At the 2014 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, XIKAR released the VX Key Chain ($44.99), which as the name implies, takes the company’s popular VX Metal V-Cutter and puts it on a keychain. There are many similarities between the original VX V-Cutter and the newer keychain model: the cast aluminum body is the same concave shape, the blade is identical, the three color choices for the VX Key Chain are three finishes offered on the regular VX, it has the same warranty, etc. There’s some good that comes along with using the tried and tested design. In my review of the original VX, I explained the advantages XIKAR’s v-cutters had over most the competition, something that carries over to the newer model. On a traditional v-cutter, the triangular shaped blade will have its tip break the cap, from the center of the cigar, and then continue to penetrate the cigar. XIKAR’s cutter uses a v-like blade where the side of the v are the first to touch the cigar, on the outside areas, and the middle is the final part to come in contact with the blade. The end result is to reduce tearing and prevent the risk of cutting too deeply. Because ...
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