|
The Cedar Room A place for cigar storage and cigar accessories discussions. |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
12-30-2015, 06:10 AM | #1 |
Club Member
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Mansfield , Ohio
Posts: 1,348
|
I have come to the conclusion that I do not Like V cuts
When I use a cutter the guillotine type i usually cut off more than I should , so , I started trying out the V-cut end of my cutter , and after about a week I have decided I just simply do not like the way my cigars taste when using the V-cut.
When I use the V-cut , they tend to burn my tongue and have an almost ash tray flavor to them , I finally confirmed this last night , I started out with a V-cut smoked about an inch of the cigar and it simply wasn't enjoyable , I re-cut it using the other end of the cutter which opened it up quite a bit , and viola , it was an enjoyable cigar... I can only assume that it is because the smoke doesn't get concentrated before it hits my tongue... So , no more V-cuts for me... Dan |
12-30-2015, 06:50 AM | #2 |
Floridays
Herf God
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: La Habaña, Cuba
Posts: 19,755
|
Same with a Bullet, or hole punch type cutter; seems to concentrate bad flavors.
__________________
For every Southern boy fourteen years old, not once but whenever he wants it, there is the instant when it’s still not yet two o'clock on that July afternoon in 1863... William Faulkner, Intruder in the Dust 1948 |
12-30-2015, 07:34 AM | #3 |
Herf Meister
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Clearwater, FL USA
Posts: 9,931
|
You really shouldn't have a problem with "taking off too much" with a straight cutter. You just clip it short of the shoulder, and the cap pops off, without any injury to the wrapper.
Alternatively, those double edge guillotines are everywhere with the "back" on them that are fool-proof. |
12-30-2015, 07:47 AM | #4 |
Club Member
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Mansfield , Ohio
Posts: 1,348
|
MrD
In theory you are correct , but , in practice in my case , I always cut too much off I have been looking around at reviews and such for cutters , I need to get something other than these cheap ass ones I have been using , then again , the frequency at which I lose them , maybe I should stick to the cheap ones... Dan |
12-30-2015, 11:55 AM | #5 |
Herf Meister
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Clearwater, FL USA
Posts: 9,931
|
I don't know how to post a link on this stupid iPad, but if you go to
Cuban Crafters and look up "perfect cigar cutter dos chabetas up to 80 ring gauge" you will see what I mean. It's in the open position and shows the "back stop" where you just put the foot in and cut. The little round hole in the middle is for the pointy perfectos. Oh, and who the hell needs an eighty ring gauge! |
12-30-2015, 06:30 PM | #6 |
Herf God
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Warsaw, Mo. 65355
Posts: 13,366
|
I just lay my Xikar on a flat surface such as a desktop, put the cigar head down in the cutter and clip. No problems at all.
__________________
SSJ... Herfin' in the Heartland I can't help it, I have an excuse. What was that excuse again? |
12-31-2015, 05:53 AM | #7 | |
Herf God
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Overland Park, Kansas
Posts: 30,266
|
Quote:
The only exceptions are belicosos, torpedos and salomons.
__________________
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it George Bernard Shaw The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule it H. L. Mencken The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants Albert Camus The Land of the Free Because of the Brave |
|
12-31-2015, 07:23 AM | #8 |
Contributing Editor
Herf God
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Camillus, NY
Posts: 16,119
|
You want the perfect cut every time? Follow these simple instructions.
1. Place your guillotine cutter on a flat surface, such as a table. 2. Place the head of the cigar in the cutter's opening. 3. While the cutter remains flat on the table, and with the head of the cigar still resting in the opening, clip the cigar. 4. Enjoy your perfectly cut cigar. I've been using this method for the past few months and it has never failed. Not once.
__________________
Rob If people can tell me where to smoke, I can tell them where to go, too. |
01-01-2016, 08:39 AM | #9 |
Chief Geek, @cigarweekly
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Atlanta (north burbs - Woodsto
Posts: 14,174
|
That's the way.
I use a punch on a lot of cigars, and I 'double punch' a figure 8 into the cap. That works well too, IMHO.
__________________
Government breaks our legs, then hands us a pair of crutches and says, "You see? If it wasn't for us you wouldn't be able to walk.".... Aren't we so lucky!? Need a website? Get one from a BOTL - > PM me! "I swear by my life, and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine." Help support the CigarWeekly webhost (me!) > Shop online? Start HERE: direct to Amazon.com Protect your computer from VIRUSES > Get Avast! |
04-23-2016, 08:22 AM | #10 | |
Herf Meister
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Cone of Death & Destruction
Posts: 5,324
|
Quote:
__________________
A broken Punch whore. Now I smoke anything I can get. |
|