Corkscrew

“From the first half of the last century. The next time you reach for a corkscrew, remember that it is not just an elegant gadget from the kitchen drawer or a neutral tool for opening bottles. You are holding an object with a long and harshly practical history, a spiral that was not created for pleasure, but for survival. The shape that is associated today with wine, conversation and a peaceful evening once served a much more dramatic purpose: freeing a bullet from a clogged musket barrel.”

Peeter Pere