this is a small collection of German made vintage cigar cutters that I acquired after seeing "swordfish" again..........thought you might to add yours to the thread

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While not very convenient to carry around those look amazing! I'm going to have to look into starting my own collection.

This has me thinking maybe I should buy some Palios and Xikars to save so the next generation can see what we used to cut cigars. They will probably have something sweet like a lightsaber cutter or a laser :-)
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i've seen some AMAZING cutters made out of horns and all sorts of things walking around small stores in london, sadly they were all upwards of $75, at a time when i couldnt be spending that much on a looker. nice cutters!

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Very impressive Collection you have there:-)
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Nice!!
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Hey, those are sweet! I keep looking in antique stores and flea markets but haven't seen anything like those locally. Gonna have to spread out and look other places I guess. Thanks for that pic.
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take a look at the german ebay pages. prices are pretty low and shipping cost should be reasonble.
up to which rg can u use them?
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I have only one. It looks almost like the one all the way on the bottom left of Alex's photo. I'll dig it out and post a photo when I get a chance. When I tried using it, the blade(s) were extremely dull. It pinched the head of the cigar. I always wondered what the estimated value would be....:-)
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Nice collection! I have an old cutter at home. I will post a picture this evening when I get home. :-)
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About 42rg or smaller
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That is very cool! Thank you for posting.
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Sorry 46rg not 42...for the table cutters
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Very cool! I've seen them from time to time on eBay, but never pulled the trigger. Do you actually use any of them or are they show pieces only?
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:-):-):-)
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snkbyt, very nice collection you have there bro.

Most, if not all of the cutters pictured (hard to tell by the photo) are made by Donatus located in Solingen, Germany. Often times these cutters are mistakenly referred to as "Solingen" cutters due to the way the pivot arm that operates the cutter head is marked. If you're looking on ebay, I would recommend to run seperate searches for both "Donatus" and "Solingen".

Donatus has only been manufacturing them since the very late 1950's / early 60's, and they were heavily mass produced, so they shouldn't be too hard to find.
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I have one exactly like the foruth one up on the left side, I'd estimate it's from the earlier years of production based on the fact it belonged to my late uncle who passed away over 15 years ago and he had been using it decades. It was given to me by his son when I visited him in Germany a few years ago. It has no financial value, maybe 25 bucks, if that, just sentimental value.

Oh, and yea, like yours, it's too is not really a great cutter, but it's an awesome cigar box opener! :-)
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I've seen a couple of those before :-) Glad you're enjoying them.
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1 of them is new (never used till now) and the others will be put in a display case
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Bump :-)

Hope to post a picture this evening.
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Sweet, collection.
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