Hello Hello, the thread with the open heart is great and keeps several years. Unfortunately, breaking the lower part after almost a year under the stresses of modern plastic cork: The sit so tight in there, that the material breaks down after a while tired and just in the middle, because you do not always exactly the cork meets centrally even with great care. I like to have used for many years, these stylish Kokenzieher, but who has frequently draw plastic corks, today is experiencing the limits of this model. For classical cork itself for long, old and brittle corks (cork !!!) this puller is perfect and doing a good job. Today the lower part of the Le Creuset me is broken, I had used up my 15 year old Crewpull. Off-circuit and over ... This is only nostalgia and the manufacturer must recognize that urgently needs to be improved in the material.