FREDRIK - Saber

Sword length 41 cm.

Opening a bottle of champagne with a sabre is both fun and entertaining. It will always be the highlight of any festive occasion.

The sabre is solely for the purpose of opening champagne bottles. It may not be sharpened. Maintain the sabre with a thin layer of acid-free oil on the edge of the blade.

A champagne sabre is a necessity for anyone wishing to open a bottle of champagne in style. You lead the sabre along the side of the bottle in a steady and precise movement, until it reaches the collar just under the cork. The trick is to hit the collar precisely where the glass has been fused together. You can see where it has been fused together by a thin line that runs down the entire bottle. When you hit the collar at precisely that spot, the pressure in the bottle will make the glass splinter, while at the same time all of the glass particles will be ejected together with the cork. The opening of a bottle of champagne with a sabre works best if the bottle is chilled.

When you use a sabre to open your champagne, you also ensure that the leftover yeast in the bottleneck/on the back of the cork comes out, instead of going into the bottle. As the champagne finishes its fermenting process in the bottle, there will always be some yeast left over in the bottle. This is totally harmless, however.

We recommend using the back of the blade (the thickest edge of the blade) when you open a bottle of champagne. This is to avoid nicks in the blade on the thin side (Napoleon also used the back of the sword, so the sharp side was always ready for battle).

Enjoy!

A champagne sabre is a household tool.