Carrying Cutters on Planes?

[BigMacFU]

The answer to number 1 is no, the more important thing is, why are you letting your friend smoke dog rockets, get him some real cigars, and then maybe you'll have reason to worry. But honestly, you're going to europe and worried about crappy gas station cigars being confiscated? If anything, I hope those pieces of crap get confiscated, then while in Europe you find some real cigars, cubans to be specific and smoke and enjoy those.

[JakeKnight]

An irony: I recently traveled on Southwest, and they (of course) confiscated my lighters. I was also carrying not one but two cheap cutters.

When they took my lighters, I actually asked "what about these?"

They had no problem with the razor blades I was carrying. But apparently the lighters were a major safety hazard? Very wierd.

Bottom line - I'd go with pre-cutting the cigars. I always use that option. Means I don't have ot carry a cutter with me, and it makes it easier to share a cigar with a novice. And if you don't smoke 'em, cut cigars will age just fine in your humidor, no matter what the magazines say.