We've had the same problem with occaisional bottles. We designate the
corker/capper to be the bottle moihel (sp?) as well. A utility knife held
flush onto to bottle top works well for us. Shrink-capsules cover the
surgery & no recipients has ever even mentioned it. It hasn't affected
storage either.


"Ronin" > wrote in message
ups.com...
> There's a dimpling of the corks (using a hand corker) that looks in a
> way that I can only describe as a foreskin. If I take a sharp knife
> and cut this off, am I doing any harm?
>
> I plan on shrinkwrapping the gifts, so it's not a huge deal, just
> annoying.
>