waiter's knife

Wine opener multitool

A waiter's knife is a compact corkscrew designed to fit in a pocket, combining a worm (the spiral), a small blade for cutting foil, and a lever that braces against the bottle lip for extracting the cork.

Standard equipment for restaurant servers and sommeliers, it's also called a wine key or sommelier knife: Every server carries a waiter's knife.

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Lever-armed cork puller

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