How to make a simple bottle opener

How to make a simple bottle opener

This is a quick and simple bottle opener. Cud be a quick

gift for someone or maybe you need one for yourself.

For this one, you will not really need anything 

special maybe a pair of round nose pliers.

And of course the standard heat, anvil and hammer.

And then a quick disclaimer before we start.

Don't do anything from this post if you

don't feel comfortable doing it, there is plenty of ways to

hurt yourself forging, so always use your eyes and head

and use proper safety equipment

I will make this one from a 200mm piece of 6mm rebar.

Let's start off by flattening 15-20mm at the end for the opener.

You want to flatten it to about half the thickness of the full material.

Then you want to bend it to a hook, for this I used my 

scrolling tongs/pliers, but you can really use any 

pair of pliers for this. 

The cool it off and try it on a bottle, you want it to grab the 

edge of the cap without catching onto the glass "lip" of 

the bottle. If it doesn't work just reheat and adjust until

you got a good fit.

Next, I decided to hammer down the ridges of the rebar a

bit to make it more comfortable, you cud leave them if you

want, doesn't really make a difference.

Next, I hammer out the other end to a taper, maybe 30mm long.

Now just heat up and bend it around the horn of the anvil
about half way.

I bend it about this far and then just close it up on the anvil.

And here it is all don. You can finish this one in many
different ways but spray lacquer will hold up the best

Here are 2 more styles with the same sort of opener, if you

like any of them better.

That is all for this post hope you liked it and maybe 

give it a go.