Why don't more people use punch cutters?

[Devil Doc]

In my experience, punch cutters promote the formation of tar. Some folks will disagree, vehemently. To each his own, until you get a mouthful.
Doc

[hed]

Until last week, I've only used punch cutters. Depending on the rg, I'd punch 1-3 overlapping holes. Now, as long as my guillotine blades remain sharp, I can't see using the punch much anymore. There are quite a few lighters that have built-in guillotines, but most I've seen are single-blade. Here's one with a double-blade though.

[badwhale]

In my experience, punch cutters promote the formation of tar. Some folks will disagree, vehemently. To each his own, until you get a mouthful.
Doc

I'm pretty much a Xikar guy. I have and use punch cutters, but like Doc's saying, you end up with tar a lot of the time. Not all the time, but a lot of the time.

Will

[CoventryCat86]

In my experience, punch cutters promote the formation of tar. Some folks will disagree, vehemently. To each his own, until you get a mouthful.
Doc

I used punch cutters for years and never had a problem until I started better cigars like Davidoffs, Opus X & Añejos. If you used a punch cutter on those cigars, at least 1/2 the time you'll get tar so I agree with Doc.

I still use a punch cutter for cheaper cigars but I usually use a cheap guillotine cutter on the more expensive cigars. I have found though that even if you get a tar build up on a cigar that you've used a punch on, you can cut it again with a guillotine and fix the problem.

[victory01]

Most of my sticks are pyramids, torpedoes, bellicosos...it's a mouth feel thing for me. I don't mind carrying a cutter on me. The punch that comes with some of my lighters don't have a stud or punch to eject what gets caught in the blade so I found that kind of annoying.

[Eville]

It's much harder to cut off the finger of someone who owes you money with a punch.

[hed]

It's much harder to cut off the finger of someone who owes you money with a punch.

LMAO My mind's eye can't shake that visualization. It has the makings of a good Mel Brooks mafia movie.

[VancouverMark]

I haven't had the tar issues with any cigars I have used my punch cutter with so far, but that number is hardly high enough to be considered a suitable sample size. I find my punch works better on cigars that have too loose of a draw with a guillotine cut. It seems to make the draw a bit tighter.

Mark

[botlJack]

Each individual cigar smoker, has their own go to cut method. I prefer to use the double blade guillotine cutters.