I have 2 nice Laguiole’s, but the $12 pull-taps double hinged is better as a waiters’ style to me. Might not feel as heavy or substantial, but that hinge is gold with older/longer corks.
Anyone used a code 38? Nice looking, but $$$
Each wine requires its own paired corkscrew. My burgundy corkscrew, my bordeaux corkscrew, my american syrah corkscrew, my rhone gsm corkscrew, my chardonnay corkscrew (all nationalities do well with this one), my riesling corkscrew, my unusual red varietals corkpuller, and so on. I use my teeth for champagne corks.
I cannot abide opening the a wine with the wrong corkscrew.
It varies by corkmaker. Some corkmakers have such tightly packed corks that it requires more time. Softer, looser corks I can pretty much push the screw in right away.
I screw slowly or quickly depending on who I am screwing.
To be serious and not derail the thread, I beleive we have four or five corkscrews. A couple waiter’s friends, a cheap hotel one that’s like a pen where you pull off the long ‘cap’ and stick it theogh the top as a 90 degree angle to give you a handle to turn. A rabbit I never use (gift) and one of those ‘gullwing’ looking ones my Mom had in the late 70’s.
My 3 Monopole Ah-Sos. I bought a dozen some years ago, use one daily, and have delighted in giving them to people who show interest in that tool. 3 left.
A jeweled screw pull given to me as a gift by my daughter when she was very young. A treasure that I use occasionally.
One of those screws with the arms that you push down to extract the cork. Useful for crappy, cheap, or fake corks, so as to not break the Ah-So.
Some in the back of the utility kitchen drawer…I should toss them.
I’m sure we have several lost at the back of drawers and such. I have one in the car for emergencies. But I only use 2 – a screwpull for young ones and a Durand for oldies. I have no need for more.
Oh, and I have a champagne wrench, and even use it every so often.
I am in a similar situation. I have three corkscrews that I use - two screwpulls (one for home and one in my offline bag) and a Durand. I have several more around the house I am sure, but rarely use them and did not include them in my count.
Have a bit over a dozen including all the usual suspects but nothing expensive. Most are in the “wine drawer” in the kitchen along with a pile of those bottle stoppers (that never get used), old corks from special bottles and my favorite Stroh’s brewery bottle opener that has to date back to the 60’s.