[icehog3]

Originally Posted by Big Maduro

Thanks for all the responses. I got tied up with work. Never considered the tar effect. I can see that being an issue maybe. I notice that some of the larger cigars sometimes have a looser draw. I'm thinking a punch might be good in some of those incidents. I might pick up a cheap one to try I appreciate the feed back.

Now where did you ever get an idea like that?

Originally Posted by icehog3

I use a Palio cutter 95% of the time or more...when I do prefer a punch is when I have a larger ring gauge cigar that is slightly underfilled....a couple of the recent Ramon Allones EL/REs come to mind. Tend to smoke cooler/slower for me when I punch them rather than cut them.