V-Cutter

[T.G]

Originally Posted by Blak Smyth

From what I understand, the V shape creates more surface area, which is good for burn and draw.

Would have to do the math on that one, but I think it's really just splitting hairs. One thing about the construction of the cigars is that the flat cut will expose all, or nearly all, of the air channels created by the bunching & rolling, the V-cut will not, so even if you have more surface area exposed, it's across a reduced number of orifices, which means that, since pressure is a constant, you will have to increase the velocity to get the same volume of air through the cigar (drawing harder). This increase might help the burn, but again, I think it's really trivial/minor differences here.

[Blak Smyth]

Originally Posted by T.G

Would have to do the math on that one, but I think it's really just splitting hairs. One thing about the construction of the cigars is that the flat cut will expose all, or nearly all, of the air channels created by the bunching & rolling, the V-cut will not, so even if you have more surface area exposed, it's across a reduced number of orifices, which means that, since pressure is a constant, you will have to increase the velocity to get the same volume of air through the cigar (drawing harder). This increase might help the burn, but again, I think it's really trivial/minor differences here.

That makes some sense to me. There may be some happy medium where a cigar that draws loose may benefit by a V and a cigar that draws tight may benefit from a straight cut (Or vice versa). I have been using nothing but a V for about a month now and love it. I wasn't having issues with my Palio before either though.