S.T. Dupont Cigar Cutter Stand — Monogram 1872, Grey

S.T. Dupont Cigar Cutter Stand — Monogram 1872, Grey

The Monogram 1872 collection spans three finishes in the stand cutter format, and each finish positions the founding logo differently. Burgundy gives it ceremony. Black and gold gives it graphic force. Grey and silver give it something else: legibility without insistence. The founding motif — S.T. Dupont's new logo, upright, determined, and proud — is present on the grey version without being announced. It is there for those who look, and quiet for those who do not.

Monogram 1872 / The Founding Logo in Grey and Silver

The grey lacquer and silver accents of the 003480M work in the same tonal register: cool, neutral, consistent. The Monogram 1872 motif sits on the grey ground in the way that silver lettering sits on a grey field — readable by contrast of tone rather than contrast of color. The founding year is present; the new logo stands as the Maison intended it, upright and determined; but nothing in the finish amplifies or dramatizes what the motif is doing. Among the three versions of the Monogram 1872 cutter stand, grey is the one you keep on the desk without it asking to be noticed.

The Stand / Double Blade

The stand cutter format gives the cutting ritual a surface — the stand holds the cigar before and after the cut, so the act of cutting doesn't require a second hand to catch what falls. The double blade executes a clean guillotine cut; the weight of 110g provides the resistance that a well-machined instrument should have; the 48.4 × 64.5 × 7.7mm proportions keep the object appropriately scaled for the desk or the humidor top. The grey version is not the lightest-looking object in the Monogram 1872 lineup — grey and silver tend to carry visual weight that burgundy disperses and black makes dramatic — but it is the most quietly functional.

Metalwork and Lacquer

The Monogram 1872 collection showcases S.T. Dupont's expertise in metalwork and the art of lacquer, and the grey cutter stand is the version where the lacquer craft is most understated. The finish is applied to the metal body without any of the ceremony that a warm or high-contrast finish brings. The result is an object defined by what it does rather than by how it looks doing it — which is a choice the Maison makes available, not one it makes by default. Personalization available up to three characters.

Now available at The Tobacconist of Greenwich.