Preferred cutting method
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Mostly just use a punch, except for torpedos and narrow heads where the guillotine cutter comes out.
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Same for me, although I do like a punch cut also.
Stealth, that is a cool looking cut. I'll need to try that.
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I was mostly a guillotine cutter user as well. I lost my carbon fiber Xi3 last fall and had to resort to alternative methods. I got a shuriken cutter ( http://www.famous-smoke.com/shuriken+i+draw+technology+cutter+black+plastic/item+36068 ) from CI last year sometime and was using that and lightning struck my brain (ouch). I thought, why not just use a knife to make the cuts? The shuriken cutter was ok but it got messy at times.
That criss-cross cut with the knife opened up like that naturally, not as a result of squeezing or biting the stick.
I did eventually find the CF Xi3 (under the couch where my daughter dropped it) and still use it on occasion for the oddball sizes (torpedoes, perfectos, pigtails etc).
That criss-cross cut with the knife opened up like that naturally, not as a result of squeezing or biting the stick.
I did eventually find the CF Xi3 (under the couch where my daughter dropped it) and still use it on occasion for the oddball sizes (torpedoes, perfectos, pigtails etc).
I recently smoked a cigar with a chisel head and used a guillotine cutter. It came out alright, but I wonder if there is any alternative ways.
My daughter smokes a lot of chisels and she takes her kitchen knife (she's a chef) and stabs it. She does that with most cigars though.
I use whatever will work best... I use a v-cutter most because I work for a cigar retailer and v-cutters just lying around everywhere. BUT there are times when the v-cut does not work as well as a straight cut. In my experience... the larger the gauge cigar, the better a straight cut works.
I just received a gift certificate to JR Cigars from one of my clients, so I picked up a nice V Cutter (and a cheap lighter.) I am really curious to see how it works.
Thanks JamesM for the hint on the ring gauges - I was planning to smoke a corona soon so I will break it in.
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Thanks JamesM for the hint on the ring gauges - I was planning to smoke a corona soon so I will break it in.
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Today I punched an Assylum 13 sixty and got a bitter taste early in the smoke, so I clipped the head of the cigar and the bitterness went away. The area where it was punched had turned rather black and I had heard before that some cigars that produce heavy tar need to be clipped so as not to concentrate that tar. It was a first experience for me and I'll be clipping the next 2 I smoke. I've also picked up a v-cutter, but have yet to use it.
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Somewhere down in Texas
I broke out the v-cutter a week or two ago and tried it out on 2 cigars. I think it has a slight draw advantage over the punch, but did not keep the cap intact for the duration of the cigar smoked as others have said. I will keep it around and try to use it on those cigars where the punch only generally removed a small layer of the cap.