Look!

Up on the screen!

It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s a XIKAR cigar cutter!

That was the reaction from Kurt Van Keppel, founder and president of XIKAR, the industry’s leading manufacturer of cigar and gentlemen’s accessories.

While in a Kansas City theater taking in the country’s hottest new film, “Superman Returns,” Van Keppel was pleasantly surprised to see his company’s Xi1 Titanium cigar cutter featured in three different scenes. Even his young daughter took notice saying, “Daddy, there’s your cutter!”

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E.Z. at Humiblog has an excellent short review up of the Palió Cigar Cutter.

Here’s an excerpt:

“But enough of the technical specs… I’ve used the cutter for two weeks now, and it’s become my cutter of choice.

The thing’s like my right hand now. It’s light weight, sharp, precise, and feels great in hand.”

It is a good look at a good tool, and I recommend both the review and the cutter to you.

From the manufacturer:

Inspired by and based upon the precision and calibration of today’s superior medical devices, Palio has endured the rigors of intense product development. From concept and design to product testing and refinement, Palio has been mechanically engineered to deliver only the most precise cut available in the cigar accessory market today. With a twin-bladed design that uses two reinforced blades made of hardened surgical steel; the Palio can cut up to a 52 ring cigar. If at any point in the life of the cutter, you feel that the cutter has lost its ability to deliver a quality cut (while cutting cigars of course!), you can return it to us, or any Palio dealer for a replacement at no cost.

Palio touts several advantages that their cutter has over others available:

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