Cutter preference

[cigar no baka]

Yep, single blades suck. I should know, I'm using one right now. A punch or V cutter won't work on torpedos, pyramids, etc. For a universal cutter, the dbl. blade is the way to go.

Hmm, well I use my V cutter on torpedos all the time and so far it has worked well for me. Why do you say they don't , what problems have you had?

[deprado]

Scissors or double guillotine for me. I don't like v-shape cutters.

[Corona Gigante]

I use a double bladed guillotine on most of my smokes. It cost about $15 in a cigar store. It requires a bit of care and attention and a steady hand to get the best cut. The more practice I get, the better it works. Sometimes I'll use a punch cutter on the fatter vitolas.

I have a backup single bladed guillotine I'll use while travelling or when I can't find my double. I think it cost me four or five buck. It works ok. Once I received a freebie cigar branded single bladed guillotine which would cut ragged and jam up every time I used it. A real piece of crap.

I've never used scissors, they look like they'd pinch.

Sometimes I wonder how old I have to be before I can wear a waistcoat (that would be a "vest" to you guys) and a gold chain with a pocket watch on one end of the chain and my cigar cutter on the other. Sixty? Fifty-five, maybe?

[QuietC]

The last cigar I had, I used my DG. I squeezed it like normal, and nothing was happening, so i squeezed pretty damn hard, and it finally penetrated the cigar. Thought maybe I need to work out more, but do you think it's becoming dull? Or maybe it was just that cigar, I'll have to see on the next one I use it on. If it's dull already, I'm going to have to go with a Xikar next.

[Kenyth]

Don't believe the "self-sharpening" hype. You'd be surprised how quickly a blade dulls cutting anything. You don't find many people to sharpen them either. There's the inherent problem with expensive cutters. You'll have to buy two and send them back to the factory for sharpening. The disposability of the single blade cheapies is what draws me to them, not the performance.

[55Kingpin]

Most DBGs I've come across were easily sharpened by myself after they got dull.......but I'm also a knife guy and I like to keep all my blades sharp.

[mithril]

Most DBGs I've come across were easily sharpened by myself after they got dull.......but I'm also a knife guy and I like to keep all my blades sharp.

how do you go about sharpening them? i have a Colibri guillotine with curved blades. haven't figured out how to sharpen them yet.