The other "gizmo" we keep talking about was just called a bottle opener, right?
chuck wrote:
> I'm a little late following this thread, but all thru the '50s and '60s
> a "churchkey" was a flat metal do-hickey with a curved, pointed
> can opener on one end, and a slightly rounded and curved
> bottle opener on the other. The can opener pierced the top
> of the can near the rim, then made a wedge-shaped hole. The
> bottle opener hooked on the ridge of a glass bottle and pried off
> the metal bottle cap. I still need a churchkey for all the
> home brew I make, bottle, and consume.
>
> chuck
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