Okay, have to ask...

dan7876

See Exhibit A - the perfecto on the left in the "different cigars next to each other" shot. 

 

http://www.cigar.com/cigars/viewcigar.asp?brand=654

 

The difference in width has me thrown...not like with a regular torpedo where the end you smoke from is thinner, but the end you light starts and remains the same width.

 

So in this case, obviously you light the end opposite the label, but are you supposed to cut that end to an even width first?  Or do you cut just a little bit and light the end (even though it's smaller and the burn has to work its way outward to get the rest of the stick going eventually).   Reason I ask is the only time I've tried smoking a cigar with a recessing width on the lighting end, the burn never really caught on right, seemingly because I didn't cut it far enough up to have an even width to burn.

 

Did it not work for me because I just screwed it up, or is there a rule of thumb that I don't know about lighting these shapes of cigars?

 

- Dan

dutyje

madurofan

Don't cut the burning end(the foot) at all. Just light it. Part of the beauty of a perfecto is that they are inherently more complex than another shape(vitola) of the same cigar. The downside of a perfecto is they frequently have burn issues.

dan7876

Thanks for clarifying!

Rob1110

Lasabar

Yessir! Just cut and light like normal, just keep the lighter around for corrective lighting

j0z3r

Big Dan

i dont understand all the torpedo hype i personally find it to b unappealing and with all the trouble u guys make it sound like its impossible to smoke im just getting the hang of normal cigars and its still a little difficult. i also just hate the look of the torpedo idk mayb it will grow on me

urbino

j0z3r

Big Dan:

i dont understand all the torpedo hype i personally find it to b unappealing and with all the trouble u guys make it sound like its impossible to smoke im just getting the hang of normal cigars and its still a little difficult. i also just hate the look of the torpedo idk mayb it will grow on me

One of the selling points of a tapered head cigar, and that term will apply to torpedos as well as perfectos, is that you are able to direct the smoke better. With a standard cigar, a parejo (straight sided, rounded head, open, flat foot), you don't really get any say over where the smoke is directed when you draw on it, a tapered head cigar can be cut to direct the smoke more toward your palate thus allowing you to taste it better/differently.

Big Dan

hmm well mayb ill give it a try in a while im gna get used to normal smokes first and see how that works out and learn the tastes and trade and what not and then ill try one of these torpedos but idk i think they look tacky

MaduroScott

dutyje

Big Dan

well that was a great article actually and it was a lot of help. now i need to figure out the right size for me. also is there any articles on this forum or does anybody know anything about the types of wrappers and there flavors and such? wow there is so many aspects to each cigar and each one is so unique and like there is a million variations of each its incredibly overwhelming