We are an authorized, direct-from-the-publisher retailer of NEW books. Our titles are ON HAND and available for immediate shipping. Table of Contents This book should be of interest not only to wine drinkers and corkscrew collectors, but the combination of corkscrews would also intrigue collectors of pocket knives, smokers tools, horsemans tools, gun tools, and other implements. Those interested in early metal work will find relevant discussions of techniques such as construction, chasing, gilding, applied work, and many others. Also includes extensive discussions on the evolution and controversy of the first corkscrew patent by Reverend Samuel Henshall, the mechanical corkscrew patented by Sir Edward Thomason in 1802, the development of French corkscrews, and notable achievements by Irish corkscrew makers such as Richard Singleton and Thomas Read.
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