long lever makes it easy; cork pulls out completely

Not sure if they even still have/sell these. I had an almost exact version of this made by someone else and loved it, years of service. There came a time when it would be nice to have another for a different location. My wife got me this one because I am such big Le Creuset fan, I have a large collection of virtually every type of item they have made over the years, all of it excellent ,even the first set I bought back in the early 80's are still working strong with my kids. This however lasted only a couple of month and gearing stripped as hard as that seems. This was a number of years back, I'm only here because I saw it going through old junk I should have tossed the other day and thought I would take a shot to see if I could source enough parts to try and make it sebvicable. Not looking goog

My LeverPull (previous branding name) has LASTED 27 YEARS... We received this as a wedding gift in January 1996 and still use this wine opener to this day. The opener still works perfectly, it is literally ageless.

I bought this set 3 years ago and it is wonderful. It takes some getting used to but it's great. I love that it come packaged in a really nice storage box.

The design of this wine bottle opener is great. However, the product did not hold up well. The handle broke off while we were using it resulting in red wine getting splattered all over our dining room - walls, rug, draperies, chairs - it was a mess. My experience with Le Creuset's product quality in the past has been very good, but they missed the mark on this one. Maybe it shouldn't be made of plastic??