New Member Cutting Techniques

[craig]

IIRC, the quote is, "a gentleman never relights his cigar after it is two-thirds smoked."

(I realize that many cigars taste like sh*t when re-lit, but I haven't had that experience relighting milder Cubans. I'm not saying that they taste the same, but they don't taste bad to me. YMMV.)

[FindingRelevance]

I have never truly enjoyed the V-Cut. I am personally a punch kind of guy. Yet, on bigger gauges, I will use the double-blade, or Guillotine. I, also, smoke mine down to the very last inches. I think that the better cigars can taste good from start to finish (to the fingers). Welcome to the forum! Happy smoking.

[fuzzycrabs]

Welcome to the forums from another new member!

as for your post, as stated the tar is the culprit. I've tried a V-cut once or twice, and I personally found that it is easier to get a good draw from a guillotine cut, even on the higher ring sizes. I've seen the double V work, but I think that it's only slightly different that a guillotine in terms of how much you cut the cap.

[CptnBlues63]

IIRC, the quote is, "a gentleman never relights his cigar after it is two-thirds smoked."

(I realize that many cigars taste like sh*t when re-lit, but I haven't had that experience relighting milder Cubans. I'm not saying that they taste the same, but they don't taste bad to me. YMMV.)

I've had a few go out on me and relit them immediately with no change in taste that I could detect. But keep in mind, I'll never be a cigar reviewer for cigar afficiando either........my palate is not that refined..........LOL

I suspect if you smoked 2/3's and let it go out and then set it in your ashtray for a couple hours, it would probably taste like crap if you relit it. I wouldn't know. When it's time for a cigar, I make a committment to myself to sit for the duration of that cigar and not do anything (short of a real emergency) that would interfere with smoking said cigar. With the real good ones, I'm burning my fingers like everybody else.

I use a double bladed guillotine cutter. I have a couple buy my favorite at the moment is the XiKar. You mentioned another brand I'd never heard of Craig and I passed that along to Santa and I suspect I'll find one under the tree or in my stocking this x'mas..........lol

I've never used anything else with the exception of the Swiss Army Knife cutter I bought off Ken. I've used that a couple times while out camping (works great...thanks again Ken!). It's more like a scissor than a guillotine I suspect because of it's design, but it does have two blades...........