Cello on or off? BUT this is Cutting the stick
 

I read an info email from cheaphumidors.com
I think it came from there.
The blurb casually mentioned cutting the cigar with the cello on and then removing it for lighting.

I've been smoking for a goodly many years and never thought to cut with the cello on.

I, at first, scoffed at this method. I figured that I knew everything there is to know about getting the cigar ready for cutting.

HAH!!!!

I now ALWAYS cut my stick with the cello on and then just slide it out and light it up.

Some of you who read this will say...."OF COURSE THAT"S HOW YOU CUT A STICK"

I've never seen it cut in the cello.
I really like this method

Do others cut the stick with the cello on?

OR

are you like me who unflapped the cello the manuevered the stick out to cut it?????

C'mon...fess up...
:)
Tom

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I get a much cleaner cut if I cut the stick with the cello on. Started doing this a couple of years ago when I read about it on Club Stogie.

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...I've never even heard of such a thing. I always removed the stick from the cello, and now I'm gonna have to try it the other way. Interesting.

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I'm a no cello chop-chop. :D

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It never occurred to me to cut with the cello on. I'll give it a shot.

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great :mad: now I have to put cello on my cigars before cutting them

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hehe - Both, just depends on the RG size of the stick.

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Hahahahaha

This will be good for hand/eye coordination

Hahaha
Tom

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:r That made me laugh.

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I've never heard of this before. What is the reasoning behind leaving the cello on?

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For better cutting, did you even read the first post? ;)

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What I read some time back is that it keeps your cutter cleaner and you will therefore get better cuts.

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I would think this would dull the blade(s) quicker. Having to cut through cello and cigar, instead of just cigar.

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took the words right out of my trap!

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I’ve never tried cutting with the cello on, but cutting with it off works great for me.

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I believe that you just place it over the tip and un-roll gently until the entire stick is covered.:hm

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:r:r

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So how do you cut cigars in the aluminum tubes? Wouldn't that ruin your cutter?

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Never heard or seen anyone cut a cigar using this method. Might have to give it a try.

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Sawz-All

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you are truly a tard, cello is in the topic, not tubo

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I have done both ways. I prefer to take them out of the cello personally. I have seen other people actully get the cello jammed into the cutter and then make a mess of the cigar trying to free it.

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You would think the cello, being oil derived, may also actually do some lubricating of the blade. It's worth a shot.

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But what if it's a celo cigar in a tubo?

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then you bite the cap off

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I heard that leaving the cello on while cutting and smoking is how the true aficionado does it. Especially when the cello has been on for awhile and develops a yellow tinge. You don't want to waste all the oil residue left on the cello:r

On a serious note. I might try it but it seems it would be more of a hassle. Don't change if not broken.

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I'd like to hear AFTER you try this.
It makes for easier extrication of the stick

:)
Tom

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I remove the Cello on all my NC cigars when I receive them. I find that the sticks get up to the proper RH quicker in my cooler that way so no cello here :ss

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I do it all the time if I'm just grabbing a cigar for "on the go". That way I can leave my cutter sit where it's at and don't have to haul it along.
Works fine.

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I have seen the girls at Casa Fuente do this before when I bought a stick there. She asked if she could cut it for me and I let her. She cut it with the celo on. I actually raised a stink about it and got her to give me another cigar that I cut myself...wierd

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:hm I'm not buying any of this...it sounds like something Mo would do :usa

Rob :D

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really?:confused: issues ;)

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I've seen the girls at Casa Fuente, they can do with my stick as they please

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I have seen a lot of the counter people cut them with the cello on.

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Cello off, Cranial Screw top method. :ss

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Do you have mostly similar sticks in your humidor(s)?

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I always take the cello off first I tried leaving it once and the cutter slipped and I got a messed up cut. But I hear that leaving the cello on works great especially if your cutter is getting dull.

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I try to shave the cap with the palio as close as I can. If I have to cut more, so be it. I would think this would be a problem going through the cello. I'll have to give this a shot with a torpedo.

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I also shave the cap with my cutter so I barely get any of the binder/filler. I'm fairly certain this would be pretty hard to do with cellophane on.

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:tpd: Don't know if I can do it... seems all wrong somehow. :hm

Guess I just enjoy the removal process... :D

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Ummm... OP doesn't say anything about better cutting - just that he likes it.

Now - the second post says it is better. I will have to experiment... :hm

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yep!!

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Honestly I don't know how you can really see the cap with the cello on to cut it where you'd like. Just smoke the freeking cigars this isn't rocket science :D

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I am gonna try this tonight and see what the hubbub is anyway...probably gonna end up cutting myself.

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Never even considered cutting with the cigar still in the cello. I'll have to try it sometime when it isn't cold as R%$#$^$ %@$^R@$^R%# @%#^R ^# outside.

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I don't, like several people have said, it's hard on the blades of your cutter.


Lot of people do that at the shop and we have to replace the cutter once every couple months (Davidoff cutters last the longest).

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It isn't derived from oil.

Cellulose fibers from wood, cotton, hemp, or other sources are dissolved in alkali and carbon disulphide to make a solution called viscose, which is then extruded through a slit into a bath of dilute sulfuric acid and sodium sulfate to reconvert the viscose into cellulose. The film is then passed through several more baths, one to remove sulfur, one to bleach the film, and one to add glycerin to prevent the film from becoming brittle.
A similar process, using a hole (a spinneret) instead of a slit, is used to make a fibre called rayon. Chemically, cellophane, rayon and cellulose are polymers of glucose and contain the chemical elements carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.

And unless it goes through a waterproofing process it is not air tight.

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Hack saw:D:

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:eek: We're still talking about that clear stuff my cigars come wrapped in right.

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Yeah, he lost me at cellulose fibers....