Cut or punch ?

[koolhandk]

Who moistens the cigar before they cut (supposed to ensure a better cut)? I do and was just wondering if anybody else does. Oh yeah and I use a double bladed guillotine.

[Crusher]

I moisten before I cut usually

[maademperor]

I punch usually...if I get a poor pull after the punch then I usually go ahead and cut it. I like the punch because its a little cleaner than a cutter in my opinion

I do want to pick up a v-cutter to see how I like that too

[stjohnroe]

Try everything and make your own mind up.
Myself, i prefer a guillotine (double blade Xikar of course).

Oh and I did use the tyne of a fork when i was young, but never again, oh no.

[metaldonnieg]

Typically I cut with a cheap double bladed cutter but I've used anything from a pocket knife to a piece of wire to a key to open the end up in desperate times.

[brian]

Is there anyone that just bites the caps off?

[drew_goring]

Is there anyone that just bites the caps off?

Haha. I've tried that once or twice in a pinch and it never works out as well as I think it will.




I do a combination of punch/cut. I gently rotate my cutter around the cap. Slicing off the cap, but not going all the way through the cigar. The cap pops off in a nice piece leaving the exposed binder, and also leaving some cap on the shoulder to prevent the cigar from unwrapping.

[cigar no baka]

Never bite off the cap unless you like having loose tobacco in your mouth.

I always use a double blade guiillotine. I don't like using a punch because it tends to concentrate tars around the hole.

[Lukeman8]

i've done that...once on a cheap flor de oliva cigar. dont ever do it.

cut>punch