Okay, I chalk it up to being a newbie - I got a black-ops double guillotine cutter and when it arrived I discovered that there was a plate (plastic) behind the hole you put the cigar into. Perfect cut every time, they say. Well, I found it to be too shallow and have to cut a cigar more than once to get a decent cut. Shaving off fractions also makes it hard to get a clean cut. And forget about using it with a torpedo!
Lesson learned, I just bought a Xikar on cbid (and since I had to pay shipping on that one item, I figured I'd just put in a few bids on some other things and then a few more....thank goodness I was outbid on most of them - another lesson learned!).
Anyway, I'm wondering if anyone has successfully performed "surgery" on the black-ops cutter. I'd like to cut a hole in the back plate to allow a bigger cut. I think drilling would probably work best, but I don't have a drill bit large enough. Since it's plastic, I wonder whether it might be possible to burn a hole (red hot screwdriver?) and then file or sand the edges.
Since it's destined to be a backup cutter, I wouldn't mind experimenting on it, and since folks here seem pretty resourceful I thought someone might have already given it a try.
So what do you think is the best way to make a hole in the thing?
