Gurkha Regent issues/disappointment

illinoisgolf99

So I cut a Gurkha Regent Toro 6 x 50 yesterday and began to take in the pre-light draw when all of a sudden the wrapper near where the cap used to be started to slightly unravel. I carefully made sure not to touch it and be gentle while I lit it up. Well I lit it up and a few draws later the ENTIRE wrapper decided to unravel!! Any reasons why it might do this other than poor construction?

urbino

Only other explanation I can think of is it was all dried out, but you would have noticed that.

jsnake

The only thing consistent about Gurkha Cigars is the fact that you will have wrapper issues and burn issues 90% of the time. I love Gurkha. Love them. Ask anyone. 90% of the time they have an issue. I pull out any other cigar from my humidor and no issues. For some reason Gurkha Cigars unravel, split, and burn uneven more than any other brand.

jet057

OLD,cheaply made imo,it has happened to alot thats why i don't buy that crap!whats good imo is the cuban legacy,it well made and tasty.If you do buy gurkha buy them in the chuchill then use a punch cutter in stead of a gillotine.Stay away from old gurkha cigars yule know cause they sell cheap but still to much money for bad Quality.

Duder2

That's funny, I've smoked a lot of Gurkha's in my relatively short experience and hardly ever have wrapper and burn issues. Maybe I'm just lucky (or maybe the 90% is all the stock I have sitting in my humi's!).

kuzi16

stephen_hannibal

cabinetmaker

I've never had a Gurkha unravel on me. I agree that most do find other ways to dissapoint, though. I do like the microbatch S-2's though; centurians too.

illinoisgolf99

phobicsquirrel

jsnake:

The only thing consistent about Gurkha Cigars is the fact that you will have wrapper issues and burn issues 90% of the time. I love Gurkha. Love them. Ask anyone. 90% of the time they have an issue. I pull out any other cigar from my humidor and no issues. For some reason Gurkha Cigars unravel, split, and burn uneven more than any other brand.

I would have to dis-agree. I find that out of all the blends I've had from gurkha (which is almost all of them) I've had minor burn issues. Though I don't like all of them, regent is one of them, they usually burn well. I do believe I've had more gurkha's than any other cigar brand and I've had more issues with CAO than any other brand, well with the Italia and Brazilian.

laker1963

DaveTheRookie09

I personally don't own one but my local B&M sells cutters with a back on them so your only able to get the cap 1/8 of an inch in if that... sometimes you have to cut twice on bigger cigars but I love using them when I am there since 99% of all the other times I smoke I use my punch...

kuzi16

stephen_hannibal

pnaylon

Nice! Ive got to get me one of those. My $3 guillotine isnt cuttin it for me. Ha!

jsnake

Well I based my statement off of personal experience and the experiences of friends as well as what I hear on other forums. If you cut the cap off yeah that would not be the manufacturers fault. I have had issues with other brands. I still love my Gurkhas though and will tolerate the little problems. I have so many of them and smoke so many that I just might not have experienced others enough.