I received an email the other day advertising this sabre.
The Authentic Laguiole Champagne Sabre.
This is the authentic French champagne sabre, first used by Napoleon’s army to open champagne bottles in dramatic fashion when celebrating battle victories. Handmade by a master cutler in Laguiole, France where sabres have been made since 1850, the blade is hand-forged from stainless steel and the edge is left blunt—ideal for separating the champagne bottle’s collar from the neck in one fell swoop. In the hands of a skilled sommelier, the sabre opens bottles with minimal loss of champagne, save for the initial celebratory spout when the bottle is struck.
I’m sure it’s a real bargain at $299.95 plus shipping and handling, but we don’t drink champagne, and even if we did I’m sure we don’t have the required expertise to use it. I do enjoy the Hammacher Schlemmer ads, though.
How do you celebrate your successes?
December 14, 2014
What success/es?
You clearly set the bar too high. I reward myself with a “Yay, Jean!” every time I do the least little thing. Life is way too short not to celebrate.
Do you celebrate anything?
Jenny and I celebrate our successes in the usual ways – a meal out, champagne, a theatre or cinema outing, buying some little luxury we wouldn’t normally buy etc.
I find the way to stop the champagne bursting out of the bottle is to put your finger on the top the moment the cork flies off, and then gradually let the fizz out until it’s all released. I don’t think I’ll try the sabre method – I’d probably end up chopping my finger off.
We thought the same thing about the sabre, but the idea does tickle our funny bone. I’ve never opened a bottle of champagne, but thanks for the tip just in case. One never knows.
i don’t have champagne often. and i don’t really say yay tammy very often i guess.
but . . . i think i continually live a celebratory life. i had such a terrible past two years with my health . . . one time very touch and go . . .
it’s kind of like a celebration every morning i wake up now. LOLOL.
seriously! i think about it every morning. just YAY life !!!
Yay, tammy! (I’ll say it for you.) And yay, life! I’m glad things are going better for you now.
we shared a bottle of low alcohol wine last evening – our finally night meeting for TnT group and we made it a dessert night – it was a pleasant interlude.
we also put SETS to bed for the Summer Recess, and in the fullness of time, when the wet/wintery weather glides away I will bank the last of the sales monies for 2014. We won’t be back officially until next February although myself and my offsider need to do the stocktake…
I don’t think they used a sabre to open the bottle but they did have some problems as it wasn’t a screw top affair
BTW: NZ has been advised by a computer joke, that “summer cannot be found” ….and today we have been given a re-run of thunder and probably lightning and an awful lot of rain!!!
“Summer cannot be found.” I love it! Thanks.
I’m glad you had a nice get together before the Summer break. It’s been a long time since I’ve gone to a party. I don’t miss them, but I like the idea of other people having them.