Description

The Xi1 cigar cutters by Xikar are effective and offer ease and efficient cutting of cigars. They feature a body made of aluminum and blades made of surgical grade 440 stainless steel, and they have an ergonomic design. They all have the same cutting diameter and can cut a cigar with a ring gauge of 54 in half, and depending on how deep you cut, they can cut cigars with ring gauges up to 60.

They are available in Black, Blue, Gold, Red, Silver, and Titanium.

The history of Xikar begins in 1994 in Kansas. Kurt Van Keppel, (now president of Xikar) who wanted to buy a good cigar cutter, found many of the cheap models and high-end models with low performance. So he started with Scott Almsberger to design a more ergonomic handpiece. The result was the Xi cutter, which they built for the first time in their garages and is now the market leader.

XIKAR comes from the word sikar, which is said to be the first Spanish spelling of the word Taino for the cigar. The Tahn were the native populations of Spain and Cuba, where Columbus landed for the first time when he discovered the New World and smoke with him. We changed S to an X (representing 2 blades) and we had X cut the i, like a cutter that cuts a cigar!

Today, the company produces a complete range of cigar products such as lighters, travel humidors, ashtrays, cigar cases, humidifiers, hygrometers and so on