Better steel for cigar cutters?

[GarageBoy]

So far, even the best cigar cutter I've seen uses 420 stainless (Palio)

Any cutter that uses better?

 

[mr.trooper]

why?

Cigar cutter blades are like box cutter blades. even though the are crappy steel the blades are so thin that they will cut well for a long time.

Most cigar cutters arent made in a way that lets you sharpen them anyway. For the cost of an S30V cigar cutter you could just buy another normal one.

it would be like making a high end knife. youd be paying $90+ for this cigar cutter. you could buy 6 decent cutters for that.

 

[GarageBoy]

Err, the Palio is $50 already. Zinos, Xikars, etc are all the same price too. I've seen this Davidoff one thats better than the rest as the blade comes out

 

[Cougar Allen]

 

[Esav Benyamin]

The Al Mar Havana Clipper uses AUS-8.

 

[GarageBoy]

Not a double guiotine though

 

[JD Mandrell]

Never used a cigar cutter, always just use my pocket knife.

 

[GarageBoy]

That works until you encounter a belicoso

 

[JD Mandrell]

Works on them also.

 

[GarageBoy]

How do you do it?

 

[JD Mandrell]

How do you do it?

Just slice off the tip of the end.

A REALLY thin blade works best, I normally use a Victorinox Money Clip SAK.

 

[GarageBoy]

I try cutting like I'm circumcising on everything else. When I did that with a beli, I got a huge chunk of filler I couldn't get rid of