Scott NC Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 Your not missing much, it didn't taste very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason L Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 Would a corkscrew count as a bottle opener? I would imagine it's more likely to be period accurate although I can't remember if I've ever seen a viking era corkscrew or not. Is that a thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewoon ik Posted April 8, 2023 Author Share Posted April 8, 2023 8 hours ago, Jason L said: Would a corkscrew count as a bottle opener? I would imagine it's more likely to be period accurate although I can't remember if I've ever seen a viking era corkscrew or not. Is that a thing? I hope you realise this is all fun and games? I mean, this is all serious and not a joke. Go ahead, corkscrew is a bit more work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason L Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 Oh, I'm not participating, I was just curious, that's all. My forge is down for the moment. As for making a corkscrew, I would think it would be relatively easy, relative being the operative word. Just a small piece of flat bar twisted with a point on the end. Now I've got to go look and see when the earliest corkscrew found was made and by whom lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 We get it Gewoon, this is a no joke serious fun contest! Of course cork screws are bottle openers. You don't use one to put a cork on or take it off your fishing line do you? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason L Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 I've opened quite a few bottles while fishing but I can't remember using a corkscrew to put a corks on a fishing line. Although the bottles I opened may or may not have caused me to forget a few steps along the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shainarue Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 M3F, that is way cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBones Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 22 hours ago, Jason L said: I would think it would be relatively easy, relative being the operative word That is true. Corkscrews are a bit trickier than they look. I have made several and getting a long thin taper with out burning is tricky. The taper has to be even all the way down and if it is not thin enough it will not fit into the bottle or the center will be too tight to allow that bit of cork to pass through. Then making sure you twist it in the right direction. I am real good at making them backwards. But the trickiest part is spacing between the spirals. If you try and make one Mark Asprey has a video on how to do it i would suggest watching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason L Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 Good info Billy. I don't have use of corkscrews myself so I never really think about them but there does seem to be more than meets the eye. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latticino Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 just playing around in the forge. Have no real idea what a "Viking" style opener is, but here are a few I knocked out this weekend: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 Latticino, those are all nice, I think the one I like best is third from the left. Of course I like the twist on the second.... If another challenge comes around I'm going to do something other than just modify a tool.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latticino Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 That's my favorite as well. It is a fun challenge for me to work so small on my 250# Fisher anvil with a 5" wide face. The mini spirals without touching the "coils" are interesting as well. Thanks for the feedback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBones Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 My ex-wife's mom and some of her people drink wine. I am still kind of close to them and made a few corkscrews for them. But me, most of the wine i have ever drank came in a box. I do like a good beer or a well aged whiskey though. Latticino, i like the one on the far right. Simple and graceful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 I'm partial to the one with the twist. I'm a sucker for twists. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latticino Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 Thanks all, lovely to get feedback. It is nice to stretch and forge something other than knives and axes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goods Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 Call me the odd ball, but I’m drawn to the simplicity and elegance of the one on the right. Simple and elegant can be very difficult to pull off, but you got it on that one! Keep it fun, David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 Just remember that a "Mastermyr" one should look brand new; not 1000 years old in the ground. (A common problem in SCA; folks forgetting that their stuff should look "new" as supposedly they had "recently made or purchased it...At the Medieval Technology conference at PennState a couple of decades ago; one of the presenters was covering that point while talking about the Goldsmith's house in York that they were getting stuff for. All to look newish except for 1 cabinet that the documentation said was "inherited" so they put a generation of use on it...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shainarue Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 The 2nd from left and the one on the far right could be dual-function openers. The bottle opener, of course - and the flat tab can open can tabs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latticino Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 Thanks, I never thought of that. Guess I don't drink to much with tabs (not a soda drinker, but have to admit the newer Guinness cans with the marble inside work pretty darn well to give you a fairly authentic pour). The wife thinks I should try selling these. I think I'm too slow (at least right now) to be able to make it worthwhile. Etsy has some for under $20. You have got to be pretty quick to make money at that price point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 Those are NOT $20 bottle openers! Set the bargain opener at $29.95 and go up from there. People can but bottle openers for a couple bucks anywhere. You are selling hand forgings which people want to show off so they need to cost enough the owner can brag about it. I've been saying this since the mid-90s. Hand forged is selling bragging rights, not the product so much. I've told the story before but what the hey. I took up with a blade smith and we had a booth at the state fair in 95. He was selling big knives and I was doing fast little demos folks could watch start to finish in under 10 minutes. I settled on coat hooks with a leaf for the wall plate and a twisted shank. It got to where I was knocking them out in about 7 minutes. I had them on my little steel table priced at $9.95 ea. or sets of 4 for $34.95 and was only selling one once in a while. The blade smith kept telling me I should be charging under $4. He went to lunch and I turned the price card over $19.95 ea. sets of four $75.95 and I couldn't make them fast enough. I refused to sell one as a display piece but a couple times folks started bidding. When the other SOB got back he kept telling me I'd finally gotten it I was charging too much until he noticed people were handing me $20 bills and refusing the penny change. He was not pleased and didn't sell a single very expensive BIG knife. I cleared a couple grand. It's the bragging rights, people want to show off and who brags about how little something cool cost? People with custom knives tell you how much they paid, it's a major part of the brag. Hmmm? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad J. Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 I couldn't pick my favorite here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 It's no wonder, they are all great. I like the one on the left best though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.J.Lampert Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 I prefer the one second from right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewoon ik Posted April 17, 2023 Author Share Posted April 17, 2023 Sorry I fell of the earth for a week (was on holiday and my wife confiscate my phone, to much workstuff). So a week later than promissed. She liked the dragon from BillyBones the most. Congrats! Everybody else. Good work. Really nice pieces. Makes my want to practice more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 Well done BillyBones! Makes me want to practice and try new things, too. Gewoon, I thought you flew the coop there for a little while.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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