The other day a photo was emailed to me containing a rather unusual Clough Corkscrew. I know there are dozens of variations, but this one was definitely one I’ve never seen before. It was a direct pull corkscrew with a finger hole in the shank? Maybe some of you other seasoned collectors have seen this before or better yet have a couple in your collection, but I’ve got neither! So cool!!
So a couple days later I was cruising our favorite auction site and something caught my eye. It was a direct pull with a single wire finger loop!! Even better it had a BIN already set for me to snap up! I could barely look twice I was so excited! Click! Click! Pay Now. Click! Yes! Score!!
After securing my goods via PayPal, I went back for a closer inspection of my latest and greatest. Turns out that it might not exactly be what I thought it was…. Shoulda’ saved that $22.50 for a Flash….

