#11 Oh, so you'd be General, huh? If you were General, I'd be Emperor, and you'd STILL get the sake. So shut up and get the sake.

50 ring and up, punch. 48 ring and smaller, torpedos, perfectos, etc., cut. Never V-notch. Something wrong with that, I don't know. Guess it's a matter of preference.

...teets

I don't bother anymore. I just light them and suck really hard and throw them away. Then I post that these smokes are always plugged or say my humidity is to high or something........

Leatherman.

OMG You're supposed to cut or punch your cigars?!?!?!?

Hotdog,so you're the guy thats always complaining about

draw issues ?

Only a complete barbarian would chew the end off prior

to lighting, Nick Perdomo addressed this once.

I have a trained river otter and I just have him bite the end off for me. Nice clean cut even if a little wet.

Preferred cuts:

Guillotine for 42 or less RG and tapered heads like torpedoes

V-cut for everything else. “Regular” v-cutter up to 52 RG, Xikar V2 for larger sizes. Also have a Colibri v-cutter that I use only for 56-58 RG and larger cigars.

Straight cuts on ones with a tapered heads (belicosos, chisel, perfecto, torpedo...). V-cut on others. Had a punch on my key ring in case I forgot a cutter while on the road but it fell off somewhere sometime ago.

Punch or in the garden, pruning shears.

Doggy Style

Usually a punch. I dig my Xikar 11mm on most parejos, but I'll straight cut lanceros, maybe coronas. I'll also use a smaller punch sometimes if the cigar feels light and like the draw will be too open. I started doing that months ago and dig it. It also helps to restrict the draw some on larger ring gauges. If I'm wrong, I just punch around the edges of the first hole and open it up more.

Going to check out v cuts more. I haven't often used them, not sure what it will add. I have some cheap v cutters, might should invest in something better.

As far as teeth, I have opened MANY a parejos with my teeth. You don't "bite" necessarily, and you certainly shouldn't chew. You just kind of scrape the top of the cap off with your teeth. Once you get the hang of it, it's easy, efficient, and you always have a cutter with you. They've already cut the cigar for you at the factory. You just need to remove the end piece.

Feel like the finger nail method is underrated. Just dig your nails in turn the cigar a bit and pinch a section out. You can get a pretty decent wider punch style cut.

4-1/2 inch angle grinder with a cutoff wheel

Cuban Crafters guillotine for torps, belis, rat tails, which fit into the hole of the back of the cutter, and other shaped heads and RG > 54 (which I rarely smoke). Xikar V Cutter for most others. Keep a couple of small, lightweight pocket friendly cutters in the car: punch and a ScrewPop (hybrid scissor/guillotine).

Before I got a Xikar VX2 and the Colibri v-cutter, I used to do an “X” cut on bigger RG smokes.

And yah, I rarely smoke anything over 54 RG so those two cutters were more “gotta have the new shiny toy” than a practical reason. But, they work GREAT for when I need ‘um.