I'm not familiar with this one. Maybe someone who uses this technique can fill me in.
Saw a cutter in a catalog (Finck's) that is a hybrid of sorts; it makes guillotine cuts on each side with different ring gauges and also has a "cat's-eye" slot for making those kinds of cuts.
Not a V-cutter, I know about those.

Is there a particular type of cigar (maybe chisels?) that this is made for? Anyone use one of these? I would guess maybe someone from Texas.
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Thats a new one on me. Sound interesting.
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got a pic?
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My scanner is acting up. I'll try taking one with digital camera and see if it comes out. It is in their latest catalog, if anyone has it.

Hang on and see what I can do.

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I know which cutter your talking about. A cats eye cut is a v-cut. The cutter just isn't shapped like other v-cutters - it is on the side.
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I looked further and found it on their website. They call it a Super Combo 3 in 1 cutter. http://www.finckcigarcompany.com/pro...r_combo_3-in-1
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Well, that's what I wondered. The pic in their catalog looks clearer than the online pic; it looks to me like the cut it leaves was more of a "slit," maybe somewhat like a cat looks when his eyes do that slit thing?
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Yeah, fairly sure its closer to a v-cut than a real "cats-eye". I'm not sure how you would make it taper on both ends.
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And just why would you say something like this? :-)
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Since I'm from Texas I will add my $.02 ha ha. That is a V-Cut, and to me doesn't look like a very good one. The "Cats Eye" looks like it would be deep enough from the picture of the cutter but I have seen this cutter be used before and the V cut on it isn't deep or wide enough. Also I would never buy a cutter with a single guillotine blade, they just don't do the job very well.

If you want a cheap V cutter that works great get the Wolf V cutter, they go for around $10 or under and it has the best blade you can find for a V cutter. If you want to spend more money Xikar now makes pretty much the same cutter as the Wolf in a metal frame, Xikar VX. Can't go wrong with either one of them.
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The interesting thing I see is that with this cutter the V cut is not limited to only the cap. You can V cut a torp, or maybe even a chisel with this cutter.
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Well, Finck's is located in San Antonio, Texas, so I figured maybe someone who lives in Texas might have seen one of them and could give us a report.
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Love the V cut with a torpedo never thought I would until a friend hooked me up
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When I first started smoking cigars, v-cutters wasn't used I don't think as a term - they were all called cats eye cutters.
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