Wine openers typically use stainless steel or other metals for the worm (corkscrew) and often for the body. Handles or decorative accents are commonly plastic, wood, or zinc on some models.
Waiter-style wine openers most commonly use a multi-turn stainless-steel worm—often described as a five-turn (5-turn) helix—to thread into and extract corks.
Many wine openers combine a double-hinged waiter’s lever with a five-turn corkscrew (worm) to provide leverage when extracting corks. Other designs add a bottle-opener end or a churchkey-style cap opener for pop-top and twist-off caps.
Common built-ins are a corkscrew worm and a foil cutter. Many models also include a bottle-cap opener, and some use an extendable or multi-wheel foil cutter for cleaner capsule removal.
Sizes vary: heights range from about 0.5 to 6.5 inches, and weights range from approximately 0.04 to 0.46 pounds.
Foil cutters include serrated blades, an integrated sharp fin-style cutter, and extendable multi-wheel (four-wheel) cutters for precise capsule removal.
Many openers also work on beer and soda bottles (pop-top and twist-off), canned beverages and other carbonated drinks; some listings also mention cider and other canned drinks.
