Sabering Champagne - Anyone ever got hurt?
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 11:42 am
After seing a very stylish video of a French Monsieur sabering a bottle of champagne at the 2009 ProWein, I wanted to do this my self. And yes, of course this is decadent, totally useless and without any sense at all. But like some things in life once you saw it, you have to try it for yourself. So I searched youtube and quite surprisingly found lots of very instructive videos, it really is amazing what people do in their spare time...
Armed with protective glasses, clothing and gloves I "opened" six bottles of cheap sparkling wine - 2 € per bottle, terrible stuff, best to open it and throw it away so nobody hurts his liver.
It was much easier than I thought, using a big kitchen knife as a substitute since sabers are a rare species in our home. The tops came of with clean cuts, nobody got hurt and the whole things looks to easy to be true.
Would I would like to know from any of the board members is: How dangerous is this? Not in theory, but spoken from real life experience. Has anyone of you ever witnessed or experienced a harmful incident while sabering a bottle of champagne? How often does this happen?
I would like to come up with some estimation of risk in general, to make up my mind about an upcoming wedding in summer.
Any input is appreciated.
Thanks
Peter
Armed with protective glasses, clothing and gloves I "opened" six bottles of cheap sparkling wine - 2 € per bottle, terrible stuff, best to open it and throw it away so nobody hurts his liver.
It was much easier than I thought, using a big kitchen knife as a substitute since sabers are a rare species in our home. The tops came of with clean cuts, nobody got hurt and the whole things looks to easy to be true.
Would I would like to know from any of the board members is: How dangerous is this? Not in theory, but spoken from real life experience. Has anyone of you ever witnessed or experienced a harmful incident while sabering a bottle of champagne? How often does this happen?
I would like to come up with some estimation of risk in general, to make up my mind about an upcoming wedding in summer.
Any input is appreciated.
Thanks
Peter