Home-made damascus cigar punch

whats up guys?
this is my first post here and i thought what better place to get a response to this?
being mired in southern il, i dont really get to hobknob with cigar folk as much as i like, so i end up having to explain every time, "well, it punches a hole in the end of the cigar..."
i just wanna see what everyone thinks of it

i've been smoking cigars for about a year
bought my first box of rjs at cigar.com
been studying blacksmithing for three to six years, depending on how you score it

as for the cutting ability, this may get a little technical...
the cutter itself is turned from one piece of damascus, with layers of mild steel and 1095
this was a sacrifice i had to make due to time constraints
idealy i would have removeable stainless cutting heads of different sizes
i dont expect the cutter to stay sharp for very long
but version 2.0 should be done this summer

if memory serves, it punches a hole 9/32"
no it is not pocket sized, i envision it next to my favorite chair, near the humidor
as for the bullet casing, i would almost go with a .308
it would seem to me that when punching, you would want almost as large an opening as when cutting (if im wrong here, someone let me know
so if i were punching a robusto at a 50 ring gauge, i would be looking for a hole of aroung a 30, which would be about a half inch
thats just what sounds right to me
but blackwater, deffinatly hit me up, always great to meet like minded people

dont we all!

i think mild would still hold up longer than brass
also, if you were really into it, you could heat up a steel casing red and quench it
that would give you a little more life
(note: doing the same with brass would soften it)