Stuck cocktail shaker lid--help! - Tiki Drinks and Food

A Alnshely Member Oceanside CA Joined: Mar 24, 2002 Posts: 974	A Alnshely Posted posted on Sat, Aug 10, 2002 11:12 AM About 4 years ago Shelley bought an $80.00 Cocktail Shaker in New Orleans. We had the same trouble with the silver lid. When it got cold you could not remove the lid with a sledge hammer. Last year we saw an identical shaker with a rubber sealed lid for $10.00. The antique dealer had obviously taken a brand new retro looking shaker and added an old top. It makes sense, a metal top will outlast a glass shaker especially around people who are drinking. Shelley recently bought me a shaker in the shape of a zeppelin from Restoration Hardware. It would not seal. If you shook a cocktail in it, you would have cocktail all over you. We sent it back and got another one, it didn't work either. Maybe in days gone by it was a point of pride with craftsmen that whatever you made should work. Such an antiquated idea in this modern world. Al

About 4 years ago Shelley bought an $80.00 Cocktail Shaker in New Orleans. We had the same trouble with the silver lid. When it got cold you could not remove the lid with a sledge hammer. Last year we saw an identical shaker with a rubber sealed lid for $10.00. The antique dealer had obviously taken a brand new retro looking shaker and added an old top. It makes sense, a metal top will outlast a glass shaker especially around people who are drinking. Shelley recently bought me a shaker in the shape of a zeppelin from Restoration Hardware. It would not seal. If you shook a cocktail in it, you would have cocktail all over you. We sent it back and got another one, it didn't work either. Maybe in days gone by it was a point of pride with craftsmen that whatever you made should work. Such an antiquated idea in this modern world.
Al

Post #5523 by Alnshely on Sat, Aug 10, 2002 11:12 AM