How do you review a bottle opener?
It works. Or it doesn’t. This one works.
But $19.95 for a bottle opener? That must be a political statement. Really. I don’t think you buy a “Beers not Bombs” bottle opener unless you want to make a political statement or are enthralled by the story about how they are made. A company called War to Peace fashions jewelry from Peace Bronze, an alloy taken from copper previously used for wiring in nuclear missile systems.
The bottle openers are the newest addition to its catalog and 20 percent of profits are donated to peace and social justice organizations: The Hunger Project; Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières; and the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.
Now the disclaimer: The folks at War to Peace sent me the bottle opener pictured. Had they simply sent a press release I likely would have mentioned “Beers not Bombs” in a bunch-o-links post rather than devoting 200 words to the topic. I’m passing this much along not to make a political statement or because I need another bottle opener, but because it’s an interesting story. One you might talk about over a beer, where discussions involving politics are encouraged.
Are the selling a depleated, non-radioactive Uranium bottle opener from unused or retired weapons? I’d pay 20 bucks for that one.
Either way Stan, you have people sending you free bottle openers in the mail—a $20 opener, at that. Cheers to you sir, cheers to you.
Derrick – Here’s the explanation about the copper cabling.
Derrick, could you imagine how heavy that would be? DU weighs 19.1 g/cm^3, copper is 8.94 g/cm^3. A DU bottle opener would be a heavy ass key chain and it probably wouldn’t be wise to keep it in your front pocket so near to your boys.