Billed as a “value” cutter line “targeted to budget minded consumers”, the Vertigo Victory V-Cutter is a standard v-cutter that is made of plastic for the covering and includes a stainless steel blade. The cutter can cut cigars up to 62 ring gauge, and comes in only one color—dark slate gray—with a retail price of $9.99, although you can buy them for almost half as much at various online stores. Visually, the Vertigo Victory V-Cutter is nothing new, and in fact, looks extremely close to the XIKAR VX V-Cut Cutter. The slate gray finish covers the entire cutter, with “Vertigo” in capitol letters stamped on the bottom half under the blade in white. The cutter is quite light when held in your hand, and is obviously made of nothing more than plastic and stainless steel. Operation-wise, the Vertigo is fairly simple to use, especially since the action of the blade is virtually identical to XIKAR’s v-cutters. I explained how everything works in my review of the original XIKAR VX V-Cut: 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 ...
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