What cutter?

[linfield100]

I'm thinking of treating myself to a new cutter for my birthday in a few weeks time. I fancy trying a Xikar.
Anyone tried these, or any others that might be suitable?

Also thinking of getting a lighter. I like the look of Lotus 25 Dual Flame Lighter, but it seems to be only available in the US.

Any recommendations would be appreciated.

[spooner]

Think I'll be keeping an eye on this thread as im in the same boat, been looking at a cuban crafters perfecto, but the postage from america is killing it.....

[Mo_Robusto]

I have a Xikar X1, cuts very cleanly. Before that I had a cheap plastic cutter, so a huge improvement :-)

[TJCoro]

Aficianado's Preference!

For cutters muchacho, you canStart Here!

And for lighters, a Coro and UKCF favorite is the Dupont! Sturdy.... reliable... elegant!


Names Boy, Bag Boy, and I'm at your servise!

[JOAO LA PEZ]

I got a Xikar recently, cannot fault it.

[monkey66]

have the Cuban crafter and it the only cutter I ever use now.

[nicwing]

have the Cuban crafter and it the only cutter I ever use now.

More details please Monk, which model?

[monkey66]

The standard one. Available in the uk from most retailers I think (certainly AJ has them).

[PoohBore]

Another vote for the Cuban crafters cutter. Superb

[Styler]

I seem to be the odd one out with a Palio cutter. I love it as the blades are sharp and curved so you can make one big cut or take little snips off the cap like to you can with scissors.

If I lost this one I'd buy another in a flash.

[Puff Scotty]

I usually punch but if your looking for a lighter the Colibri Bravo Dual Flame is the Dog's Doodackers.... you can solder, braze, weld with it & still light yer stogie...

[Simon Bolivar]

I seem to be the odd one out with a Palio cutter. I love it as the blades are sharp and curved so you can make one big cut or take little snips off the cap like to you can with scissors.

If I lost this one I'd buy another in a flash.

I am with you ion this one Styler, when I cut I just use th ePalio, which I imported& saved a bit since then th eUK price seems to have come down a bit, avaialbe from our sponsers.
Tend to just cut narrow gauge & torps, these days, punch the rest. Have just brought a lighter with punch attached, useful for going abroad

[Big_T_UK]

I have tried most cutters under the sun but adopted a punch a lovely old boy at Harrod's gave me over ten years ago and used that for many years, it is still on my keychain. That was until I tried the Cuban Crafters Perfect Cutter. There are three varieties of the one we talk about here, don't get one of the others, the ones with the small home in the rear that allows you to punch a torpedo cigar perfectly are the desirables. I ended up doing a group buy for the forum with a US friend on here ages ago. They are stupidly cheap for how good they are. Ajay has two of the three varieties available.

I want to try a Palio as a podcast from some yanks I listen to bangs on about them all the time. I want the carbon fibre look one but cannot bring myself to buy another cutter. If I do get one I will put a full review up. Maybe I should for the Cuban Crafters.

I recently jumped onto the ST Dupont bandwagon myself. After doing my research I decided I wanted the older ST Dupont Xtend. This is the original with the fuel window in the base and made in France (nothing is perfect I guess). The later revision is inferior IMHO, made in China and has the fuel window in the side. For the colours you would probably want you are looking at around ?120 in this country. If you can swallow having it in white then I can point you in the direction of the original Xtend for about ?65 new. I am very happy with it and actually very pleased with the white. The design of the lighter lends itself to a shirt pocket and being white it doesn't show through a white shirt. Darker shirts are not an issue.

It is not however the best lighter. That is the Dunhill Jetflame lighter. I have one but I had to save for it so it has only ever seen the outside of the presentation box once and that was for a trip to Ajay. These are expensive but SO SO SO good and the service at Dunhill blows my mind. If it breaks then they fix it, simple. Gone are the days of this sort of service most places.

The lighter I had been using was a gift from Jimmeh and a Bugatti, but the fuel reserve is TINY for such a chunky lighter, it ended up being very frustrating but it gets lots of compliments, they do not have to live with it, LOL.

If you want pics or more info or anything then just ask. Anybody chip in on the Palio then I would be eager to learn more.

[mackem keith]

I use a palio and have done for quite a number of years it has never let me down still as sharp now as it was new, but saying that ive been after a cuban crafters perfecto cutter for quite some time now but they are pretty hard to come by.

[Big_T_UK]

Does the Palio have a lifetime guarantee? If the CC fails or gets blunt then send it back and they will sharpen or replace it, no questions. If the Palio offers the same then it must be worth investigating after the several recommendation it has had.

Is it one or two bladed?