To Punch, Or Not To Punch??

[MCsommerreid]

I had piramides and chisel head cigars that I cut with a regular guilotine cutter. Are there special cutters just for those shapes? I have a Cigar Companion by CA and even these guys who are a bit snobby for my taste don't go into how to cut these exotic shapes.

Guilotine cut for the win!

[thepyrofish]

A friendly gentleman at a local B&M told me to use a punch to put a hole in the flat side of a chisel-cap. He said it was to direct the smoke at your palette, thouhg I tried it and it was very difficult to smoke. I ended up just cutting the end off anyway after about an inch.

[MCsommerreid]

A friendly gentleman at a local B&M told me to use a punch to put a hole in the flat side of a chisel-cap. He said it was to direct the smoke at your palette, thouhg I tried it and it was very difficult to smoke. I ended up just cutting the end off anyway after about an inch.

Hmm, that seems like an interesting way to cut one. Seems like the physics of it would be a faliure unless you cut really close to the tip, and smoked with the head well into your mouth.

However, I think I might just pick up a chisel head and give that a try.

[Desert Rat]

My gar smoking seems to be getting simpler and simpler. Been using a bic lighter and lifting the cap off the end of the gars with my fingernail. Was told thats what the cap is for, and it works fine.

Torps however, require precision made machinery (cigar scissors) .

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