In November of last year, XIKAR soft-launched the M8, an all metal version of its extremely popular X8 cutter to approximately 60 retail accounts. Earlier this year, the cutter shipped nationally. It’s the third model in the X8 family, joining the original version as well as the larger X875 that was also introduced in 2014. Physically, the XIKAR M8 is virtually identical to its X8 brother, other than the fact that it is made entirely of metal and has “XIKAR” stamped on one side. The cutter features stainless steel blades and is offered in three different finishes: bead blast, chrome silver and gunmetal, all of which carry a retail price of $49.99. Like both the X8 and the X875, the M8 is a single action guillotine cutter, meaning that one blade that remains stationary while the other blade moves to actually cut the cigar. It allows the blades to open to a full circle before closing again with only the sliding side retracting from the body of the cutter. This means the cigar does not move during the cutting motion, which should decrease the chance of tearing the cap while cutting. XIKAR claims the M8 can cut a 70 ring gauge cigar, a fact that I found to be absolutely ...
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