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Tiki Travel Tip no. 3 In France, pick up an Opinel number 10 tire-bouchon. It is the ideal picnic knife. It's got a proper blade, sharp enough for meats and large enough to cut fruit, but still small enough to carry in your pocket. The corkscrew works perfectly. It is a simple tool for a civilized picnic. So much better than dinking into your food with a cheese knife or trying to open a bottle of wine with the delicate twisty prong of a survivalist's chatelaine. Loathe multibladed knifes. If ever I am reduced to using the same tool to saw through branches and gut fish, I'll desperately need a functioning corkscrew which they never have. I'll be very disappointed if I'm straining bits of cork out through my teeth during a zombie apocalypse. For now, while we can still lay on a blanket in the grass and eat glamorous snacks, it's good to have this knife. It is simple, unpretentious, and neither more nor less than it needs to be. #tikitested #tikiapproved