Passatore double bullet cutter

I purchased this bullet cutter in Schneiderwind (see previous post).

You have these cutters in two versions: the single cutter with a 7mm cut, and the double cutter with both a 7 mm and a 10 mm cut. With my love for robustos, it wasn't a difficult choice ;)

Schneiderwind has them in shiny black or aluminium. I chose the aluminium one, because it will be on my keychain.

 

What a difference with my old one, which I purchased in Seattle a few years ago. That plastic cheap item got lost from my chain because the cutter part fell of. That will not happen with this one because it has "screw on" parts. And with a retail price of 49 euros it is just right. The single cutter is 10 euros cheaper.

 

Passatore is made in Germany, but I couldn't find their website. They also make really great humidors.

I already love it ;)

Cigar shop visit: Schneiderwind Aachen

This weekend I was in Aachen with Britt and her lovely dog Emma to spent a day in the lovely town. It is also the closest town that has a Starbucks ;)

The Schneiderwind shop is located in the Krämerstrasse, one of the nice parts of town, enclosed by many shops. They have two entrances, the historic one for the room with liquors (they have a great collection of single malts, vodka's, rum's, and much more!) and the modern one for the cigar shop.

Inside the cigar shop you are helped by one of the very friendly people. My german isn't that good, and the guy who helped spoke quite slowly and helped me making the perfect choices.

The store itself looks very nice! it has glass lockers with Davidoff accessories and much more.

The humidor isn't that big, but big enough to hold 140 brands.

 

They also have one of the best cigar websites I have ever seen:

- downloads: you can download their catalog, kalenders, brochures, cigar journals, ...

- order cigars in many ways: by email, fax, post, phone

- new items: a large list of new items and meetings

- virtual tour around the shop!

- large list of historic cognac's and Armagnac's