Metrokane Golden Rabbit, Titanium

by Metrokane

Product Features

• Rabbit corkscrew made of all die-cast, triple-plated titanium gold
• Striking, limited-edition product
• Popular design pulls a cork in 3 seconds flat
• Ergonomic handle is comfortable and user-friendly; includes titanium gold foilcutter
• 10-year warranty

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 8 x 2.7 inches ; 2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00007G3NZ
• Item model number: 6019
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #159,098 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Designed specifically for people whose wine preferences lean more toward a $400 bottle of Château Margaux than a $2.99 bottle table wine, the award-winning Metrokane Golden Rabbit corkscrew is a treasure. The corkscrew is made of all die-cast, triple-plated titanium gold-- a special alloy that matches the luster of gold but with more durability. Even better for wine fans, it retains the feature that has made the Rabbit corkscrew so popular among enophiles--it pulls a cork in three seconds flat. The Rabbit features two gripping handles that latch on top of a wine bottle. A third top handle drives the corkscrew into the cork and then quickly removes it, just like that. Metrokane corkscrews are independently tested for 20,000 cork pulls; tests assume replacement of the spiral after 1,000 pulls. The design is ergonomic and easy to use, ensuring that neither hand cramps nor failed attempts to pop the cork will trouble the user. The Golden Rabbit comes with a die-cast, titanium gold-plated foil cutter, and carries a 10-year warranty. --Rivers Janssen

From the Manufacturer

The Rabbit is the best-known bunny since Bugs. And now Metrokane introduces the Golden Rabbit, with its all-die-cast metal, triple-plated titanium gold exterior. Titanium gold is a special alloy that matches the luster of gold plating but is much more durable. Combine that with the traditional Rabbit corkscrew design--the Rabbit is a user-friendly, ergonomic unit that pulls a cork in three seconds flat--and you have an innovative product that's not only functional, but that's also an attractive conversation starter. The Golden Rabbit comes with a die-cast metal, titanium gold-plated foil cutter.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Run Screaming, January 6, 2008

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J. Legrand "jl" (new orleans, LA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Metrokane Golden Rabbit, Titanium (Kitchen)

I have a metrokane rabbit. Pretty - Yes, worked well - Yes for about a year. Then the mechanism came apart. Metrokane WILL NOT stand behind their product for more than 12 months. Which I find amazing considering that a knock-off of the rabbit can be purchased for about $30. Buy a knock-off they work as just as well. Don't believe that the additional cost of the rabbit gives you a superior product.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars How to use the Metrokane Rabbit, March 2, 2008

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Stephen D. Ferris (Oldwick, NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Metrokane Golden Rabbit, Titanium (Kitchen)

From a design standpoint, this is a very good product. But the documentation is pathetic, and was clearly never tested with new / real users. There is no explanation of how it's supposed to work. That understanding is very helpful: with it, you'll never have trouble, and will marvel at the clever design. Let's get started.

Have a bottle of wine handy on which you've already used the supplied (and very good) little foil cutter to remove the foil over the cork.

Take the unit in your hand and look at the movable parts. The overhead lever that swings outward / downward and then is reversed / brought back over the top - moves the spiral corkscrew up and down. To see this, operate the overhead lever with one hand while holding the clamping "side handles" with the other. When you move the overhead handle the corkscrew rotates.

Why is the corkscrew turning? Because it's forced to do that as it goes through a "guide" (the metal collar with gray plastic center). The gray plastic piece has an internal spiral track that forces the corkscrew to rotate as it passes through.

Here's the critical point: as long as the guide mechanism is locked in place and can't move up or down, the guide forces the corkscrew to rotate when going through.

What if this guide were locked in place on the `down-stroke,' but could move vertically on the `up-stroke'? Then the guide would force the corkscrew to rotate on the way down (so the corkscrew would penetrate the cork), but the guide would stay attached to (and _not_ rotate) the corkscrew on the way up - thus pulling the cork.

When the unit is operated correctly this is exactly what happens. But how?

Look more closely: Before using the Rabbit's `side-handles' to hold the wine bottle neck, the guide is locked in place by two protruding spring-loaded latches and can't move vertically. Try it: it won't budge. (You can actually see these small latches projecting over the top of the guide and keeping it from moving - by looking in the area above and to the far rear of the guide, near the smooth rod.)

On the other hand, when the clamping handles are squeezed onto the neck of a bottle, these latches above the guide _retract_, releasing their hold on the guide so it can move upward.

Do this now: Take your bottle of wine and, with the overhead lever rotated to its fully outward / downward position, place the guide directly over the cork and grip the neck of the bottle _firmly_ with the clamping side handles.

Look at the latches described above: they have retracted, and no longer restrain the guide from moving upward. This has no effect during the down-stroke / cork penetration phase, since the guide is already as low as it can go. Because the guide can't move, it forces the corkscrew to rotate when you operate the overhead lever - thus penetrating the cork. Perform this down-stroke.

Now watch what happens when the overhead lever is pulled back to withdraw the cork (while you at the same time continue to grip the bottle neck firmly with the side levers). Because the guide can now move vertically with the corkscrew, it imposes no rotation on the corkscrew. The corkscrew stays inside the cork as the overhead lever is moved outward / downward, and the cork is extracted. Do it. You now have the cork out of the bottle, suspended above the bottle neck, and are still gripping the side handles around the bottle neck.

Release your hold on the side handles and move the Rabbit away from the bottle. The cork is still attached to the corkscrew. Re-grip the side handles with one hand and once again operate the overhead lever, bringing it all the way back to its fully closed position again (as if you were on the original down-stroke into the cork).

As you get to the very end of the stroke, you will feel resistance and will hear a click: the latches have snapped back into place over the top of the guide, locking it in place. The guide is once again `captured' - and cannot move vertically. The cork is still attached to the corkscrew.

Finally, move the overhead lever back yet again to its fully open position (as if pulling the cork from the bottle). This time the latches _don't_ retract (because you're not using the side handles to grip the bottle neck) - so the latches again keep the guide from moving, and this forces the corkscrew to rotate `in reverse' as it passes upward through the guide. The corkscrew backs out of the cork and the cork drops off. It takes all of a few seconds once you get the hang of it.

Understanding the operating principles should help. None of this is well explained (or, indeed, explained at all) in the almost non-existent documentation.

Steve Ferris

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent product, February 14, 2008

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Al Mayo "seahawks12" (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Metrokane Golden Rabbit, Titanium (Kitchen)

We'll, this is made of entirely die cast metals. With all other 'Rabbits', there are some components made of rubber and plastic...with this one no. And it is solid metal coated with Titanium (not "spray painted") and will not corrode as other metals will. I must admit that $200 is steep but I purchased mine as a Gold Box special for $99 and I absolutely love it! Also, this carries a ten year warranty which is 10 timess the standard warranty.