For parejos, I use my Palio or Zino to score the wrapper where I want to cut it and then I flip off the cap with my thumb. Works like a charm every time. For figurados, I just clip away.
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Palio
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I like my Xikars.


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Chris.....
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I have Xikar and Palio but usually use a cheap ass Havana Cutter :-)
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Gotta love those Havana cutters. I sure wish that they still made them.:-)
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I've got a Cuban Crafter CC-24 Perfecto on Torps and Belli's A punch on others.

I smoke large gauge sticks though so the punch is my primary weapon.
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Cuban crafters perfecto cutter.
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Palio...
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Palio as well.
But I've used my teeth recently for the first time (especially on a cigar with a pigtail) and it's fun, not one problem either (ie. perfect draw and doesn't unravel or anything). Not something I'll do all the time, or with something like a 1492, but it's fun to do occasionally in my book. :-)
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I have 2 Xikar cutters and a Xikar key chain punch but I can't remember the last time I've used them. Been biting my cigars off for the past year.
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how does one open it with his teeth? Ive seen this quite a bit.
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Depends on the RG for me, I punch for 50 and up, cut for smaller RG's...

I tend to use a cheapie punch that I received from Taboo ages ago (when they were givin' away stuff with orders).

I carry both a Palio and Xikar X2, and use whichever happens to be handy. I do like and use the Palio if I need to set a stick down, cuz they are designed to keep your stick in place, while doing something else briefly.

I also use some giveaway steel cutters, that Drew Estates used to give away, but they can't be used for a Torpedo, as they only cut about 1/16" off the end. I call these my "beginner's cutters"... :-)

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It takes a bit of practice... you want to nibble around the cap, and once it's loose, pull it off with your teeth. :-)
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I personally use the cheap ones, just haven't gotten around to buying a good one yet.
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Same here, i've been looking at the palio's for a little while now....
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Xikar for the most part, occasionally a swiss army knife cigar scissors. Somehow I always managed to chip the blase on my bullets and I get ragged cuts, or I split the cap.
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Palio. A cut above.
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Palio :-)
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I've used punches and cutters and v-cutters...have an Avo punch (2 sided lg & sm) that I don't use...have one or two v-cutters I've moved on from...have a Zino Davidoff I don't use...have Xiker's I don't use including the little folding scissors thingy...what I do use is a Palio...best yet by far...:-)
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Palio cutters and Xikar punches!:-)
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