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bpuls Offline
#1 Posted: Tue, Mar 18 2008, 6:14 AM EST
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Guillotine,Punch, Scissors, v cutter, teeth?
Sboecker1 Offline
#2 Posted: Tue, Mar 18 2008, 6:19 AM EST
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Guillotine
Thunder.Gerbil Offline
#3 Posted: Tue, Mar 18 2008, 6:25 AM EST
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sawzall
pacman357 Offline
#4 Posted: Tue, Mar 18 2008, 6:45 AM EST
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Chainsaw.
ms58103 Offline
#5 Posted: Tue, Mar 18 2008, 6:49 AM EST
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I'm fond of a punch cutter, but only because I don't have access to a good v cutter. I need to get one. I've had the pleasure of using a good v-cutter several times, definitely makes for a nice draw.

-Mike
Oregonite Offline
#6 Posted: Tue, Mar 18 2008, 6:57 AM EST
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I got the "Visol compact 3 size all in one cigar punch" for a gift and I love it. The largest punch is larger than most and works well for larger ring guage cigars.
maddman Offline
#7 Posted: Tue, Mar 18 2008, 6:59 AM EST
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The Jewish Cigar Guy uses a Mohel!
Torpedo1 Offline
#8 Posted: Tue, Mar 18 2008, 7:53 AM EST
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I got a new Compound Miter Saw so, that would be my prefered method until I get a table saw and can use HOG's homemade Jig plans... Although if I am inside, I prefer Henkle over my Wustoff's, unless we are talking pizza. Then I use the 4 sided cheese grater.
jrupertnh Offline
#9 Posted: Tue, Mar 18 2008, 8:05 AM EST
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Victorinox
Grampa Offline
#10 Posted: Tue, Mar 18 2008, 8:16 AM EST
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I think there are a few threads that address this but.... Anything but a torp or perfecto gets a punch from me. I have a Xikar punch and double gillo, love them both.

Gramps
richokeeffe Offline
#11 Posted: Tue, Mar 18 2008, 9:11 AM EST
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I like using Japanees steel. A beautiful Hatori Hanzo blade
engletl Offline
#12 Posted: Tue, Mar 18 2008, 9:19 AM EST
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I just tell andytv that there is a ninja under the cap of the cigar and he chops the end off with his kitana
jackconrad Offline
#13 Posted: Tue, Mar 18 2008, 9:33 AM EST
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BrillKill Offline
#14 Posted: Tue, Mar 18 2008, 10:03 AM EST
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I'm with Gramps, punch is the superior method IMO. Torps get the business end of my Xikar scissors.
Slowburning Offline
#15 Posted: Tue, Mar 18 2008, 10:05 AM EST
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Missionery
tweinstock Offline
#16 Posted: Tue, Mar 18 2008, 10:08 AM EST
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Xicar is da shiznit
kms Offline
#17 Posted: Tue, Mar 18 2008, 10:30 AM EST
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Punch, for pretty much everything, except torps and similar pointed sticks...then it's the xicar.

Unless there's a tight draw, in which case I will cut once it tightens up on me. Nothing is more of a smoke killer than a tight draw.
rfenst Online
#18 Posted: Tue, Mar 18 2008, 10:35 AM EST
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Author: ms58103

You can buy disposables cheap here on Cbid. They work fine too!
Russiancrusher Offline
#19 Posted: Tue, Mar 18 2008, 10:55 AM EST
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#13:

As a Podiatrist and foot surgeon, I noticed right away that each foot was missing a toe...punch, guillo., V-cut ? I use a scapel. It's sharp and always a clean cut.
sw48362 Offline
#20 Posted: Tue, Mar 18 2008, 10:58 AM EST
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Meat cleaver
pacman357 Offline
#21 Posted: Tue, Mar 18 2008, 10:59 AM EST
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#11 Oh, so you'd be General, huh? If you were General, I'd be Emperor, and you'd STILL get the sake. So shut up and get the sake.
surfish1961 Offline
#22 Posted: Tue, Mar 18 2008, 11:04 AM EST
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50 ring and up, punch. 48 ring and smaller, torpedos, perfectos, etc., cut. Never V-notch. Something wrong with that, I don't know. Guess it's a matter of preference.
pabloescabar Offline
#23 Posted: Tue, Mar 18 2008, 4:02 PM EST
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...teets
heynow5151 Offline
#24 Posted: Tue, Mar 18 2008, 4:18 PM EST
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I don't bother anymore. I just light them and suck really hard and throw them away. Then I post that these smokes are always plugged or say my humidity is to high or something........
neopuritan Offline
#25 Posted: Tue, Mar 18 2008, 6:22 PM EST
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Leatherman.
hotdog64 Offline
#26 Posted: Tue, Mar 18 2008, 8:05 PM EST
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OMG You're supposed to cut or punch your cigars?!?!?!?
panama red Offline
#27 Posted: Wed, Mar 19 2008, 4:45 AM EST
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Hotdog,so you're the guy thats always complaining about

draw issues ?

Only a complete barbarian would chew the end off prior

to lighting, Nick Perdomo addressed this once.
JDELLLL Offline
#28 Posted: Wed, Mar 19 2008, 5:40 AM EST
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I have a trained river otter and I just have him bite the end off for me. Nice clean cut even if a little wet.
Palama Offline
#29 Posted: Thu, Nov 30 2023, 1:43 PM EST
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Preferred cuts:

Guillotine for 42 or less RG and tapered heads like torpedoes

V-cut for everything else. “Regular” v-cutter up to 52 RG, Xikar V2 for larger sizes. Also have a Colibri v-cutter that I use only for 56-58 RG and larger cigars.
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#30 Posted: Thu, Nov 30 2023, 6:04 PM EST
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Straight cuts on ones with a tapered heads (belicosos, chisel, perfecto, torpedo...). V-cut on others. Had a punch on my key ring in case I forgot a cutter while on the road but it fell off somewhere sometime ago.
tonygraz Offline
#31 Posted: Thu, Nov 30 2023, 7:34 PM EST
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Punch or in the garden, pruning shears.
Plowboy221 Offline
#32 Posted: Thu, Nov 30 2023, 7:38 PM EST
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Doggy Style
LeeBot Offline
#33 Posted: Thu, Nov 30 2023, 10:17 PM EST
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Usually a punch. I dig my Xikar 11mm on most parejos, but I'll straight cut lanceros, maybe coronas. I'll also use a smaller punch sometimes if the cigar feels light and like the draw will be too open. I started doing that months ago and dig it. It also helps to restrict the draw some on larger ring gauges. If I'm wrong, I just punch around the edges of the first hole and open it up more.

Going to check out v cuts more. I haven't often used them, not sure what it will add. I have some cheap v cutters, might should invest in something better.

As far as teeth, I have opened MANY a parejos with my teeth. You don't "bite" necessarily, and you certainly shouldn't chew. You just kind of scrape the top of the cap off with your teeth. Once you get the hang of it, it's easy, efficient, and you always have a cutter with you. They've already cut the cigar for you at the factory. You just need to remove the end piece.
stogie30 Offline
#34 Posted: Mon, Dec 4 2023, 3:18 PM EST
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Feel like the finger nail method is underrated. Just dig your nails in turn the cigar a bit and pinch a section out. You can get a pretty decent wider punch style cut.
Jakethesnake86 Offline
#35 Posted: Mon, Dec 4 2023, 5:20 PM EST
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4-1/2 inch angle grinder with a cutoff wheel
delta1 Offline
#36 Posted: Mon, Dec 4 2023, 5:49 PM EST
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Cuban Crafters guillotine for torps, belis, rat tails, which fit into the hole of the back of the cutter, and other shaped heads and RG > 54 (which I rarely smoke). Xikar V Cutter for most others. Keep a couple of small, lightweight pocket friendly cutters in the car: punch and a ScrewPop (hybrid scissor/guillotine).
Palama Offline
#37 Posted: Wed, Dec 6 2023, 3:01 PM EST
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delta1 wrote:
Cuban Crafters guillotine for torps, belis, rat tails, which fit into the hole of the back of the cutter, and other shaped heads and RG > 54 (which I rarely smoke). Xikar V Cutter for most others. Keep a couple of small, lightweight pocket friendly cutters in the car: punch and a ScrewPop (hybrid scissor/guillotine).


Before I got a Xikar VX2 and the Colibri v-cutter, I used to do an “X” cut on bigger RG smokes.

And yah, I rarely smoke anything over 54 RG so those two cutters were more “gotta have the new shiny toy” than a practical reason. But, they work GREAT for when I need ‘um.
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