The champagne pattern is a multi-blade knife which carries a blade(s), a corkscrew and a short, claw-like “blade” with file teeth on its inner surface, called a “wire breaker.” Before the modern twist-off wire basket used today to retain the cork in a bottle of champagne, it was necessary to break the wire. Later champagne pattern knives (ca. 1900) often had a modified wire breaker which included a crown cap lifting hook. See: Champagne Knife.
Champagne Pattern
