ladelfina
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I Googled around but couldn't come up with anything that would help me ascertain the purpose behind a small thin folded metal strip that sits in a little slot inside the metal handle of a two-stage waiter's-type folding corkscrew I bought. The brand is Fackelmann but their web site doesn't show this model.
It's not part of the opening mechanism and is definitely made to be removed; in fact, it tends to slide out a bit -- annoying. At first glance, you might think it was a kind of tiny tweezer but the ends tend to diverge rather than come together; there's nothing at the apex but the fold of the metal. It's about 1/16" (2mm) wide and 1 1/2"-2" long.
I'm stumped!
It's not part of the opening mechanism and is definitely made to be removed; in fact, it tends to slide out a bit -- annoying. At first glance, you might think it was a kind of tiny tweezer but the ends tend to diverge rather than come together; there's nothing at the apex but the fold of the metal. It's about 1/16" (2mm) wide and 1 1/2"-2" long.
I'm stumped!