This Isn't A Corkscrew, Is It?

Mark Thorson said:

It appears to have a little valve in it.
And why is it in such a fancy box?

http://cgi.ebay.com/_W0QQitemZ330170223246

What would the screw end fit into?

It's a cask tap, isn't it? The screwish end would go through the bung,
and the tap would regulate the flow.

Mark Thorson said:

It appears to have a little valve in it.
And why is it in such a fancy box?

http://cgi.ebay.com/_W0QQitemZ330170223246

What would the screw end fit into?

What do you think it would fit into, it's either a precision
hemorrhoid reamer or a curative for the clap.

"Mark Thorson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

It appears to have a little valve in it.
And why is it in such a fancy box?

http://cgi.ebay.com/_W0QQitemZ330170223246

What would the screw end fit into?

Not corkscrew. Keg tap.

David

"David Hare-Scott" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

"Mark Thorson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

It appears to have a little valve in it.
And why is it in such a fancy box?

http://cgi.ebay.com/_W0QQitemZ330170223246

What would the screw end fit into?

Not corkscrew. Keg tap.

David

lol

David Hare-Scott said:

"Mark Thorson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

It appears to have a little valve in it.
And why is it in such a fancy box?

http://cgi.ebay.com/_W0QQitemZ330170223246

What would the screw end fit into?

Not corkscrew. Keg tap.

That's a pretty small keg. I'd hate to have to wait for beer to
come out of that.

I think it's for corked vinegar (probably sherry)or medicine.
You drill through the cork and leave it installed in the bottle.
The valve/top is the dispenser.

-sw

If I were selling that on Ebay I'd be very careful not to
ship it to Texas or Alambama.

Steve

Mark Thorson said:

It appears to have a little valve in it.
And why is it in such a fancy box?

http://cgi.ebay.com/_W0QQitemZ330170223246

What would the screw end fit into?

It's a wine tap. It's intended mainly for serving very old bottles of wine
where a regular corkscrew might tear apart the cork. It gets inserted right
down through the cork.

Not all that useful, but at that price I'd go for it. Especially with that
cool carrying case. I'll trade you my cheese straightener for it. Or maybe
even my antique basil flayer.

--
Reg

Reg said:

Mark Thorson said:

It appears to have a little valve in it.
And why is it in such a fancy box?

http://cgi.ebay.com/_W0QQitemZ330170223246

What would the screw end fit into?

It's a wine tap. It's intended mainly for serving very old bottles
of wine where a regular corkscrew might tear apart the cork.
It gets inserted right down through the cork.

That's the most convincing explanation yet.
It explains the fancy box. I don't buy wines
that require that kind of treatment, though.

Quoted message said:

Not all that useful, but at that price I'd go for it. Especially with
that cool carrying case. I'll trade you my cheese straightener for it.

But I've already got one of those. Cast iron,
in original paint.

Quoted message said:

Or maybe even my antique basil flayer.

Two of those, one with a silver handle, the other ebony. :-)

Mark Thorson said:

It appears to have a little valve in it.
And why is it in such a fancy box?

That box is very typical of precision machine tool cases from the
early 1900s ie. Browne & Sharpe, L. S. Starrett, etc.

I don't think that thingie has anything to do with wine or any other
beverage... to me it appears to be some kind old medical instrument,
some sort of gas valve, something an MD or DDS would use in
administering an anesthetic

http://tinyurl.com/3ajvw2

http://cgi.ebay.com/The-L-S-Starrett-Co-230-Micrometer-Browne-Sharpe-RI_W0QQitemZ220154565331QQihZ012QQcategoryZ13876QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Sheldon said:

Mark Thorson said:

It appears to have a little valve in it.
And why is it in such a fancy box?

That box is very typical of precision machine tool cases from the
early 1900s ie. Browne & Sharpe, L. S. Starrett, etc.

I don't think that thingie has anything to do with wine or any other
beverage... to me it appears to be some kind old medical instrument,
some sort of gas valve, something an MD or DDS would use in
administering an anesthetic

http://tinyurl.com/3ajvw2

It is a surgical tool. It is used to measure the thickness of the skulls of
people who spend all day cruising through Ebay to find things they can't
identify.

Sheldon said:

Mark Thorson said:

It appears to have a little valve in it.
And why is it in such a fancy box?

That box is very typical of precision machine tool cases from the
early 1900s ie. Browne & Sharpe, L. S. Starrett, etc.

Too bad the box it's in has nothing to do with the instrument
itself. The indentations in the box are clearly not for that
device, which has been put in randomly (facing left or right)
judging from the wear marks on the inside of the lid.

Clearly, that box was not designed for that piece.

The only thing I wonder about the wine/cork explanation, is that
this device seems to blunt on the end to drill through fragile
cork. It seems it would tear up the cork more than the
traditional corkscrew. And where does the excess cork go? Into
the wine, possibly clogging the dispenser.

It seems it would have to be pre-drilled for that device to be
useful as a wine dispensing tool.

-sw