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One of the sides came out of my DE perfect cutter and when I put it back in like an idiot I didn't make sure it was lined up right. Well they criss crossed and bam. Would a file be sufficient? I filed the burr the best I could but it's not exactly cutting good


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If it is a real Perfect Cutter made by Cuban Crafters, they will repair or replace it at no charge. If it is not made by Cuban Crafters, you may want to hit up someone from Drew Estate on twitter or facebook. They might be in a giving mood and send you a replacement. Best of luck!
 
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I can't say for certain but a lot of what iv read it's very difficult to sharpen a cigar cutter. Iv always tossed the ones iv had once they get full. Iv read a few janky sounding ways to do it. But unless you can remove the blades I don't see being able to get a good angle to sharped them.
 
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A Huge Nerd said:
If it is a real Perfect Cutter made by Cuban Crafters, they will repair or replace it at no charge. If it is not made by Cuban Crafters, you may want to hit up someone from Drew Estate on twitter or facebook. They might be in a giving mood and send you a replacement. Best of luck!
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What the nerd said. Sharpening the blades correctly will be pretty much impossible.
 
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I have 3-4 of those DE cutters laying around. Let me know which on it was and I may have it. Or you can take the blades from one of mine and use them.


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Someone told me awhile back you can buy the blank ones with no logo and just pull the blades out out that and put it in the DE cutter. Not sure how true that is though.

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Hoshneer said:
Someone told me awhile back you can buy the blank ones with no logo and just pull the blades out out that and put it in the DE cutter. Not sure how true that is though.

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That makes perfect sense. No point in re-tooling the machines that make the blades if you don't have to - it would just add more cost up front for the manufacturer, (which gets passed on to the customer) as well as down time of the machines that produce the parts if they had to switch between the tooling used to produce one blade and the other. Same for the middle housing part of the cutter - they're already making that part too, so they'd be re-engineering that as well if the blade/thumbhole assemblies weren't the same.
 
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Thanks for all the info guys, I'm gonna look into these cuban crafters cutters. And if the blades end up being the same, I'll just replace the DE ones.

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Chuck it and get another, a Xikar, then you can just exchange it the next time you cut wire with your cigar cutter.
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I have a ton of cheap cutters lying around. Xikars, v cuts, punch cuts, guillotines. Just wanted to keep my perfect cut. PS it wasn't wire, I was clipping my toenails :D

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If you are serious about your knives then you'll probably have some sharpening rods on hand, or a stone or two. Absolutely don't file the edges...use a stone on them. It will take you a while. Concentrate on the edge...NOT the nick. The nick means nothing if you have a nice edge on the blades. Lansky is a pretty good source for knife sharpening goods. If you don't already have such things, you're gonna spend a lot more money on them than just going out and buying a new cutter.

I don't spend a lotta money on cutters. To me, they are just a throwaway item...when they get dull, toss and buy another. I'm not gonna spend a hundred bux on a cutter just to watch it get dull like a $4.95 cheapie and then throw it away. To my way of thinking, if I'm gonna spend a hundred bux, the manufacturer needs to keep the concept of sharpening the blade easily and regularly by the consumer in their game plan. Doesn't seem like they do.

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Yarddog said:
If you are serious about your knives then you'll probably have some sharpening rods on hand, or a stone or two. Absolutely don't file the edges...use a stone on them. It will take you a while. Concentrate on the edge...NOT the nick. The nick means nothing if you have a nice edge on the blades. Lansky is a pretty good source for knife sharpening goods. If you don't already have such things, you're gonna spend a lot more money on them than just going out and buying a new cutter.

I don't spend a lotta money on cutters. To me, they are just a throwaway item...when they get dull, toss and buy another. I'm not gonna spend a hundred bux on a cutter just to watch it get dull like a $4.95 cheapie and then throw it away. To my way of thinking, if I'm gonna spend a hundred bux, the manufacturer needs to keep the concept of sharpening the blade easily and regularly by the consumer in their game plan. Doesn't seem like they do.

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Xikar will sharpen or replace the blades on your cutter. They have a very good lifetime warranty that comes with their products.

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