Waiter's Double-Hinge Corkscrew, folded closed
Made in California since 1961

Nicholas Collection Waiter's Double-Hinge Corkscrew

$11.00
✓ Ships from our Novato warehouse
●Made in California. Designed, patented and built by the same family since 1961.
●Refills never discontinued. An opener bought twenty years ago still takes the cartridge we sell today.
●Direct from the manufacturer. Not a marketplace reseller, so you get the real thing and our warranty.

The difference between a waiter’s friend that works and one that fights you is the second hinge.

A single-hinge corkscrew lifts from one fixed point, so the last half-inch of cork comes out at an angle, under strain, with the bottle lip acting as the pivot. The double hinge gives you two stages: seat the first notch, lift, then seat the second and lift again. The cork comes out straight, in two easy movements, and it breaks far less often.

  • Double-hinge (also called double boot, or two-step) lever
  • Integrated foil blade
  • Folds flat — pocket, drawer or apron
  • Nicholas Collection finish

It is the sommelier’s tool and it rewards a bit of practice. For an old or fragile cork, or for anyone who would rather not pull at all, the Cork Pops Legacy lifts the cork with gas and never touches it with a screw — more on why corks break.

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A family business that still makes the thing it invented.
Est. 1961

A family business that still makes the thing it invented.

It started in a workshop in 1961. Three generations later the family still holds the patent, still runs the line in Novato, California, and still packs the cartridges that go in the box.

That is why the refills never disappear, why an opener bought years ago still takes a standard cartridge, and why the thing feels like it was made by someone who cared.

1961Family owned since
CaliforniaWhere the opener is made
4.6★Across the range