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Big Ben shaped gypsum bottle opener with red shoes

## Big Ben with red shoes

View from the front

View from the back

Gypsum bottle opener in the shape of a **cartoony Big Ben**, leaning to the side, with **big red shoes**.

## Trivia

**Big Ben** is the nickname for the **Great Bell** of the striking clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster; the name is frequently extended to refer to both the clock and the clock tower. The official name of the tower in which Big Ben is located was originally the **Clock Tower**; it was renamed **Elizabeth Tower** in 2012 to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom.

The tower was designed by Augustus Pugin in a neo-Gothic style. When completed in 1859, its clock was the largest and most accurate four-faced striking and chiming clock in the world. The tower stands 316 feet (96 m) tall, and the climb from ground level to the belfry is 334 steps. Its base is square, measuring 40 feet (12 m) on each side. Dials of the clock are 22.5 feet (6.9 m) in diameter. All four nations of the UK are represented on the tower in shields featuring a rose for England, thistle for Scotland, shamrock for Northern Ireland, and leek for Wales.

## Story time

We got this bottle opener from the flee market in *Brașov* on 14/12/2019. When we found it the feet were missing. At that point we didn't know what was missing from the bottom, we only saw that some piece had been broken off. Thus we started searching the internet to see if we could find a picture with an intact opener. We were successful and immediately contacted our good friend, *J.Sz*., a restoration expert, who had previously helped us in restoring a number of broken bottle openers and other collectibles. He did an excellent job in recreating the feet and shoes of the opener, following the source material we provided him with. By 20/12/2019 the opener was back on the shelf along with the rest of our humanoid-shaped bottle openers.

This is how the opener looked before the restoration:

## See also

* Big Ben (Wikipedia)
* Other humanoid-shaped bottle openers in our collections
Chata Minciar Skalka / Kremnica glazed metal bottle opener with house / church

## Chata Minciar, Skalka, Kremnica

The front with the Chata Minciar Skalka inscription

The back with the Kremnica inscription

Round brass bottle opener with **image of a cottage** and the **Chata Minciar Skalka** inscription on the front and an **image of a church and the sun** with the inscription **Kremnica** on the back.

## Trivia

*Chata Minciar*,which translates to *Minciar Cottage*, is a hostel in the *Skalka Recreational Center* near *Kremnica*, Slovakia.

The building on the front of the opener is the cottage itself. The church shown on the backside of the opener is *St. Catherine´s church* in Kremnica.

## See also

* Skalka Recreational Center (Skalka Arena) (Slovak)
* Other brass bottle openers in our collection
* Other glazed bottle openers in our collection
Bottle opener with dark colored long wooden handle and brass colored ring around its neck

Bottle opener with **dark colored wooden handle**, a brass-colored ring around its neck and a *can piercer* at the top of its head. The handle becomes a bit thinner close to the neck, thus allowing for a better grip.

## Trivia

There are no markings on the opener and thus we weren't able to trace its origins so if *you* have any information about it, please share it with us!

## See also

* Bottle opener with ball-shaped wooden handle
* Other wooden bottle openers in our collection
Coat of arms of Walvis Bay / elephant round metal bottle opener

## Coat of arms of Walvis Bay

elephant

View from the side with the coat of arms of Walvis Bay

View from the side with the image of the elephant

Round metal souvenir bottle opener with **Walvis Baai-Bay** inscription in front of a blue background as well as the **coat of arms of Walvis Bay** on one side and an image of an **elephant** on the other side. The coat of arms contains a Latin text writing "*in utrumque paratus*", meaning "*prepared for both*". The background of the round area is ornate on both sides.

## Trivia

### Walvis Bay

**Walvis Bay** (EN: lit. *Whale Bay*) is a city in Namibia and the name of the bay on which it lies. It is the second largest city in Namibia and the largest coastal city in the country. The city covers a total area of 29 square kilometres of land. The bay is a safe haven for sea vessels because of its natural deepwater harbour, protected by the Pelican Point sand spit, being the only natural harbour of any size along the country's coast. Being rich in plankton and marine life, these waters also drew large numbers of southern right whales, attracting whalers and fishing vessels.

A succession of colonists developed the location and resources of this strategic harbour settlement. The harbour's value in relation to the sea route around the Cape of Good Hope had caught the attention of world powers since it was discovered by the outside world in 1485. This explains the complicated political status of Walvis Bay down the years.

### Coat of arms of Walvis Bay

The description of the coat of arms (crest) of Walvis Bay is as follows:

* **Arms**: Or, on a fess wavy Azure a barrulet wavy Argent, in chief a whale and in base a pelican, both proper.
* **Crest**: An anchor cabled erect, Sable.
* **Wreath and Mantling**: Or and Azure.
* **Supporters**: Two flamingoes proper.
* **Motto**: IN UTRUMQUE PARATUS

## See also

* Walvis Bay (Wikipedia)
* Description of the coat of arms of Walvis Bay from the Heraldry Wiki
* Amphora-shaped brass bottle opener with the twelve zodiac signs
* Other bottle openers with coats of arms in our collection
* Other souvenir bottle openers in our collection
* Other round metal bottle openers in our collection
Bergmilch church key opener

## Bergmilch

Bergmilch

**Bergmilch** church key opener.

"Bergmilch" translates to "*mountain milk*". We are currently not sure whether this bottle opener represents a separate brand, a specific product of a company or *Bergmilch* in general.

Bottle openers advertising milk brands are quite rare, with this one being one of the few examples in our collection.

## Trivia

There are no further markings on the opener and thus we weren't able to trace its origins so if *you* have any information about it, please share it with us!

## See also

* Church key openers
* Erzquell church key opener
* EVP 0,15 church key opener
Budweiser bar blade (metal, big logo)

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## Budweiser

**Budweiser** metal bar blade bottle opener with engraved logo. An inscription stating its country of origin (**China**) also appears on the opener.

There is a thumb hole at one end and a letterbox cut at the other to remove the crown seals from a bottle. The thumb hole may be used to pull bottles out of ice, by placing the hole over the neck of the bottle, then lifting it. The speed opener is widely used by professional bartenders all around the world.

## Gallery

There are a few similar bottle openers in our collection, another metal bar blade with a smaller logo and one with a red rubber handle:

This bottle opener, the Budweiser bar blade (metal, small logo) and the Budweiser FIFA 2010 bar blade (red rubber, painted).
## Trivia

**Budweiser** is an American-style pale lager produced by *Anheuser-Busch*, part of **AB InBev**. Introduced in 1876 by *Carl Conrad & Co.* of St. Louis, Missouri, Budweiser has become one of the largest-selling beers in the United States.

Internationally, Budweiser may also refer to an unrelated pale lager beer, originating in *České Budějovice*, Czech Republic (in German, *Budweis*) produced by the *Budějovický Budvar brewery*. The parallel existence of two separate brands with the same name has given rise to a series of trademark disputes between them. Usually, either Anheuser-Busch or Budějovický Budvar are granted the exclusive use of the *Budweiser* name in a given market. Anheuser-Busch commonly uses the *Bud* brand for its beer when *Budweiser* is not available. The AB lager is available in over 80 countries, though not under the Budweiser name where Anheuser-Busch does not own the trademark.

## See also

* Budweiser (Wikipedia)
* Budweiser website
* Budweiser bar blade (metal, small logo)
* Budweiser FIFA 2010 bar blade (red rubber, painted)
* Other bar blade bottle openers in our collection
Brass woman figure holding bottle opener above her head (straight legs)

## Brass woman (straight legs)

View from the front

View from the backside

Metal bottle opener in the shape of a **woman figure with straight legs** holding the opener part above her head. The opener is quite well detailed with lines for the facial features, hair, arms, spine and even the navel.

## Gallery

This opener shares similarities with a number of other openers in our collection:

Brass woman figure holding bottle opener above her head (crossed legs) (**NSFW**)Golden woman figure holding bottle opener above her head (**NSFW**)Silver woman figure holding bottle opener above her head (**NSFW**)
## See also

* Brass woman figure holding bottle opener above her head (crossed legs) (**NSFW**)
* Golden woman figure holding bottle opener above her head (**NSFW**)
* Silver woman figure holding bottle opener above her head (**NSFW**)
* Metal bottle opener in the shape of a woman in bikini (**NSFW**)
Cabana Scornicești small metal bottle opener (yellow)

## Cabana Scornicești

Small round metal bottle opener with **Cabana Scornicești** inscription and image of **the famous cabana of Nicolae Ceaușescu in Scornicești**. The opener is equipped with a small chain and an old-style keychain ring.

We bought this opener together with the Camel oval-shaped metal bottle opener from a seller in Bucharest who wouldn't send it through the mail, so our good friend, *C.O.* was kind enough to pick it up for us. Thank you!

## Trivia

*Nicolae Ceaușescu* (5 February 1918, Scornicești – 25 December 1989, Târgoviște) was a Romanian communist politician and dictator. He was the general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989, and the second and last Communist leader of Romania. He was also the country's head of state from 1967, serving as President of the State Council and from 1974 concurrently as President of the Republic, until his overthrow and execution in the Romanian Revolution in December 1989, part of a series of anti-Communist and anti-Soviet uprisings in Eastern Europe that year.

Ceaușescu was born in 1918 in Scornicești, Olt County. He regularly visited his native village and went hunting in the surrounding forests. There were a lot of cabanas built in the area to accommodate the family and acquaintances of the dictator, the most famous of which is the one located in his native village. Most of these cabanas have been privatized after the revolution and still function as accommodations for tourists to this day.

## See also

* Nicolae Ceaușescu (Wikipedia)
* Old blank metal bottle opener with sunray-like pattern
* Federația Română de Fotbal small metal bottle opener with football in front of a red-yellow-blue background
* Camel oval-shaped metal bottle opener
Apollinaris Selection transparent plastic bottle opener

## Apollinaris Selection

View from the front with the logo

View from he backside with a bottle of Apollinaris water

Transparent plastic bottle opener with **Apollinaris Selection** inscription. The backside shows a **bottle of Apollinaris water** with the logo of the company on its label.

## Trivia

### Apollinaris

**Apollinaris** is a German naturally sparkling mineral water, owned today by **The Coca-Cola Company**. The spring was discovered by chance in 1852 in *Georg Kreuzberg*’s vineyard, in Bad Neuenahr, Germany. He named it after *St Apollinaris of Ravenna*, a patron saint of wine.

The red triangle symbol and the slogan "*The Queen of Table Waters*" were adopted as trademarks in 1895. By 1913 the company was producing 40 million bottles a year, 90% of which were exported worldwide.

Coca Cola acquired it from the multinational *Cadbury-Schweppes* in 2006.

### Coca Cola

**Coca-Cola**, or **Coke**, is a carbonated soft drink manufactured by The Coca-Cola Company. Originally marketed as a temperance drink and intended as a patent medicine, it was invented in the late 19th century by *John Stith Pemberton* and was bought out by businessman *Asa Griggs Candler*, whose marketing tactics led Coca-Cola to its dominance of the world soft-drink market throughout the 20th century. The drink's name refers to two of its original ingredients: coca leaves, and kola nuts (a source of caffeine).

The current formula of Coca-Cola remains a trade secret; however, a variety of reported recipes and experimental recreations have been published. The company produces concentrate, which is then sold to licensed Coca-Cola bottlers throughout the world.

## See also

* Apollinaris (Wikipedia)
* Coca Cola website
* Apollinaris church key opener (ckC)
* Apollinaris church key opener (ckCB)
Bottle opener with long and wide but tapering wooden handle

**Bottle opener with long and wide but tapering wooden handle**. There is some minimal detail on the handle with its center part bulging upwards a few centimeters, following the outline of the handle.

## Trivia

There are no markings on the opener and thus we weren't able to trace its origins so if *you* have any information about it, please share it with us!

## See also

* Stainless steel bottle opener with large triangle-shaped multifunctional head, heart-shaped opener part and thin wooden handle
* Other bottle openers with wooden handles in our collection
Prologue

Preview

This is basically about a civil war between kids and, well, kids.. It started by two kids in 5th grade at school. Then, they made a club. Two people joined it. Then some more. Then some more. Then some more. And soon, over 100 kids were in the club. They called it a team, so more people could come in. The next thing you know, almost everyone in the whole school joined the club. Then, that’s where the adults come in. They said that the “club” was too big, and we weren’t supposed to make clubs there. Then, all the kids looked at each other and started mumbling about it. The two leaders, the ones who started the team, went up to the adults, and said that-------------

Read the story for the rest.
Beer crate shaped blue plastic bottle opener

## Blue plastic beer crate

View from the top

View from the bottom with the bottle opener part, the inscription and the logo

Blue plastic **beer crate** shaped bottle opener with 20 small beer bottles inside. The bottles are all part of a single piece of plastic and all the crown caps are painted with silver.

The shorter side has the inscription "**ha-ha Product**" with two identical logos between the two rows of text, all of these inside a circle. The underside of the crate has the inscription "**Made in Germany DBGM**" (DBGM stands for utility model,a patent-like intellectual property right to protect inventions) with the same logo as on the side underneath the text.

This opener was part of an order from *G.C.*

## Gallery

Side view of the longer sideSide view of the shorter side with the logos
Brij 't Hamerken Brugge hammer-shaped flat metal bottle opener

## Brij't Hamerken Brugge

Hammer-shaped flat metal bottle opener with **Brij 't Hamerken** / **Brugge** inscription. The text on the opener means " *'t Hamerken Brewery*" in English, the word "*Brij*" being the abbreviation of "*Brouwerij*", and it is shaped like the hammer in the coat of arms of the brewery. The opener also has a small hole at the end of its handle.

## Trivia

At the place where the **Brouwerij 't Hamerken** (EN: 't Hamerken Brewery) (later **Brouwerij De Gouden Boom**, EN: *De Gouden Boom Brewery*) was located, between Langestraat and Verbrand Nieuwland in Bruges, a certain *Jan Hugheins* was already brewing beer in 1455. In 1580 the name 't Hamerken first appeared as a rural house that was known as an inn, the owners of which can be found in registers from 1588 onwards. In 1770 't Hamerken was described as a distillery and inn.

In 1872, *Jules Vanneste* bought the building which, at that time, still housed the ‘t Hamerken distillery. In 1889, he took the step of definitively converting the distillery into a brewery. Soon, ‘t Hamerken top-fermentation beers became a household name in the Bruges area. In 1983, the brewery was dubbed DE GOUDEN BOOM. This name harks back to the marriage of *Margaret of York* to *Charles the Bold* in 1468, when the winner of the knights’ tournament was presented with a Golden Tree (“Gouden Boom”), the emblem of the city of Bruges, as a trophy.

The secret of the historic BRUGGE Tripel city beer and the STEENBRUGGE abbey beers, brewed by De Gouden Boom, is the “gruut” blend of herbs and spices used to enrich them. The “Gruuthuse” in Bruges, which can still be visited as a museum, maintained a monopoly on the sale of “gruut” until late into the century. In 2003, the Prior of St Peter’s Abbey in Steenbrugge licensed **Palm Breweries** to brew STEENBRUGGE abbey beers. He instructed Belgium’s leading family brewer to carefully preserve the legacy of St Arnold, whom the brewers took as their patron saint, for future generations. Palm Breweries solemnly promised to safeguard the unique, ancient recipe.

## See also

* Palm Breweries website
	+ De Gouden Boom website
* Brouwerij De Gouden Boom (Wikipedia) (Dutch)
* Other tool-shaped bottle openers in our collection
Beer crate shaped red plastic bottle opener

## Red plastic beer crate

View from the top

View from the bottom with the W. Germany inscription, the bottle opener and the "cork"

## Registry

### No. in colection

1450

Red plastic **beer crate** shaped bottle opener with 20 small beer bottles inside. The bottles are all part of a single piece of plastic and all the crown caps are painted with gold. The elongated half-circle-like indent on the bottom of the opener serves as a "**cork**".

A few different markings appear on the bottom of the opener: a **© (copyright) symbol**, the logo of the manufacturer, **Kosior / Kosion** (?), a **W. Germany** inscription and a few numbers (5941 and 1064) which are probably the numbers of the mold used to create the opener.

## See also

* Other beer crate-shaped bottle openers in our collection
Brass souvenir bottle opener with the Wawel Dragon and Kraków inscription

## Wawel Dragon

Brass bottle opener with **the Wawel Dragon** and **Kraków inscription**. The opener also has a keycahin ring at the top.

## Trivia

**Kraków** (written in English as **Krakow** and traditionally known as **Cracow**), is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Province, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 and has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, economic, cultural and artistic life. Cited as one of Europe's most beautiful cities, its Old Town was declared the first UNESCO World Heritage Site in the world.

The **Wawel Dragon** (Polish: *Smok Wawelski*), also known as the *Dragon of Wawel Hill*, is a famous dragon in Polish folklore. His lair was in a cave at the foot of Wawel Hill on the bank of the Vistula River. Wawel Hill is in Kraków, which was then the capital of Poland. It was defeated during the rule of *Krakus* by his sons.

## See also

* Brass souvenir bottle opener with the eagle of Poland and Polska inscription
* Other brass bottle openers in our collection
Bottle Openers Wiki

## About us

My father and I started collecting bottle openers in April 2017. Over the course of 6½ years we've gathered over 2950 different openers from more than 40 countries, and many of them have a story, some of which I will try to tell *You*!

We keep our collection on display in the boiler room of our house in Sfântu Gheorghe, Transylvania. The once empty walls are now home to our greatest collection.

I've kept a record of each opener since the very beginning, thus I can tell when and where each one is from. Thus we won't end up acquiring more than one of the same opener. However, there are some which are easier to identify with the use of images. I hope that *Fandom by Wikia* will not only be useful to others looking for a certain opener but for my father and I as well.

## Getting You started on the Wiki

Do you wish to find out more about an opener you own or wish to have? Are you interested in a certain shape of opener or a certain brand but you don't know where to start? We advise you to visit our page where we show you all the categories that will help you find the opener you are looking for!

## Favorite pages

Here you can find the pages we prefer the most.

* Get started
	+ Getting started (categories)
* Church key openers
	+ Gallery of all of our church key bottle openers
* List of all of our bottle openers in chronological order
	+ Gallery of all our bottle openers

## Rules

I will only post pictures of bottle openers that we own in our collection! Images sent by other users to be posted on the Wiki will not appear on separate pages.

I will be the only person able to edit the pages. This is because we want the Wiki to show only what we have in our collection. However, suggestions and information are always welcome, you can leave them in a comment under a certain page or send it to me via a message.

- *Péter Jr.*
Bottle opener with turquoise plastic handle

Bottle opener with **turquoise colored plastic handle**. There is a shinier strip of plastic in the handle underneath the neck of the opener with the rest of the plastic having a slightly rougher finish. There is also a large hole at the very end of the handle so that the bottle opener can be hung.

## Trivia

There are nor markings on the opener and thus we weren't able to trace its origins so if *you* have any information about it, please share it with us!

## See also

* Bottle opener with transparent plastic and dark grey rubber handle and ®MODEL inscription
* Bottle opener with aluminium head and white plastic handle
Autoteile Nüsser human-shaped white plastic bottle opener

## Autoteile Nüsser

Human-shaped white plastic bottle opener with black plastic shoes and blue colored inscription with **Autoteile Nüsser** logo and a few inscriptions: the location of the company (**Xanten, Leykamp 1**), phone number (**Tel. 0 28 01 / 9 85 05 44**) and fax number (**Fax 0 28 01 / 9 86 67 80**) underneath the logo, and a link to the company's website (**www.autoteile-nuesser.de**) at the very top of the opener.

## Trivia

**Autoteile Nüsser** is a car parts shop located at Leykamp in Xanten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, opened in May 2009. The shop moved to Europaplatz 2 in March 2017. The company offers wear parts, filters, oils, paints, care products, tools and carrier systems. The name of the company literally means "*Nüsser's Car Parts*".

## See also

* Autoteile Nüsser website (German)
* Other human-shaped bottle openers in our collection
Blank metal shoehorn with built-in bottle opener

View from the front

View from the backside

Blank metal **shoehorn** with built-in bottle opener.

## Trivia

There are no markings on the opener and thus we weren't able to trace it's origin so if *you* have any information about it, please share it with us!

## See also

* Multifunctional bottle openers
* Orthopädie-Kistner metal shoehorn with built-in bottle opener
Bärwurzerei Hieke Zwiesel white plastic bottle opener (fist)

## Bärwurzerei Hieke Zwiesel

View from the front with the logos

View from the backside which also serves as a "cork"

White plastic fist-shaped bottle opener with **Bärwurzerei Hieke Zwiesel** logo as well as the logo of the **Wolpertinger-Schau mit den sprechenden Bäumen** (EN: *Wolpertinger Show with the talking trees*). The backside of the opener also serves as a *cork*.

## Trivia

### Bayerwald Bärwurzerei Zwiesel Heinrich Hieke GmbH

" *Heinrich Hieke founded the **Bärwurzerei Hieke** in Zwiesel in 1949 together with his wife, Maria, in order to produce the real Hieke Bärwurz based on a traditional family recipe. Over the years, the recipe has been refined and improved, so that the real Hieke Bärwurz with its "green hunter's head" as a trademark is a quality term far beyond Bavaria.*

*From the small beginnings, a respectable family business soon developed, which, after moving twice, found its home on today's company premises on Frauenauer Strasse, in Zwiesel in 1979.*

*As the range has expanded steadily over the years, Bärwurzerei Hieke offers over 30 different alcoholic specialties, which still have to meet strict quality standards and are produced purely on a natural basis.* "

 - description from the *History* page of the Bärwurzerei Hieke website (German)

### Wolpertinger-Schau

" *The **Wolpertinger Show with the talking trees** is an exposition at the Bärwurzerei Hieke where visitors can learn all the secrets of Bavarian mythical creatures at seven stations. The topic ranges from the explanation of what a Wolpertinger is to the reproduction of Wolpertinger to Wolpertinger trapping and Wolpertinger secret breeding. Every visitor receives a Wolpertinger diploma together with their admission ticket, which identifies them as a Wolpertinger expert.* "

 - description from the *Wolpertinger-Schau* page of the Bärwurzerei Hieke website (German)

### Wolpertinger

In German folklore, a **Wolpertinger** is an animal said to inhabit the alpine forests of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It has a body comprising various animal parts — generally wings, antlers, tails and fangs, all attached to the body of a small mammal. The most widespread description portrays the Wolpertinger as having the head of a rabbit, the body of a squirrel, the antlers of a deer, and the wings and occasionally the legs of a pheasant.

## See also

* Fist-shaped plastic bottle openers
* Bärwurzerei Hieke Zwiesel website (German)
	+ More about the Wolpertinger-Schau (German)
* Wolpertinger (Wikipedia)
* Bärwurzerei Hieke Zwiesel black plastic bottle opener (fist)
* Bärwurzerei Hieke Zwiesel blue plastic bottle opener (fist)
* Bärwurzerei Hieke Zwiesel green plastic bottle opener (fist)
* Echter Hieke's Bayerwald Bärwurz white plastic bottle opener (fist)
Bottle opener with long, ornate wooden handle

Bottle opener with **long, ornate wooden handle**. The head of the opener also has a *can piercer*.

## Trivia

There are no markings on the opener and thus we weren't able to trace its origins so if *you* have any information about it, please share it with us!

## See also

* Other bottle openers with wooden handles in our collection
3 piece bar set consisting of bottle opener, can piercer and corkscrew inside their original orange cardboard box

## 3 piece Bar Set

### No. in colection

1723 & 1766(Technically the can piercer should be no. 1724 but we forgot to write it in our notebook and only noticed our error more than a month later.)

Set of **bottle opener**, *can piercer* and *corkscrew* with identical wooden handles inside of their original orange colored cardboard box. The cover of the box has some nice vintage art depicting the tools inside along with an inscription writing "**3 piece Bar Set**". Unfortunately a part of the cover was ripped off leaving behind a white spot.

Since the can piercer can also function as a bottle opener, we usually classify them as such in our collection.

## Trivia

There are no markings on the tools and thus we weren't able to trace their origins so if *you* have any information about them, please share it with us!

## See also

* Set of bottle opener, can piercer and corkscrew with wooden handles inside their original cardboard box
* Set of bottle opener and can piercer with identical wooden handles
* P.P.L. Pedrini Italy white plastic bottle opener with three holes in its handle
* Gehring-Universal bottle opener with long, tapering wooden handle
Blue-and-black dog head shaped wooden bottle opener with long spring attached at the top

## Blue-and-black dog with long spring

Blue and black painted **dog head** shaped wooden bottle opener. Its eyes are painted with white and black. It has ears made out of small pieces of leather as well as a pointy nose made of a separate piece of wood. There is a long black colored spring attached to the very top, reminiscent of children's toys, along with a tiny round bell.

We hung the opener from the ceiling in our collection room. In order for the spring to not stretch we inserted a copper wire with roughly the same length as the spring into it.

## See also

* Other animal-shaped bottle openers in our collection
Beer bottle shaped green wooden bottle opener (Cold Beer since 1967)

## Cold Beer since 1967

**Light green beer bottle shaped wooden bottle opener** with the inscription **Cold Beer since 1967**. A beer mug also appears under the inscription and the price tag of 10¢ appears in a black circle at the top of the opener. It also has a tie at the very top so that it can be hung.

This opener was a gift from *S.K.*

## See also

* Beer bottle shaped red wooden bottle opener (Premium Beer)
* Hungary, Budapest small metal souvenir opener
* Other beer bottle shaped bottle openers in our collection
* Surf board shaped bottle openers in our collection
Copper bottle opener with tiny dwarf holding its large phallus

## Dwarf with large phallus

Copper bottle opener with long handle at the top of which a **tiny dwarf** can be seen holding its large phallus. The opener is rather heavy and well detailed.

This opener was part of an exchange with *E.B.*

## Trivia

There are no markings on the bottle opener and thus we weren't able to trace its origins so if you have any information about it, please let us know!

## See also

* WIELICZKA / POLAND souvenir metal bottle opener with dwarf
* Other bottle openers made of copper in our collection
Brass colored aluminium bottle opener in the shape of a royal crown

## Royal crown

Brass-colored aluminium bottle opener in the shape of a **royal crown**. The backside of the opener is hallow, and due to it being made out of aluminium, it is extremely light in weight.

## Trivia

There are no markings on the opener and thus we weren't able to trace its origins so if *you* have any information about it, please share it with us!

## See also

* Brass bottle opener with royal crown inside a laurel wreath
* Other clothing-related bottle openers in our collection
* Other brass bottle openers in our collection
* Other aluminium bottle openers in our collection
Colop Stampile Express / JMA key-shaped metal bottle opener

## Colop Stampile Express

JMA

View from the side with the Colop Stampile Express logo

View from the side with the JMA logo

Key-shaped metal bottle opener with the logo of **Colop Stampile Express** and **the link to their website** (www.stampile.ro) on one side and the logo of **JMA** on the other side. The opener part itself is found in the blade of the key on the side where the biting cuts are supposed to be. The tip of the key is flattened on the side with the JMA logo and thus also functions as a *can opener*.

## Trivia

### Colop

The company **COLOP Stempelerzeugung Skopek GmbH & Co. KG** is an independent commercial company which deals with the development, production, assembly and distribution of modern stamp and marking devices. COLOP is regarded as one of the region's flagship companies and is a global player within the industry with an export rate of nearly 98 % and more than 120 export markets supplied on a regular basis.

**Colop Stampile Express** are a line of small stamp and marking device shops in Romania. Most of them also do key cutting, hence the key-shaped bottle opener as their way of advertising.

### JMA

SKS Ltd, trading as **JMA UK**, was established in 1972. During the late 70's the company started wholesaling keys from their locksmith premises in Harrow. By 1984 the wholesale side of the business had grown significantly making it necessary to separate it from the retail business and at the same time its partnership with JMA part of the Altuna Group was formed. Since then the company has continued to grow year on year to become the UK's largest key blank supplier with focus on the key and lock industry. In January 2017 JMA purchased SKS to become SKS | JMA and in June 2021 the company became JMA UK.

## See also

* Colop website
	+ Colop Stampile Express website (Romanian)
* JMA website
* Other key-shaped bottle openers in our collection
Amphora-shaped brass bottle opener with the twelve zodiac signs

## Amphora w/ the twelve zodiac signs

View from the front

View from the backside with a piece of the original price tag still visible

**Amphora**-shaped brass bottle opener with the symbols of the **twelve zodiac signs** (from up to down: left column: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo; right column: Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces) on its front. The backgrounds of the signs as well as some other parts of the amphora are painted with white, blue, dark and bright red. A piece of the original orange colored Israeli price tag is still visible on the blank blue painted backside of the opener.

## Trivia

In Western astrology, **astrological** or **zodiac signs** are the twelve 30-degree sectors that make up Earth's 360-degree orbit around the Sun. The signs enumerate from the first day of spring, known as the First Point of Aries, which is the vernal equinox. The astrological signs are *Aries*, *Taurus*, *Gemini*, *Cancer*, *Leo*, *Virgo*, *Libra*, *Scorpio*, *Sagittarius*, *Capricorn*, *Aquarius*, and *Pisces*. The Western zodiac originated in Babylonian astrology, and was later influenced by the Hellenistic culture. Each sign was named after a constellation the sun annually moved through while crossing the sky. This observation is emphasized in the simplified and popular sun sign astrology. Over the centuries, Western astrology's zodiacal divisions have shifted out of alignment with the constellations they were named after by axial precession of the Earth while Hindu astrology measurements correct for this shifting. Astrology was developed in Chinese and Tibetan cultures as well but these astrologies are not based upon the zodiac but deal with the whole sky.

## See also

* Zodiac signs (Wikipedia)
* Coat of arms of Walvis Bay / elephant round metal bottle opener
* Other brass bottle openers in our collection
* Other souvenir bottle openers in our collection
Brass bottle opener in the shape of a vicuna with Peru Vicuna inscription

## Peru Vicuna

Brass bottle opener in the shape of a **vicuna** with "**Peru Vicuna**" inscription.

## Trivia

The **vicuña** or **vicuna** is one of the two wild South American camelids which live in the high alpine areas of the Andes, the other being the *guanaco*. It is a relative of the llama, and is now believed to be the wild ancestor of domesticated alpacas, which are raised for their coats. Vicuñas produce small amounts of extremely fine wool, which is very expensive because the animal can only be shorn every three years and has to be caught from the wild. When knitted together, the product of the vicuña's wool is very soft and warm. The Inca valued vicuñas highly for their wool, and it was against the law for anyone but royalty to wear vicuña garments; today, the vicuña is the national animal of Peru and appears in the Peruvian coat of arms.

## See also

* Brass bottle opener in the shape of an alpaca with Cusco Peru inscription
* Brass bottle opener in the shape of a Native American with an axe
* Brass bottle opener in the shape of an Inca figure
* Hand-shaped long brass bottle opener
* Other bottle openers in the shape of animals in our collection
Bottle opener with transparent plastic and dark grey rubber handle and ®MODEL inscription

Bottle opener with **transparent plastic handle** which has a **dark grey rubber cover** on it. The inscription "**®MODEL**" appears twice underneath the neck of the opener, both in the plastic and in the rubber. There is also a large hole at the very end of the handle so that the bottle opener can be hung.

## Trivia

There are nor further markings on the opener and thus we weren't able to trace its origins so if *you* have any information about it, please share it with us!

## See also

* Bottle opener with turquoise plastic handle
* Bottle opener with aluminium head and white plastic handle
"Smile is the best makeup" beer bottle shaped orange metal bottle opener with smiley face

## Smile is the best makeup

Beer bottle shaped metal bottle opener with "**Smile is the best makeup**" inscription as well as a cross-eyed smiley. The design is printed into a thin layer of plastic which is applied with glue onto the metal base. The opener has a magnet on the backside.

## See also

* T-ÉVA dog tag shaped metal bottle opener
* Other beer bottle shaped bottle openers in our collection
Brass bottle opener with royal crown inside a laurel wreath

## Brass crown

Round brass bottle opener with **royal crown inside a laurel wreath**.

## Trivia

There are no markings on the opener and thus we weren't able to trace its origins so if *you* have any information about it, please share it with us!

## See also

* Brass colored aluminium bottle opener in the shape of a royal crown
* Brass bottle opener with bouquet of flowers
* Other clothing-related bottle openers in our collection
* Other brass bottle openers in our collection
Beer bottle shaped red wooden bottle opener (Premium Beer)

## Premium Beer

**Red beer bottle shaped wooden bottle opener** with the inscription **Premium Beer**. A hand holding a beer mug appears under the inscription. It also has a tie at the very top so that it can be hung.

This opener was a gift from *S.K.*

## See also

* Beer bottle shaped green wooden bottle opener (Cold Beer since 1967)
* Hungary, Budapest small metal souvenir opener
* Other beer bottle shaped bottle openers in our collection
* Surf board shaped bottle openers in our collection
Château Medoc wine bottle shaped multifunctional bottle opener

## Château Medoc

**Château Medoc** wine bottle shaped black plastic multifunctional bottle opener. "*Château*" means "*castle*" in French and *Médoc* is a region of France, known for it's wines.

The metal part on the head serves as a *clip*, similarly to what pens have at the end of their barrel, so that waiters can attach the opener to their shirt-pocket. The back hides the **bottle opener** as well as the **corkscrew**.

The sticker on the opener is meant to resemble a wine label. Some of the text on the sticker is:

**CHÂTEAU MEDOC**

**GRAND CRU**

**APPELATION CONTRÔLÉE**

**2001**

## Trivia

**Médoc** is a region of France, well known as a wine growing region, located on the left bank of the Gironde estuary, north of Bordeaux. Its name comes from *(Pagus) Medullicus*, or "country of the *Medulli*", the local Celtic tribe. The region owes its economic success mainly to the production of red wine; it is home to around 1,500 vineyards.

## Gallery

The backSide view with the corkscrew unfolded
## See also

* Médoc region (Wikipedia)
* Zsuzsi and Andris dolls collection transparent rectangle-shaped plastic bottle opener
* Other wine bottle shaped bottle openers in our collection
Brass bottle opener with aboriginal head (painted)

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Brass bottle opener with aboriginal head with custom paint

## Further information

### Notes

The base opener was painted with black and then decorated with other colors by the previous owner.

## Registry

### No. in colection

1078

**Brass bottle opener in the shape of an aboriginal head** with custom paint on it.

## Gallery

We also own an identical unpainted bottle opener and believe that this painted one was custom-made at home by someone.

Comparison of the painted opener and the base opener
## See also

* Brass bottle opener with aboriginal head
* Other brass bottle openers in our collection
Ahlsell rectangle-shaped white plastic bottle opener

## ahlsell

Rectangle-shaped white plastic bottle opener with **ahlsell** logo. The backside of the opener also serves as a "*cork*".

## Trivia

" *Ahlsell offers professional users a wide range of products and services in HVAC, VA, Electrical, Tools and Personal protective equipment. Ahlsell is the Nordic region's leading distributor within our area of ​​operation. In 2018, the group had approximately 5,700 employees.* "

 - description of Ahlsell from the *About us* page of the company's website (Norwegian)

## See also

* Nils Wathne Auto A.s. rectangle-shaped white plastic bottle opener
* Hotel Orbis Neptun Szczecin white plastic opener (fist)
* The Ahlsell website (Norwegian)
* Other rectangle-shaped plastic bottle openers in our collection
Bere Reghin old metal bottle opener

## Bere Reghin

**Bere Reghin** old metal bottle opener. The old logo of the brewery is visible at the bottom of the opener.

## Trivia

**"Silva" Reghin** was a Romanian beer brewed in Reghin, Romania. The brewery was built in 1974 and it was the first Romanian beer to be exported during the communist era of the country. It was the preferred beer of the leader of the communist party, *Nicolae Ceaușescu*.

In 1998 with the foundation of **Brau Union Romania**, the Romanian branch of the Austrian Brau Union corporation, the Reghin brewery was also acquired. In 2004 the production of beer at Reghin was permanently suspended. The building of the brewery became privately owned and is still intact.

Today, Silva beer is still being produced by Brau Union Romania, however only the name stayed the same with the recipe being changed and production being moved to several cities in Romania.

## See also

* Brau Union Romania (Wikipedia) (Romanian)
* Other metal bottle openers in our collection
Brass colored round metal souvenir bottle opener with Romania inscription and silhouette of the country in blue-yellow-red colors

## Romania silhouette

Brass-colored small round metal souvenir bottle opener with **Romania** inscription and the **silhouette of the country** in the colors of the Romanian flag (**blue-yellow-red**). There is a round transparent plastic dome-like cover over the insert in order to protect it.

The *four wiggly lines* over the silhouette are meant to represent the stamp applied by post offices to postcards, thus making the opener look more like a souvenir.

## See also

* Other souvenir bottle openers in our collection
* Other bottle openers with silhouettes of countries in our collection
Beer bottle shaped wall mounted wooden bottle opener with "Beer is cheaper than therapy" inscription

## Beer is cheaper than therapy

View from the front with the inscription

View from the backside with the price tag visible

Beer bottle shaped wall mounted wooden bottle opener with black colored "**Beer is cheaper then therapy**" inscription. Outlines for the crown cork and the neck of the bottle are also painted with black. The metal bottle opener part itself is held in place by two screws at its very top and bottom. Right behind it on the backside of the wooden base there is a hole for it to be hung on a wall. The price tag on the backside marks the country of origin as China with the retailer being based in Germany.

This opener was a gift from *I.D.*

## See also

* Other beer bottle shaped bottle openers in our collection
* Other wall mounted bottle openers in our collection
Black metal bottle opener with keychain ring and built-in whistle

## Black metal bottle opener + whistle

Tube-shaped black metal bottle opener with keychain ring and **built-in whistle**. The sound is created by blowing into the round end of the tube. The air exits in a small hole at the neck of the opener, thus creating the whistle sound.

We ordered this bottle opener from *AliExpress* for $0.15 .

## See also

* Multifunctional openers
* Other bottle openers with built-in whistles in our collection
Bottle opener with blank lime green plastic handle which goes around its head

Bottle opener with **blank lime green plastic handle** which goes around its head. There is a hole at the end of its handle so that it can be hung on a kitchen tool rack.

## Trivia

There are no markings on the opener and thus we weren't able to trace its origins so if *you* have any information about it, please share it with us!

## See also

* Bottle opener with blank white plastic handle
AEG multifunctional white plastic bottle opener

## AEG

Multifunctional white plastic bottle opener with unfolding *corkscrew* and *knife* and with red colored **AEG** logo. A text writing "**Made in W. Germany**" appears underneath the bigger indentation which allows the user to open the corkscrew, marking its country of origin. The smaller indentation on the right is the access for the knife, which has the word **ROSTFREI** (EN: *stainless*) at the bottom (only fully visible when folded out half-way).

## Gallery

With all features openedThe word ROSTFREI (*stainless*) appears on the knife
## Trivia

**AEG** (***A**llgemeine **E**lektricitäts-**G**esellschaft AG*, EN: "*General electricity company*") was a German producer of electrical equipment founded in 1883 in Berlin by *Emil Rathenau*. After World War II its headquarters moved to Frankfurt am Main.

AEG played an important role in the history of the German railways: the company was involved on the development and manufacture of the electrical parts of almost all German electric locomotive series and contributed to the introduction of electrical power in German railways.

After acquiring the AEG household subsidiary AEG Hausgeräte GmbH in 1994, in 2005 *Electrolux* obtained the rights to the brand name AEG, which it now uses on some of its products.

## See also

* Multifunctional openers
* AEG website
* AEG (Wikipedia)
* Actual multifunctional white plastic bottle opener
* Cassens multifunctional white plastic bottle opener
* Eurapid multifunctional white plastic bottle opener
* Hagos multifunctional white plastic bottle opener
America II Europe white plastic multifunctional bottle opener

## America II Europe

White plastic multifunctional bottle opener with the blue painted logo of **America II Europe** Ltd. The opener also has a *corkscrew* and a small *knife*.

## Trivia

" *America II partners with the world's top manufacturers and serves as a primary supplier for OEM and EMS customers around the world. With 4 billion parts in stock and ready to ship, America II is one of the world's largest distributors of semiconductors and electronic components.* "

 - description of the company from their webiste

## See also

* Multifunctional openers
* America II Europe website
Brass bottle opener in the shape of race horse and jockey

## Race horse and jockey 🏇

Brass bottle opener in the shape of a **race horse and jockey**. The lines and shapes on the opener are very detailed.

## Trivia

There are no markings on the opener and thus we weren't able to trace its origins so if *you* have any information about it, please share it with us!

## See also

* Other brass openers in our collection
* Other animal-shaped openers in our collection
3-in-1 red metal multifunctional bottle opener with flashlight

## 3-in-1

The opener with the accessories closed

Red metal **3-in-1 multifunctional bottle opener** with **flashlight** and **knife**.

The two accessories fold out to the sides. The flashlight can be turned on and off by turning the head sideways. The top of the head of the opener also has a ratcheted section. The words "*Stainless Steel*" appear right under the opener part. The red covering on is held in pace by four rivets on both sides.

## Gallery

With the two accessories opened to the sides
## See also

* All multifunctional openers
* Bottlepull dark blue plastic multifunctional bottle opener
* VEER metal bottle opener with lion head
Blank dark blue colored curved metal bottle opener

View from the top

View from the side

**Blank dark blue colored curved metal bottle opener**. There are no markings on the opener and thus we were not able to trace its origins.

This opener was part of an order from *R.T.*

## See also

* Stejar curved metal bottle opener
* Other curved metal bottle openers in our collection