Why is there a corkscrew on a Swiss Army Knife?

Aside from opening wine or holding the mini eyeglasses screwdriver (available separately, if you don’t already have one), the corkscrews can be used as reamers, to loosen stuck knots, as an extension of the ballpoint pen, to remove the rawlplugs from the wall, to hold a boiled corncob or even screwed into a tree trunk/ …

Why are there two bottle openers on a pocket knife?

The keychain side of the knife contains a bottle opener while the other side contains a can opener with a sharp cutting edge. The bottle opener has a flathead screwdriver on its top. You can use it to open bottles of ale when traveling through Europe by using a leverage technique.

What is the blade on a bottle opener for?

Most bartenders use a speed blade that has a circle on the opposite end of the bottle opener. The circular end is used to slide down the neck of a glass bottle to pull it out of a cooler. This prevents bartenders from having to get their hands cold and wet.

What does a reamer do on a Swiss Army Knife?

The awl or the reamer in a Swiss Army Knife is used for punching holes in materials like leather, canvas, plastic as well as softwood. The shape of the tool also allows you to make an already existing hole bigger and circular by pushing and rotating the reamer through the hole.

Does a Swiss knife have a can opener?

A Swiss Army knife usually has a tool that is a combination of a can opener and a small flathead screwdriver. It is simple to open a can with the can opener by piercing the can with the tool’s sharp point and cutting around the inside of the can’s rim with its blade.

Can I open a tin without a tin opener?

The important thing to remember is that the lid of a can is actually a very thin piece of metal, and that metal is made to be opened. If you have a little time, we’d say the easiest (and safest) way to open a can without a can opener is by actually wearing the edges of the lid down until it breaks.

Why is can opener called a church key?

To protect their aging beers in their monasteries, the monks locked them away in lager cellars, for which only the monks had the keys. It is theorized that the openers reminded someone of these keys — either because of their shape or use — and started calling them “church” keys.