay.com/2009/12/15/cherries-and-clay%e2%80%99s-holiday-gift-guide-3/comment-page-1/#comment-1119 cbjerrisgaard Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:29:05 +0000 http://www.cherriesandclay.com/?p=2107#comment-1119 Is there any form of wine opener that is acceptable to hardcore wine people aside from a waiters tool? Additionally, if not why & if so what and why? Always been curious about that one. Is there any form of wine opener that is acceptable to hardcore wine people aside from a waiters tool? Additionally, if not why & if so what and why?

Always been curious about that one.

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