Pulltap'sProfessional Double-hinged Waiter's Corkscrew with Pulltap's Logo.

Very handy bottle opener. I have tried many styles and this one is my favorite. The two step method doesn't take long to learn and gives great leverage when done properly. After a few tries, I find it the fastest way to cleanly remove foil and cork.I recommend sharpening the foil blade a little. It really doesn't have to be chef knife sharp, but ships a bit dull. After just a little sharpening, it cuts foil very neatly.

Will this device remove a cork from a bottle of wine? Yes, very efficiently. Is it a "real" Pulltap's? That's how it's inscribed. I have no easy way to check. If it is a "knockoff," it's a well made one. The hinges are strong; the two lips (whatever they are called) engage the wine bottle firmly and at the proper angle; and the corkscrew itself is made of hardened steel and is very sharp. Admittedly, I have never studied corkscrew technology and previously have picked up the cheapest available tool at the local liquor store; that said, this is by far the best corkscrew I've owned in a long life opening thousands of wine bottles, and I can't imagine how it could be better. It is strong, effective, compact, and (relatively) cheap. [Aside: The wide quality variation registered in some Amazon product reviews (like those for this corkscrew) raise in my mind the possibility that some low quality counterfeits escape the Amazon filters. For that reason, whereas I feel comfortable buying an item like this one, produced by 19th Century technology, that can easily be checked, I am wary of buying some Hitech mass produced items like memory chips for cameras.]

I used to have a rabbit-ear corkscrew, which worked great - until the cheap plastic part in one of the main components broke. One thing I absolutely cannot stand is cheap material/poor workmanship. That's why I turned to these professional-type corkscrews. So far, I've opened about half a dozen bottles with this Pulltap, and it performed admirably. The corkscrew is pretty hefty and exudes a sense of quality. I love the way it handles. The screw itself works really well, going through corks easily without cracking them and the double hinges make extracting corks a breeze. However, the foil cutter is a bit hard to use, or perhaps I'm not used to it yet. The pins on the hinges seem to be well made, I hope they'll hold up.

I still like this corkscrew, but after having my second one now for a while, I'm lowering the rating from 5 stars to 4. Reason - the knife portion is thicker and less sharp then then my first one which is now a few years old. The blade is still serrated, which enables it to do its job, but the thickness and dullness requires more effort on my part than my first corkscrew. The spiral screw part that I like is still sharp and relatively thin like my first purchase. Original Review: This is my second Pulltap Waiters Corkscrew. The double-hinged works great and I selected this corkscrew for the corkscrew itself - it's sharp and relatively thin. Most of the corkscrews I've had in the past were dull and a little big in diameter making it hard to get it started in the cork. I recommend this corkscrew.

I really like this opener. The dual openers are fantastic. Screw the corkscrew all the way down use the short fork to start pulling the cork, then shift to the other one and every cork comes out easily. No broken corks. The opener is very well built. The only criticism is the foil knife is small, almost too small. But, this is definitely my favorite bottle opener. They need to raise the price, because this is a steal. But one!

I've been re-starting my interest in and understanding of wine and wanted to start using the classic, restaurant style opener instead of the 'two handled wing type", an ahso or an electric opener. This opener works great and the more I use it, the better I get at using it :)

Not as easy as the old style waiter cork screw we used for over 30 years. After 4 uses, I still fumble with it. This style is portable, though.

It took 2-3 bottle openings to get the hang of the two-step process to open a bottle with this thing, but now that I've got it down, it's a snap. Highest possible recommendation. Probably the last corkscrew I'll ever need.