Serrated Cigar Cutter

Abstract

A cigar cutter has a housing with a cigar tip receiving hole. A blade having a cutting edge and a longitudinal sliding axis engages the housing such that the blade is longitudinally slidable downwardly so that the cutting edge crosses the receiving hole. The cutting edge has an upwardly-pointing V-shape with serrations there-along, the serrations being aligned with the longitudinal sliding of the blade so that inserting a cigar tip into the receiving hole and forceably sliding the cutting edge downwardly across the receiving hole and the cigar tip will force the serrations into the cigar tip without side-to-side sawing of the cigar by the serrations. The blade may further have a forwardly-pointing V-shape.

I claim: 
     
         1 . An apparatus for cutting off a cigar tip off of a cigar and comprising;
 a housing having a top, a bottom, a front, a rear, and a cigar tip receiving hole; the cigar tip receiving hole being disposed at the front and having a cigar tip receiving hole axis directed from the front to the rear; and   a blade having a cutting edge and a longitudinal sliding axis, the blade engaging the housing such that the blade is longitudinally slidable downwardly between the front and the back so that the cutting edge crosses the cigar tip receiving hole axis; wherein   the cutting edge comprises an upwardly-pointing V-shape with serrations there-along, the serrations aligned with the longitudinal sliding axis; whereby   inserting a cigar tip into the receiving hole and forceably sliding the cutting edge downwardly across the cigar tip receiving hole axis and the cigar tip therein forces the serrations into the cigar tip without side-to-side sawing of the cigar by the serrations to cut the cigar tip off of the cigar.   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the blade further comprises a forwardly-pointing V-shape. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 2  wherein the forwardly-pointing V-shape of the blade comprises an approximately ninety angular degree V-shape. 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 3  wherein the upwardly-pointing V-shape of the cutting edge comprises an approximately forty angular degree V-shape. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 4  wherein the receiving hole has lower portion in the form of one of a downwardly-pointing U-shape and a downwardly-pointing V-shape. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 5  wherein the one of a downwardly-pointing U-shape and a downwardly-pointing V-shape is arranged to cooperate with the upwardly-pointing V-shape of the cutting edge to engage the cigar at evenly-distributed locations there-around. 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 6  wherein the bottom of the housing further comprises a fixed finger hole and the blade further comprises a movable finger hole. 
     
     
         8 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the forwardly-pointing V-shape of the blade comprises an approximately ninety angular degree V-shape. 
     
     
         9 . The apparatus of  claim 8  wherein the receiving hole has lower portion in the form of one of a downwardly-pointing U-shape and a downwardly-pointing V-shape. 
     
     
         10 . The apparatus of  claim 9  wherein the one of a downwardly-pointing U-shape and a downwardly-pointing V-shape is arranged to cooperate with the upwardly-pointing V-shape of the cutting edge to engage the cigar at evenly-distributed locations there-around. 
     
     
         11 . The apparatus of  claim 10  wherein the bottom of the housing further comprises a fixed finger hole and the blade further comprises a movable finger hole. 
     
     
         12 . An apparatus for cutting a cigar tip from a cigar and comprising;
 a housing having a top with a blade opening there-through, a bottom with a bottom grip, a front with a cigar tip receiving hole, and a rear; the cigar tip receiving hole having a cigar tip receiving hole axis directed toward the rear; and   a blade having top, a bottom, and a longitudinal sliding axis, the top comprising a blade grip and the bottom comprising a cutting edge, the blade passing through the blade opening and engaging the housing such that the blade is longitudinally slidable upwardly to enable receipt of the cigar tip into the cigar tip receiving hole, and downwardly so that the cutting edge crosses the cigar tip receiving hole axis; wherein   the cutting edge comprises an upwardly-pointing V-shape with serrations there-along, the serrations aligned with the longitudinal sliding axis; whereby   sliding the blade grip upwardly relative to the bottom grip, inserting a cigar tip into the receiving hole, and forceably sliding the blade grip downwardly relative to the bottom grip causes the cutting edge downwardly across the receiving hole axis and the cigar tip therein, and forces the serrations into the cigar tip without side-to-side sawing of the cigar by the serrations to cut the cigar tip from the cigar.   
     
     
         13 . The apparatus of  claim 12  wherein the blade further comprises a forwardly-pointing V-shape. 
     
     
         14 . The apparatus of  claim 13  wherein the forwardly-pointing V-shape of the blade comprises an approximately ninety angular degree V-shape. 
     
     
         15 . The apparatus of  claim 14  wherein the upwardly-pointing V-shape of the cutting edge comprises an approximately forty angular degree V-shape. 
     
     
         16 . The apparatus of  claim 15  wherein the receiving hole has lower portion in the form of one of a downwardly-pointing U-shape and a downwardly-pointing V-shape. 
     
     
         17 . The apparatus of  claim 16  wherein the one of a downwardly-pointing U-shape and a downwardly-pointing V-shape is arranged to cooperate with the upwardly-pointing V-shape of the cutting edge to engage the cigar tip at evenly-distributed locations there-around. 
     
     
         18 . The apparatus of  claim 17  wherein the bottom grip further comprises a fixed finger hole and the blade grip further comprises a movable finger hole. 
     
     
         19 . The apparatus of  claim 12  wherein the forwardly-pointing V-shape of the blade comprises an approximately ninety angular degree V-shape. 
     
     
         20 . The apparatus of  claim 19  wherein the receiving hole has lower portion in the form of one of a downwardly-pointing U-shape and a downwardly-pointing V-shape. 
     
     
         21 . The apparatus of  claim 20  wherein the one of a downwardly-pointing U-shape and a downwardly-pointing V-shape is arranged to cooperate with the upwardly-pointing V-shape of the cutting edge to engage the cigar tip at evenly-distributed locations there-around. 
     
     
         22 . The apparatus of  claim 21  wherein the bottom grip further comprises a fixed finger hole and the blade grip further comprises a movable finger hole.