Punch or Cut?

Always cut.....

[FriskyDingo]

99% of the time its cut with my Palio. The other 1% is a punch.

I like to use a punch on the LFD Chisels. Punch all the way through, it's like a completely different smoke when done that way!

[G G]

Mostly V-cut lately.

[jaycarla]

I am using the punch more and more. Still use the "V" cutter occasionally too.

Probably like tastes, I am sure I will bounce around between the two.

[Clampdown]

I used to punch, but now i cut everytime. The key is to just take of the top cap, and see that nice divot left behind.

[groogs]

I have a punch, but it gets less use than my Xikar. I have punched maybee three or four smokes, but I prefer to use my Palio for everything. I would punch a chisel, but I rarley smoke them.

[BigAsh]

I have a triple flame Colibri with a punch attached on the bottom.....never really cared for it but convenient as hell....just got a Palio....now its cut, cut, cut....

[shilala]

I'll do whatever it takes to get the cigar smoked. If I have a cutter near me, I'll use it. If not, I'll use whatever I can get my hands on. I don't normally bite the end off my cigar, but I'm not at all adverse to the idea.
I have a v cutter I've never used, and in the past I carried a lighter with a punch.
I mostly use one of my Xikars.

I have always been a cut guy, started with cheap guillotine and went to a palio of which I thought I would never stop using. However of late I have been using my pocket knife, it has now become a new ritual for me to take my time carefully cutting the cap through to the point were it just pops off but none of the filler is cut. Anal perhaps but just a little more time in enjoying my sticks.

[HK3-]

Punch on the short fillers and a cutter on everone else.

I used to punch, then I got a Palio...

[ucla695]

Cut.

[WyGuy]

I personally don't even own a punch, so for the most part im strictly a cut guy. However, if a buddy or someone has a punch available i'll probably use it just because it's something different. Nice to change things every now and then.
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[alley00p]

I tend to cut up to 55 RG and punch anything larger. I like to punch the Taboo Twist Toros that are 58's - I like the amount of smoke I get and can control it if neccessary by opening up the opening.

I think it depends on the draw; I've punched a stick that had lousy draw and ended up cutting it to be able to finish it.

Palio cut most of the time, but I use a punch occasionally.

I'd like to see a demo of this "pinch" method?

Punching is far superior for mixed filler cigars, I cut everything else.

[Cigarcop]

I usually cut but have been known to punch.

I bought a Boston V cutter 10 years ago and it still cuts like it did on the first day. l love the V cut as it is deep enough to pull the smoke and clean enough because of the surgical cut it gives. For the $110 I paid for it I would hope to shout!

[Agent11br]

Either, though mostly I cut. I'm with everyone else on punching for larger RG

[Studebaker]

I used a punch for the first time a couple of months ago, and now I punch all the time except for cutting the occasional torpedo. I like the draw better with the punch.