To be able to smoke a cigar at all, you have to open it at the head end, so to speak at the mouthpiece. So if you want to enjoy your cigar, you must cut it before smoking, because only through the opening resulting from the cut mouthpiece can create a pull opening. The size of the cut thus ultimately determines the tensile behavior and thus also the smoking pleasure of the cigar.

The 4 types of cigar cutters
Even though Clint Eastwood used to sit on his horse in the old Westerns and always bite his cigar coolly with his teeth and then spit it out casually, this should definitely not be done in real life. Because filigree you can not edit his cigar with his teeth, that does not damage the cover sheet. The result would be constant tobacco crumbs while smoking in the mouth, which are not only annoying, but would also greatly affect the relaxed smoking pleasure.
The more elegant way to make a cigar ready for smoking is thus to cut it with one cigar cutter , There are four types depending on the cigar variety:
– the flat cutter (cigar cutter)
– the scissors cutter (V-cutter)
– the round cutter (cigar drill)
– the cigar scissors

The flat cutter or cigar cutter
This is the best known and most popular model among cigar cutters. It is available in 2 versions, with 2 blades to move towards each other or with a movable and a fixed blade. The flat cutter is attached to the head of the cigar and then cuts off a flat disc. It is particularly well suited for cigars with a small ring size, so thin cigars, and / or cigars with a particularly tapered format.

The scissors cutter or V-cutter
This cigar cutter is essentially similar to the flat cutter, but on closer inspection has a crucial difference. Its two movable blades are at an angle of 45 ° to each other and thus punch in the application a notch, so a V, in the cigar. This notch runs lentil-shaped through the mouth part of the cigar. So you do not have to worry about the exact cutting length, as when cutting a disc by the flat cutter, in the notch cutter. In this cigar cutter the quality is very important, because the two blades are not exactly ground, they do not meet and squeeze the insert of the cigar only, without cutting them. The scorer is not suitable for thin or tapered cigar types. It is best used for medium sized cigar formats that are flat.

The round cutter or cigar drill
This cigar cutter punched a hole of 5-9 mm in the cigar head so to speak, thus it can come in any case to the violation of the cover sheet. In the past, this was the most common way to prepare your cigar. However, you need different circular cutter for the different ring sizes. If you change your cigar brand now and then, you will need the right cigar bur. Today, the round cutter is usually used only by beginners, as it represents the safest method of perfect cut.

The cigar scissors
It also works like the flat cutter and is suitable for all cigar formats. The special scissor shape allows very precise and high-quality cuts.

Conclusion
Every smoker of cigars also needs at least one cigar cutter , The selection of the right model is subject to personal preferences.