Star Cutter and Board

[adamziegler]

Here she is!

That looks great!! Now let's see some cigars

 

[wrvj545]

I have been looking for one of these for a while now and finally got one. I spent most of the day doing some light restoration on this beautiful antique with the intention of finally having a good tuck cutter and rolling board.
I sat down to use it and realized that this is meant for a smaller ring gauge then I plan to roll. It works great, functions fine and the restorations I did really to clean off the age in corrosion that was preventing it from working properly. Unfortunately I'm probably not going to keep it and have to pass it along.
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I bought one like that on ebay. What years were they made?

 

[adamziegler]

I bought one like that on ebay. What years were they made?

I am no expert. I see a "July 1905" on it, but i am not sure this is the date of manufacture.

Side note, I have been using this cutter regularly. I just learned that I have to control the cutter depth myself to prevent the hub of the star from crushing the foot.

 

[RUNSUPRIVER]

Great post. Was there any good info on why the hub was designed as a crusher? Was the star just used in smaller cigars?

 

[deluxestogie]

Was the star just used in smaller cigars?

I've smoked cigars since about 1970. Back then, the Hoyo de Monterrey Rothschild (4.5" x 50) was considered a truly fat cigar. The Joya de Nicaragua Consul (4.5" x 52) was the fattest ring gauge that I recall from then. Corona-size cigars were the most common.

Bob

 

[adamziegler]

Great post. Was there any good info on why the hub was designed as a crusher? Was the star just used in smaller cigars?

I have learned to just not "send it" when using this cutter. I just use a gentle touch

 

[RUNSUPRIVER]

I have learned to just not "send it" when using this cutter. I just use a gentle touch

Makes sense, I just tested mine, and a 46rg is too big for the post. I'm really surprised they made these for such small sticks. I need to measure what maximum rg the one I have will not crush.

 

[deluxestogie]

@MarcL had a post with a bunch of pictures at one point of historic rolling equipment , but most of those pictures are broken.

Many of @MarcL's photos are available on his tribute thread, linked near the bottom of our Index of Key Forum Threads.

The Cigar Artistry of @MarcL: A Photo Album Tribute

@MarcL studied the cigar rolling skills of others displayed on the FTT forum over the years, as well as any other sources he could find, then began to roll is own cigars from whole leaf. Not only were his skills as a torcedor impressive, his photography of his own production is superb. This...

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There are only a couple of shots that (partially) show the business end of his cutter. The upper blade appears to be not a star blade, but a single, fixed, inverted 'U'. The lower blade appears to be a custom piece that he added.

Bob

 

[adamziegler]

Makes sense, I just tested mine, and a 46rg is too big for the post. I'm really surprised they made these for such small sticks. I need to measure what maximum rg the one I have will not crush.

It can be used on larger sticks... 50, 52.. just don't drive it all the way down