Well, it was slightly blown up by the reporter. We had a cuigar cutter contest a few years back on the BF, and after I posted the photos of the Lematt, everyone else dropped out of the contest. It was a win by default only.
THERE ARE 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER. BUT THERE ARE 100 WAYS TO CUT A CIGAR.
Snip off the back, Jack...
Make a little hole,Joel...
Give it a chop,Jaques...
No need to cut much!
Draw up some plans,Stan...
Make a small blade,Jade...
Use some nice burl,Earl...
And you're on your way!
Make a little V,Lee...
Give it a punch,Gunth...
Take a snip off, Geoff...
Strike up a match.
Cut off the tip,Rick...
Make it real sharp,Mark...
Just use your teeth,Leith...
Now you're usin' your head!
My apologies to Paul Simon
When considering this Cigar cutter contest, I first thought, “How simple can a cigar cutter be.” It only needs one part. Either a nail shaped object to punch a hole, or a sharp object to cut the end. Fancy the blade idea up a bit to three or four parts and you have a guillotine cutter. Once my mind was up and running I thought, “How complex can a cigar cutter be!” Well ,with 91 parts, an exact, 3/4 scale replica of an 1856 LeMatt revolver turned into a cigar cutter evolved.
History:
The LeMatt percussion revolver was the brain child of New Orleans Doctor Alexander LeMatt and (Confederate) General P.G.T.Beauregard. They dreamed up the perfect pistol - a 9 shot ,.42 caliber ,cap and ball revolver ,with a 16 gauge percussion shotgun barrel underneath. The LeMatt was the favorite gun of J.E.B.Stuart.
Construction :
The entire gun is made from burl wood, and as close as possible, is an exact 3/4 scale replica. The only metal is the cutters, one coil spring, and brass cylinder sleeves. The barrels and all forward parts are Snakewood, the cylinder and butt plate are African Blackwood Burl. The frame and all side plates are Buckeye Burl. All screws, bullets, percussion caps and nipples are Walnut. The trigger and hammer are Lignum Vitae. The guard is Cocobola. And for a little pizzazz, the handle grips are Blue Mammoth Ivory. The shotgun ram (which inserts into the loading ram arm) is capped in Gold Lip MOP. There is Ebony dust loaded in the cylinders for the gunpowder. It took about 100 hours of construction to make this. Tools used were a Carbotech lathe, disc and belt sanders, Rob Frink’s rotary platen ,drill press, band, hand, and table saws, flex shaft, files, and lots of sanding and polishing. There is no finish, the shine is just polished wood . The Buckeye burl for the side plates was selected to match the Blue Mammoth handles.
Cigar cutter:
The cutter is a “V” cutter which is spring loaded to return the hammer after the stroke. The cigar sits on the top of the cylinder and the cutter cuts a slit in the tip. Any tobacco shavings discharge out the shotgun barrel. There is a guillotine cutter in the butt plate of the handle. There is a punch cutter in the shot gun ram tip.
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