Added a new cutter to the arsenal.
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Old Smokey
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Nice looking cutter. I don't own a V cut but have used one at the lounge a few times and like it.
I haven't used a V cut in easily over 30 years. Have you tried it on a Torpedo? I always thought that is where they worked best. I knew one guy who used to cut a cross into parejos. Years ago, they were smaller, and they didn't work great on bigger ring ga. cigars.
I like it, looks like a nice, well made piece, what does the V stand for?
I'm afraid to ask....
MichaelD
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I have that one as well but prefer the cut of the Colibri version. I found that the Xikar cut a bit too shallow for my liking.
Well, hell, now I'm going to have to get the colibri too!
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MNBrian
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Really?
Jeez, it seems like lately after I bought my Colibri V Cutter that's all I use on everything. For some reason all my punch and straight cuts seem too open and too closed now.
Edited to add: Agree completely with Michael. Haven't touched any of my other V-Cutters since buying the Colibri
Not sure if you mean everything I said or just a portion. So, yes really.
Regarding too open or too closed, yea, I get that. There was a time when I used to like certain cuts for certain cigars, regardless of size. (I've been smoking cigars a good 40 years) That hole on the end that we draw through has a lot of "Physics" going on. I worked Aerospace for many years. A lot of the heating systems use absolutely no heating elements, just specific size apertures and chambers to heat the forced air. It's really pretty heady.
ETA: Oh, and The Colibri seems to be getting a good reputation. I've heard/seen a lot of positive comments on it. I can't think of any other V Cutter where I've seen that. Maybe they really gathered some real "empirical data" to determine the size of the cut.
jkoj
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That's a fine looking cutter. Never owned a v cut but I might have to pick one up.
Anyone that owns both, could you take a pic of them side by side?
Also, any chance you could cut a cigar with the smaller/shallower cutter, take a pic, then hit it with the wider/deeper blade, and take another pic for comparison?
Also, any chance you could cut a cigar with the smaller/shallower cutter, take a pic, then hit it with the wider/deeper blade, and take another pic for comparison?
MNBrian
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Not sure if you mean everything I said or just a portion. So, yes really.
Regarding too open or too closed, yea, I get that. There was a time when I used to like certain cuts for certain cigars, regardless of size. (I've been smoking cigars a good 40 years) That hole on the end that we draw through has a lot of "Physics" going on. I worked Aerospace for many years. A lot of the heating systems use absolutely no heating elements, just specific size apertures and chambers to heat the forced air. It's really pretty heady.
ETA: Oh, and The Colibri seems to be getting a good reputation. I've heard/seen a lot of positive comments on it. I can't think of any other V Cutter where I've seen that. Maybe they really gathered some real "empirical data" to determine the size of the cut.
That 40 years is exactly why I was so interested in your comment. Do you still find yourself choosing the "right cutter for the moment" or more the "right cutter for the cigar"? Or maybe a combo platter? I guess I figured most people had a single cut they preferred 95% of the time and rarely used something else. I mean, I definitely switch which cut I prefer every few months or longer, but I'm just surprised! Then again, I can eat the same food for every meal for a month and be fine with it. Most people would get sick of that food.
Most of the time straight cut, but I do like a punch on a PSD4 or some of the Cuban Petit Coronas.
Mostly it's just convenience, and with the vast array of good to great cigars available these days, getting older, being a single dad, I just got out of the habit of figuring out which cut I liked per vitola. I distinctly remember often tasting a difference. For whatever black magic going on, I like the smaller hole on the PSD4, which I've stuck with for many years.
I guess I'll eventually have to get that Colibri. Now I'm curious.
On a tangential thought, what I don't ascribe to is the idea of Punching a hole on one side of LFD Chisels, which some claim directs the smoke to your "palate". The palate is the tongue and the roof of the mouth.
MichaelD
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I think my Xikar is at the country house. I'll post a side by side as soon I hunt it down.
MichaelD
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Welcome to the dark side. For me it's about the cut and the Colbri just cuts easier and better.