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Sabering Hall of Fame! |
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Here we are at the Best Chefs Competition in Worcester. Many photographers tried that night, but only one caught the cork in midflight! |
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... and can you believe this guy wanted to do it blindfolded! |
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I was telling the story in a party a year later and
someone piped in 'that was me'!! Ben Getchell and I are now facebook friends! |
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| I was standing a little too close that time, but everything went well, which is more than I can say for the following!! It was a great event at the Higgins Armory. I sang a drinking song with the concertina and chose my first guineapig! | ||
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| And then the big guy came up! Stupidly, I held the slippery bottle for him, and he hit the side with the hilt. See the cork flying down bottom right, and I had a dry cleaning bill! | ||
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Action shots by Photos by James Urshkurnis - jimuphotography@hotmail.com |
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They either spray
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... or they foam! |
And some go off prematurely to great laughs from the crowd! |
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| I do enjoy the part where I knight the new sabreur - here I am with the third most powerful Freemason on his knees - Thanks to The Grand Master of Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. | Don't feel so cool - my son sabered a bottle aged 5! I entered his name into the Guinness book of World Records! | |
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We got into the local paper with this one from the Higgins where we sabered 20 bottles in one night! I ended up with a case of undrunk champagne and .. long story! |
Great story of nearly losing Steve Diossi's superbowl ring after he sabered. | |
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Here is Chris Rule from the Intercontinental using a saber that was worth $30,000!!! |
And Here is
Domenic Mecurio sabering with a $25 blade and a $3,000 suit!!! |
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This is the fancy certificate you receive and pin and brass cufflinks! | |
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Here we are in Best Chefs the year before. I am in my velvet suit ready for an Absinthe tasting! (see absinthe site!) |
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| Next How I was made a Maitre_Sabre | ||
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| PS A note to Bill Gates and his Word spell check that converts my friend Hanneke into Heineken, but then takes all the fun out of sabering by changing it to SOBERING!! | ||
| Here are some sabering pics from the Emeril's classic website. | ||
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| More Sabering Photos here! | ||
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Here
is my favourite foam so far, drinking rum in Bermuda with Malcolm
Gosling .
