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Tobacco remnants getting stuck and a more challenging straight cut motion are both annoying, as is the weight. It’s not particularly efficient, but it’s the only way to guarantee you don’t overcut your cigar with the SV-Cut. Ultimately, I just decided to take off less than I wanted for the first cut before progressively taking more and more off until I got exactly the cut I wanted. This led to many caps that were much deeper than I wanted. That being said, there is an issue with straight cuts. Your view of the cigar cap you are cutting on the straight cut side of the cutter is blocked by the v-cut side, so you can never accurately tell just how much is being taken off. In terms of cleaning taking off the top of the cigar, the SV-Cut has absolutely no issues whatsoever, with both the straight and v-cutters providing clean and sharp cuts almost every time, regardless of how big or small the cigars were, what angle I cut at-I prefer to use a Dickman cut on torpedoes, which this cutter handled with ease-or what inclement weather was going on at the time. I used the Colibri SV-Cut for pretty much every cigar I smoked over a two month period, which gave me plenty of time to judge the most important aspect: how well it cuts cigars. For obvious reasons, this is more of a problem when using the v-cut side, but the issue is present with both blades and becomes more and more annoying as you continue to use it.
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This means that no matter how well you clean it out after every cut, there are inevitably bits of tobacco that flick out every time you use it. This is actually one of the main issues I have with the cutter: while it is nice to have somewhere for the tobacco to go after you cut it, some of those pieces are quite small and thus quite hard to get rid of. You then put the cap of the cigar into the opening of your choice and push down on the top section of the cutter, which pushes either blade down through the cap and comes to the end of its journey, locking in place with an audible click until you release the trigger again.Īfter you cut a cigar, the tobacco remnants are captured in the open middle section of the cutter until you open the blades again. Both cutters operate in the exact same way, which is also the same ways as the regular S-Cut and V-Cut: the blades are released by pushing down on the aforementioned small trigger-emblazoned with the Colibri logo-that is located on the bottom section of the front of the cutter, which releases the spring loaded section upwards with a loud and satisfying snap. The Colibri SV-Cut is available in five very distinctive finishes, all of which carry the same price tag of $75:Īs mentioned above, the SV-Cut features two very different options for cutting your cigars, a v-cut on the front-where the trigger is located-and a straight cut on the back. All five versions of the cutter are covered in a textured pachmayr pattern and both stainless steel blades are released via a spring-loaded trigger. According to the company, the v-cut side will cut a wedge up to 7mm deep on a 60 ring cigar, while the straight cut side is capable of clipping cigars up to 70 ring gauge.