Great Pick: Countertop Cigar Cutter

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RECENT PICK: Rare cigar cutter. This was a counter top item in an old store around 1900.

 

 

 

This was an amazing find; a countertop cigar cutter.

 

What Is It?

There are ritual aspects to smoking a cigar that help you enjoy the taste and aroma to the fullest.

First and foremost is cutting the cap. For this, you’ll use a cigar cutter.

 

 

 

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You’ll want to cut the cap off of the part that you’ll be putting in your mouth.

It should be a clean, neat cut to get the best draw and full flavor and aroma from the cigar. If the cap is cut unevenly, the cigar won’t burn properly.

 

 

 

 

A rosewood sided dual ended cigar cutter by J.A. Henckels capable of making both straight cuts and V-cut

 

 

There are several different types of cutters available. It’s a matter of taste.

 

 

 

Illustration of a nineteenth-century cigar cutter and holder. Artwork by Frederick William Fairholt (1859)

 

 

 

There’s a scissor type cutter, guillotine type cutter, punch type and the counter- or tabletop type.

 

 

 

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Back in 1999, Michael Jordan severed a tendon in his right index finger using a cigar cutter.

 

 

 

 

 

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