Havana Retractable Black Cigar Punch
October 4, 2010 by Cigar Maven
Filed under Cigar Books
Product Description
The best value retractable blade punch in the market. Easy to use: push on one end to expose the blade, punch, push button to retract the blade and automatically eject plug. Great design, rubberized grip and key ring attachment for your convenience. Available in black, blue, gray, green, red and yellow…. More >>
Havana Retractable Black Cigar Punch
I’ve been using guillotine, and Xikar cutters for a couple years, when I decided to give a punch a try (not the cigar brand) I purchased this one, and pulled out a Romeo y Julieta: Verona’s Court, I centered it up and drove the blade home.
The perfect clean hole was something I wasn’t used to. Not cleaning up a pile of tobacco was also an added bonus. I lit the end and took my first pull…nice long draw, very impressed! I continued with the RyJ until about 3/4 through, this is normally where I feel the heat of the cigar, but not with the punch hole.
I must admit I keep this on my key chain at all times, and turned my Xikar cutter into a drawer kept back up. Some people mention tar buildup but I have yet to experience this in any of the brands I smoke.
Ill be ordering a second punch for my dads birthday this coming August!
Rating: 5 / 5
There isn’t much to this. It pokes a hole in your cigar so you don’t suck up a lung trying to pull smoke through a sealed wrapper.
I will stay that it took me awhile to figure out how to retract the thing. I tried pushing on the button again, like a pen, but that didn’t work, and because the thing is black it’s hard to see the small, round button on the side that retracts the punch. Call me stupid, but I’ve never used a retractable cigar punch before.
Rating: 5 / 5
Thought I’d try a punch. I’ve always gone with a cutter, but figured I’d see what the difference is in actual smoking. Since this is my only experience with a punch I can’t compare this one, but it feels very cheap and it gets stuck in the “out” position all the time. I monkey with it and eventually it just snaps back like there was nothing wrong with it, but then right away it would get stuck again. Guess it’s good to try out, but if I were to keep using a punch I’d find one that works much better.
Rating: 3 / 5
I enjoy this cutter for any medium and higher ring gauge. Nice even punch every time. My only advice would be to get a lighter color, because the button to retract/eject is black, so the black body makes it nearly impossible to see.
Rating: 4 / 5
Have to say I was a bit susceptible, I often used a metal skewer, this gizmo works like a charm.
Way cheaper here than in tobacco shops, or online cigar sites.
Rating: 5 / 5