Original sentence: Allow a little of the spray to spill out in order to wash away potential glass splinters; make sure you have a glass ready to catch the champagne.The jolt will break the bottle and its tip will fly away.With the arm that is holding the bottle fully extended, slide the blade along the seam of the bottle until it hits the lip of the bottleneck
Edited sentence: Allow a little of the spray to spill out in order to wash away potential glass splinters though generally the internal pressure, released as the top is blown clear, blows any such splinters away ; make sure you have a glass ready to catch the champagne.Because the UK, which takes over one third (some 30m bottles per annum, - the Champagne Trade Body (CIVIC) 2007) of all the Champagne produced , is the largest market for Champagne outside of France, it is also it is possible for British sabreurs to receive a certificate from the French Embassy and become a Chevalier de Sabrage, see:-.New Sabre Briquets can be found at:-.Officer's sabres, even infantry ones, are longer with 32" - 36" blades and some cavalry sabres have blades as long as 40".Sabre Briquets are still made for ceremonial purposes and also for Sabrage.See the slightly humorous instructional video at:-.The jolt will break the bottle and its whole top still with cork fixed will fly away.The traditional saber or sabre (UK and France) that is used nowadays in Sabrage is the Napoleonic Guard Infantry Sabre Briquet; this is a short sabre sometimes referred to as a "hanger" because it hung at the infantryman's side as a secondary weapon, - it has a short 21" - 23" blade so that it would not trip him up when fighting with the primary weapon of musket and bayonet.This latter point makes them ideal for sabrage as due to the momentum, even a moderately fast slide of the sabre blade along the neck will detach the annulus and cork.Unlike officers' or cavalrymen's sabres they have solid cast brass handles with no leather covering to the grip and the blades are also quite heavy considering the shortness.With the arm that is holding the bottle fully extended, slide the blade along the seam of the bottle until it hits the lip, collar or annulus (French anulus)  of the bottleneck