From a clergyman's patent to the keyring
The first patent for a corkscrew was granted in England in 1795 to the Reverend Samuel Henshall, whose design added a small disc above the spiral so the cork would turn and break its seal. Through the nineteenth century, inventors produced hundreds of variations, and in 1882 the German Karl Wienke patented the folding lever model now known as the waiter's friend, with a small blade for the foil.
Putting blade and spiral in one folding body is the idea this keychain carries on. Its glossy black wood handle, brass bolster, 4.6 cm stainless blade and fold-out corkscrew make it one of the sleekest keychains made in Pakistan in our range, and a fitting descendant of those old pocket tools.
