What are the five best innovative bottle openers?

Ever since the first metal caps were used as a sealing device to prevent leakage from glass bottles, there has been a requirement for quality purpose made bottle openers. At first, these were nothing more than knives adapted for use. To learn about the biggest innovations in the design of bottle openers, read the guide below for details about five of these devices.

Earliest bottle openers

The church key This type of bottle opener was designed for use mainly in a professional capacity and was dubbed as the original ‘bar blade’ for bar men and bar tenders to easily open bottles of beer for their customers. It was later adapted to be a fixed device onto vertical surfaces and had a removable tray to catch the bottle tops when they had been removed from the bottle. The most famous of this design was the Starr bottle opener. Solid metal openers These simple devices are shaped pieces of metal with a rectangular or circular opening in one end and a handle at the other. They are large enough to be able to be gripped between the thumb and forefingers. Inside the opening is a lip that is placed under the bottle cap and with the use of upward force, the top is removed. This small and very durable bottle opener is still widely used particularly in domestic use. Many people will have this type of opener attached to their key fob.

Newer or more modern designs

Bar blade The bar blade is a newer adaptation of the church key. It is a flat blade of steel around 4cm wide and 16cm in length. It has a hole at one end for the users thumb and a square-shaped opening at the other end for removing the bottle tops. These are often used professionally by bar staff in North America and the UK. IT Is a fast and convenient way to remove the caps from bottles. Multi-opener These openers were, as the name suggests, designed for more than one use. As opening bottles, they also had a corkscrew attachment to be used as wine bottle openers. Novelty and designer brands Many beer companies provide branded or novelty bottle openers to further promote the products that they sell. Some of the novelty openers are in belt buckles or an opener within the sole of footwear. Rings have been designed to be worn. They also function as bottle openers. Car or house keys shaped as bottle openers are also available.