Le Petit Cigar Cutter

[Gamehawker]

Has anyone on here used on of of these cigar cutters before.

 

It looks pretty nice.

 

 

[Connoisseur Kim]

22 minutes ago, Gamehawker said:

Has anyone on here used on of of these cigar cutters before.

 

It looks pretty nice.

 

 

They're available in Korean cigar B&Ms too, but their price tag is insanely high for sure.

[KavalanWhisky]

All the Cigar Instagrammers have these, my friend told me the blades from Les Fines are not the best quality and so it would be cheaper just to buy a pocket knife. He keeps selling me on Spyderco.

I'm tempted to get one of the Fox cutters but after visiting the site I saw they have a damascus steel version but its soo expensive!!

[Tdm_86]

I’ve used this (and the other one they make), one of my buddies owns both. They’re ok, but I’ve noticed the blade gets dull rather quickly and starts snagging the cap and tearing rather than cutting. They worked really well when new, not so much anymore. I prefer my 8 year old perfect cutter and my Colibri SV cutter over these. Less than a quarter of the price combined and they still work as well as the day I bought them. 
 

The Les Fines Lames cutters look great in Instagram pictures though 😅

[Wookie]

I think Halfwheel did a review and we’re not overly impressed by performance...though it’s apparently nice workmanship. 

[Meklown]

4 hours ago, KavalanWhisky said:

I'm tempted to get one of the Fox cutters but after visiting the site I saw they have a damascus steel version but its soo expensive!!

Get the BR cutter it's quite good

[Connoisseur Kim]

22 hours ago, Meklown said:

Get the BR cutter it's quite good

Or getting Cuban Crafters Dos Chabetas Perfect Cutter instead if you want to get 80 RG double bladed guillotine cigar cutter for sure hehe 😆

[gojira]

6 minutes ago, Connoisseur Kim said:

Or getting Cuban Crafters Dos Chabetas Perfect Cutter instead if you want to get 80 RG double bladed guillotine cigar cutter for sure hehe 😆

I bought a Xikar 75 RG cutter when I started. We all made mistakes. 🥴

 

[Connoisseur Kim]

3 minutes ago, gojira said:

I bought a Xikar 75 RG cutter when I started. We all made mistakes. 🥴

My first cigar cutter was a cheapo guillotine cutter from B&M. Glad that I got Colibri V-Cut from Amazon, since it's way better than cheapo guillotine cutter for sure 😃

[gojira]

1 minute ago, Connoisseur Kim said:

My first cigar cutter was a cheapo guillotine cutter from B&M. Glad that I got Colibri V-Cut from Amazon, since it's way better than cheapo guillotine cutter for sure 😃

I purchased quite a few cutters in the beginning including a V-Cut only to find out shortly thereafter that I favour using a punch. I use a Xikar XO now on slim RG cigars and punch the rest.

[Connoisseur Kim]

6 minutes ago, gojira said:

I purchased quite a few cutters in the beginning including a V-Cut only to find out shortly thereafter that I favour using a punch. I use a Xikar XO now on slim RG cigars and punch the rest.

I tried cigar punch at B&M before, but I prefer either V-Cut or Straight Cut for my taste, since cigar punch can't cut Pyramids and I like the flavor concentration of V-Cut.

[gojira]

6 minutes ago, Connoisseur Kim said:

I tried cigar punch at B&M before, but I prefer either V-Cut or Straight Cut for my taste, since cigar punch can't cut Pyramids and I like the flavor concentration of V-Cut.

Oh yeah, forgot to mention that I cut my Pyramids as well, doh. I find the V-Cut opens up the cigar too much and prefer a tighter draw, that's why I like to punch.

[Connoisseur Kim]

4 minutes ago, gojira said:

Oh yeah, forgot to mention that I cut my Pyramids as well, doh. I find the V-Cut opens up the cigar too much and prefer a tighter draw, that's why I like to punch.

Surprised that V-Cut is too wide for you. For me, Punch is too tight for my taste IMO.

[KavalanWhisky]

On 4/1/2021 at 10:09 PM, Meklown said:

Get the BR cutter it's quite good

But I know about the damascus steel now...its like a 911 vs Boxster...

[Ginseng]

I'm a bit of a throwback, I guess. Pocket knife all the way except for pointy heads. For those, a Palio double guillotine. I generally eschew complication in the cutting process.

[Fosgate]

I got this Xikar Ultra as part of a combo with a magnetic sided lighter that the cutter sticks to. It's skinny and kinda odd feeling in the hand and it one of my least liked cutters. That said, I use it the most because it is sharp as hell and  never given me a bad cut.

[Chibearsv]

53 minutes ago, Fosgate said:

I got this Xikar Ultra as part of a combo with a magnetic sided lighter that the cutter sticks to. It's skinny and kinda odd feeling in the hand and it one of my least liked cutters. That said, I use it the most because it is sharp as hell and  never given me a bad cut.

I've got that lighter cutter combo too.  The cutter is very sharp as you say and works pretty well.  But the lighter is really odd; it's got the skinniest jet flame of any lighter I've used.  It's like trying to light a cigar with a laser beam.  An E2 is quite a challenge for that lighter. 

[Meesterjojo]

I've got a le petit and I really dig it. Especially since I've learned to use it with one hand. I wonder how long the blade will last, and how I can sharpen it in the future. 

What I really want now is a deep v-cut. But I'm also looking at scissors. Each of these seems difficult to use one handed, though.