The Ultimate Corkscrew Book

by Donald A. Bull

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The Ultimate Corkscrew Book is divided into four parts. The categories, color photo counts, and object counts for each part are shown in the tables below. The book features:

In the Foreword, corkscrew expert Ron MacLean states "This volume is the armchair guide to corkscrews. By perusing the 3600 illustrated and documented examples, it is possible to gain an understanding of the diversity and creativity that occurred in the past several hundred years. Perhaps this book should more correctly be named 'Everyman's Guide to Corkscrews' as it covers the entire range of this twisted hobby!

The wisdom contained within these covers is mind boggling in both depth and scope. Don Bull has succeeded in accurately cataloguing and illustrating a variety of objects so diverse that many lesser mortals would have seen the task as impossible. His text covers a broad variety, from items of quantity to those of quality, from the mundane to the exquisitely rare.

This text will open the eyes of every devotee, from the novice to the true addict. In the end it may even cause the odd collector to abandon the search as a hopeless pursuit, but for most of us it will revitalize our energy and provide the motivation to hunt with even more fanaticism!"

Table of Contents

Part 1 - Eclectic Corkscrews

Category Color Photos Objects Pictured
Advertising 8 20
American Ideas 9 42
Art 11 92
Barscrews 20 24
Bows 11 125
Can Openers 9 61
Celluloid 5 37
Champagne Taps & Tools 11 60
Clough Affairs 1 9
Clough Stuff 9 99
Codd Pieces 2 10
Coffee Grinders 1 2
Finger Pulls 11 72
Flynut 7 22
Frame - Bearing 3 13
Frame-Columbus 3 12
Frame - Locking Handle 6 27
Frame - Open 10 26
Frame- Ornate 4 11
Frame - Simple 3 11
Funnels, Jiggers & Shakers 8 48
Health & Home 14 100
Lazy Tongs 5 23
Lever - Double 24 67
Lever - Single 5 13
Metal "T" Handles 4 28
Mid-Size 3 40
Miniatures 3 64
Needle 3 11
Peg &Worm 4 56
Picnic 15 137
Plastic 13 56
Pocket - Collapsing 2 8
Pocket - Folding 8 69
Pocket - Slide-Out 1 9
Prong Pullers & Retrievers 7 50
Rack & Pinion 6 20
Roundlets 25 200
Sardine Keys 2 11
Scissors, Grippers & Snippers 3 14
Sheath 6 19
Silver 12 60
Smokers' Tools 14 62
Springs 7 24
Stoppers & Toppers 5 17
Tableware 5 24
Thomason 4 12
Tools 12 47
Tusk, Bone & Horn 10 71
Tusk, Bone & Horn - Carvings 15 19
Waiter's Friends 16 29
Walker & Williamson 8 26
Wallmount 3 11
Whistles 1 7
Williamson's Opens Everything 7 49
Wood 15 100
Wood & Other Double Action 3 11
Just a Few More 12 38
Total 469 2587

Part 2 - Figural Corkscrews

Category Color Photos Objects Pictured
Anchors 2 12
Anri 11 51
Bottles 5 26
Brussel's Spout 10 28
Bulldogs 3 10
Bulls 4 31
Cats & Mice 6 18
Cellar Keys 5 28
Dogs 12 61
Feathered Friends 9 29
Fish 4 22
Golf 7 15
Hands & Feet 2 10
Horses 7 17
Jolly Old Topper 1 5
Kirby 11 26
People 16 56
Pigs 7 16
Pistols 1 6
Sailing 4 10
Serpent 3 1
Syroco 6 19
Wild Kingdom 8 26
A Few More Figurals 12 42
Total 156 565

Part 3 - Corkscrew Knives

Category Color Photos Objects Pictured
Advertising 5 59
Bottles 2 21
Canteen 8 31
Decorative 6 45
Gentleman's 4 49
Horseman's 1 12
Ivory, Bone & Horn 3 50
Korn's Patent 3 9
Legs 2 19
Mechanical 7 45
Miniature 2 34
Mother-of-Pearl 5 25
Shell Extractors 1 10
Stag 7 30
More Knives 11 38
Total 67 477

Part 4 - Miscellaneous

Category Color Photos Objects Pictured
(A Surprise Category) 8 16
Go-Withs 20 57
Taps, Sizers & Corkers 10 31
Not Corkscrews 7 23
Corkscrew Places 6 0
Roller Coasters 1 0
Corkscrew Trivia 0 0
Total 52 127

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