Da Splitter was designed to make adequate cuts in cigars and cigarillos to provide for additional material to be inserted so they the flavor of the cigar or cigarillo may be enhanced.
Use:
Da Splitter” is a tool created to make adequate cuts in cigars and cigarillos to provide for additional material to be inserted to enhance the use of the cigar, cigarillos and other objects.
Physical Description:
Da Splitter comes in many different colors; it is made of hard plastic and has 3 compartments. The tool is round in the front ad squares off in the back weighing approx. ½ lb. The round or front side has a ⅞″ hole with a razor inserted and opens from both ends; this side of the tool is used to side in the cigar. When the cigar is pulled through a cut is made down the middle from top to bottom. The backside of the tool is 1.125″ wide and holds a mini cigarette lighter. Along the left side of the tool there is a 2.1″ pick inserted; this pick is used for stuffing different flavor tobacco in the cigar.
How it's Made:
This tool is made through injection molding. Currently, the type of tool being used is soft with one cavity. The tool frame is fortal and the cavity material is fortal/steel. The exact material used is to form da splitter is impact styrene. It takes about 45 seconds to produce one prototype. Once the tool is dropped from the machine, the hobby blade in inserted by hand at a 25-degree angle. A sticker is placed across the front of the tool from one end to the other. The sticker has the name of the tool, a picture of the inventor and a warning label for the blade placed inside.
Tobacco companies make several types of cigars in terms of size, type and flavor. However, all flavors are not available in all types or size. Da Splitter was invented to cut open the cigar so that the customer of the cigar company may smoke any flavor out of any type one wishes. This invention was not designed to change, enhanced or out perform any prior invention.