Years later , I change my cutter technique

[ServiceRifle]

When I first started smoking cigars, back in 2002 or 2003, I read somewhere that the cut (if using a guillotine style cutter) should be done quickly. I took this advice at face value and never tried going slower. Over the years I'd ruined enough caps to completely stop using a guillotine, in the process declaring my old Xicar a POS and wondering why people like them. I resorted to a plug cut (which is still excellent) and stuck with that from then on...

Until last week.

I'd received a new Xicar in a JR offer and had tried it again, ruining yet another cap. Then, I tried it one more time, but something made me slow down, maybe I was distracted or something...and the cut was perfect. In fact, I could distinctly feel and hear the blades cutting through the tobacco.

Since then, I've had a perfectly cut cigar every time.

So, why did someone tell me (on a website) that the cut had to be done quickly?