What type of cut do you prefer?

[Oblik]

It really depends on the cigar really. My preferance would be a V cut but I have not yet picked one up. I want a good one, not one of thoes cheap ones that fall apart and rip the wraper as they cut. The problem is that a good V cutter is pretty expensive. I carry a punch for all the "occasional" times but use a scisor cutter otherwise.

[hex1848]

I've found that most V-cutters are hard to keep sharp, and nearly impossible to properly sharpen. I'm a big fan of a Guillotine cut,I don't like to fightwith mysmoke to get a good draw.


Myex-fiancé gave me acredit card sizedguillotine cutter for my birthday a couple of years back that hasn’t left my wallet since.

[Beowulf]

I generally prefer the double-blade guillotine. I remember being
a little nervous the first time I used this method, thinking I would
screw it up and unravel the whole head. But it was a breeze -
even with the cheapie Savoy cutter I used. A friend of mine who
I've smoked with a bit uses a bullet cutter. I used it a few
times; it works great and all, but I just like a little bigger of a cut
I can get with the double-blade.

[hex1848]

I agree Beowulf. I also keep a bullet cutter on my key chain for those times when my wallet is not around, it’s my second favorite cut. I like to smoke Torpedo's and Pirámides, you can’t really get a good cut with a bullet cutter with those at all.

[WayneSMT]

Have to agree with Oblik. It depends on the cigar type. Robustos and Toros I like the bullet punch. Gullitone cutters both single and double blade are fine for a straight cut and work exceptionally well for the "Dick" cut. Hold the cutter at about a 45 degree angle to the cigar and cut the diagonal. Some unwrapping may occur but the volume of smoke in each puff is well worth it. "V" cut is one of my favorites. I buy the cheap v cutters by the dozen, works out to be about a buck apiece, when they start going dull I just chuck em. I like the V cut on torpedos and other figurados. I have a nice pair of scissors, but I don't use them very much. Reminds me too much of a circumcision instrument. My wife saw them and told me to hang on to them for docking australian shepherd puppy tails. Think I will stick with my regular cutters.


Wayne

[cockyhoskins]

Guillotine. I carry a Xikar multi tool on my key chain and use a rosewood at the house.

[labmonkey]

double bladed guillotine for most....i like the draw from this cut the best on most cigars i smoke. i do like the punch on some styles.

[allanf]

I've never tried a V-cut, tried a punch last week, the cap ended up falling off and getting all wet and nasty. So I'd have to say i'm with the French revolutionaries...(that's a guillitine )
I bit my first cigars back when I was 14...
Allan

[Drake]

never tried a v-cut. tried the punch a few times and didn't like it all that much. double blade guillitine is my choice

[Yeagermeister]

I read somewhere that the double bladed cut exposes your tongue to the more bitter tasting elements of the smoke, as opposed to the V cut, which in theoy, keeps the tar and other nasty stuff inside the cigar. I've never tried the V cut, but my cigars have never necessarily tasted bitter, either.