Abstract: An cigar tip cutter having a plastic housing defining an internal cavity for receiving relatively slidable cutting blades includes a cigar tip receiving opening that cooperates with the cutting blades for cutting a cigar tip placed in the opening of the housing. Relative motion of the blades causes registration of the cutting edges of the blades with the cigar tip receiving opening and motion of the blades towards each other effects severing of the cigar tip. Plastic guide rails fit in plastic grooves within the housing to guide the motion of the blades and prevent separation of the blades from the plastic housing. The plastic guide rails and cooperating plastic grooves include a position holding feature that functions as a friction lock when the blades are in the collapsed position within the housing.