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gregsky · 02-04-2006, 12:24 PM

I can get a xikar cutter for $19 shipped, i think its an xi2. I normally use a cheap guillotine cutter and routineley(sp?) cause the wrapper to unwravel where I cut it from. I have maybe 1 cigar a week and Im wondering if this would be a good investment?

Tommy boy · 02-04-2006, 12:36 PM

KatDad · 02-04-2006, 12:57 PM

I've had my Xikar for 5 years and use it every day!

pilote · 02-04-2006, 01:08 PM

it's a tossup; depends on how you feel about your cigar smoking...

Yes - if you smoke more than 2 a week, it's nice to have a quality tool to cut your nice cigars with.

No - cheepo cutters still cut the same enough to get the smoke out, just like a xikar; and if you lose it, big deal...

same can be said for lighters...

carnellm · 02-04-2006, 01:23 PM

Personally, I love Xikar cutters. Yes, I have others and even sometimes use my cheap $4.95 double blade. But, when I care about what I am doing I use the Xikar. And when I am going out for a nice night out that will end at the cigar bar, the Xikar goes in my pocket.

They also stand behind their products and will repair it and/or sharpen it whenever needed for life. That means something. People who stand behind their work move up a notch or two in my book.

schuellk · 02-04-2006, 02:42 PM

Definately what carnellm said. While I use my cheapies for around the garage, if I'm going out to someplace nice or to the shop, I always take my Xikar, particularly when I plan on smoking some of my nicer cigars.

tjm5019 · 02-04-2006, 03:02 PM

I own the xikar with the redwood handles. I love the design and the cut is superb. I always used a cheapo until now. what good is a $10 cigar if your 2 dollar cutter ruins it. Another nice cutter is the SAK.... i like the cut of it even more, but went with the xi3 in redwoon causei like the look better!

eastwood44mag · 02-04-2006, 03:14 PM

If you don't want it, send it my way. Mine was $30, and I love it to death.

gregsky · 02-04-2006, 03:16 PM

Well I bit and got it off ebay, thanks guys

lucasbuck · 02-04-2006, 04:39 PM

Too bad. You'll just end up with a Palio eventually anyway

02-04-2006, 12:24 PM	#1
gregsky Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 157	xikar worth it? I can get a xikar cutter for $19 shipped, i think its an xi2. I normally use a cheap guillotine cutter and routineley(sp?) cause the wrapper to unwravel where I cut it from. I have maybe 1 cigar a week and Im wondering if this would be a good investment?

02-04-2006, 12:57 PM	#3
KatDad Herf God Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Overland Park, Kansas Posts: 30,265	I've had my Xikar for 5 years and use it every day! __________________ 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

02-04-2006, 01:23 PM	#5
carnellm Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 892	Personally, I love Xikar cutters. Yes, I have others and even sometimes use my cheap $4.95 double blade. But, when I care about what I am doing I use the Xikar. And when I am going out for a nice night out that will end at the cigar bar, the Xikar goes in my pocket. They also stand behind their products and will repair it and/or sharpen it whenever needed for life. That means something. People who stand behind their work move up a notch or two in my book. __________________ Why is the rum always gone? Michael Carnell - Charleston, SC

02-04-2006, 03:14 PM	#8
eastwood44mag Club Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Chicago.......ugh Posts: 4,559	If you don't want it, send it my way. Mine was $30, and I love it to death. __________________ I am a mushroom. They keep me in the dark and feed me horse shit. "My cigars tend to attract the kind of women that b#*ch a lot" --N99

02-04-2006, 04:39 PM	#10
lucasbuck Herf Meister Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Trinity Posts: 5,307	Too bad. You'll just end up with a Palio eventually anyway __________________ They tell you cigars take three years off your life. What three years? Eighty-six to eighty-nine? Who needs 'em! Give me the cigars! -Eric Bogosian (Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll)

02-04-2006, 12:36 PM	#2
Tommy boy Banned Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,607

02-04-2006, 01:08 PM	#4
pilote Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 853	it's a tossup; depends on how you feel about your cigar smoking... Yes - if you smoke more than 2 a week, it's nice to have a quality tool to cut your nice cigars with. No - cheepo cutters still cut the same enough to get the smoke out, just like a xikar; and if you lose it, big deal... same can be said for lighters...

02-04-2006, 02:42 PM	#6
schuellk Club Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,151	Definately what carnellm said. While I use my cheapies for around the garage, if I'm going out to someplace nice or to the shop, I always take my Xikar, particularly when I plan on smoking some of my nicer cigars.

02-04-2006, 03:02 PM	#7
tjm5019 Starting Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 47	I own the xikar with the redwood handles. I love the design and the cut is superb. I always used a cheapo until now. what good is a $10 cigar if your 2 dollar cutter ruins it. Another nice cutter is the SAK.... i like the cut of it even more, but went with the xi3 in redwoon causei like the look better!

02-04-2006, 03:16 PM	#9
gregsky Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 157	Well I bit and got it off ebay, thanks guys