dutyje:Hey Shirley - Rather than going vertical with the cigar, try keeping your torch lighter and your cigar in a purely horizontal position. It makes it easier to inspect the foot of the cigar as it's toasting, and you're less likely to scorch yourself or the wrapper. At least, that's my experience.
rusirius: dutyje:Hey Shirley - Rather than going vertical with the cigar, try keeping your torch lighter and your cigar in a purely horizontal position. It makes it easier to inspect the foot of the cigar as it's toasting, and you're less likely to scorch yourself or the wrapper. At least, that's my experience. Good point... I said that because that was how I was told to do it originally, but in truth I actually hold it somewhere closer to 30-45 degrees... Of course I also use a torch lighter... I recall him mentioning using a cheap bic, so it wouldn't be quite as easy to direct the heat where needed... For him probably a higher angle??? Maybe like 50-60 degrees???
rusirius:Good point... I said that because that was how I was told to do it originally, but in truth I actually hold it somewhere closer to 30-45 degrees... Of course I also use a torch lighter... I recall him mentioning using a cheap bic, so it wouldn't be quite as easy to direct the heat where needed... For him probably a higher angle??? Maybe like 50-60 degrees???
kuzi16:a perfect burn is not a guarante. you can light the cigar correctly and if the roll was not right the cigar will not burn right. this isnt to put you down so dont take it that way: even though you followed the directions to light the cigar there is still a good chance you somehow did it wrong. lighting it right takes practice. as you do it more youir skills will develop. checking for plugs.... hmmm. when i cut a cigar, before i light it, i will draw off of it. this is the draw test. if its too tight i do one of two things: 1) put it back in the humi and let it sit for a long while get a paper clip unbend it and poke through till i can draw on it. I usually go for option one.sometimes the cigar will plug as you go. GENTLY (but firmly) roll it between your fingers and sometimes it will unplug....or again with the paper clip.
dutyje: you can help things along by blowing on the cherry.
dutyje:What kuzi said works well when you are indoors and/or there is no breeze. I smoked indoors last weekend, and there was a steady breeze, whose origin I could never determine. In that case, having the slow end up and into-the-wind will correct it. Without the breeze, the equally counter-intuitive method kuzi mentions is the way to go.
rusirius: dutyje:What kuzi said works well when you are indoors and/or there is no breeze. I smoked indoors last weekend, and there was a steady breeze, whose origin I could never determine. In that case, having the slow end up and into-the-wind will correct it. Without the breeze, the equally counter-intuitive method kuzi mentions is the way to go. I think when you're indoors without a breeze is when you look at your woman and say, "Come on ***, you're good a blow'n... Get to work..."
dutyje:Now that I think about it, as long as I'm indoors, there's always going to be a breeze
BigDan.:wats the best method to save the cigar if it does burn unevenly
rusirius: BigDan.:wats the best method to save the cigar if it does burn unevenly The easiest way is just a corrective burn... This is especially easy if you use a single torch lighter... Just lightly hit the uneven portion with the heat from the torch... Don't burn right up to even cause it'll continue to burn a little more as it cools so stop early... After doing this I always give a blow out through just to clear any smoke from the burn... Then you should be good to go... Occasionally you'll find a cigar that is just really terrible and get's REALLY wacked out... When this happens your best bet is to cut it again just above the burn line and just re-light like it was unburned... Hopefully at that point it'll burn even again... (I can't honestly say how well this works as I've never had to do it)
BigDan.: rusirius: BigDan.:wats the best method to save the cigar if it does burn unevenly The easiest way is just a corrective burn... This is especially easy if you use a single torch lighter... Just lightly hit the uneven portion with the heat from the torch... Don't burn right up to even cause it'll continue to burn a little more as it cools so stop early... After doing this I always give a blow out through just to clear any smoke from the burn... Then you should be good to go... Occasionally you'll find a cigar that is just really terrible and get's REALLY wacked out... When this happens your best bet is to cut it again just above the burn line and just re-light like it was unburned... Hopefully at that point it'll burn even again... (I can't honestly say how well this works as I've never had to do it) ok so im supposed to cut both ends of the cigar? why? wats wrong with the foot tht i would have to cut part of it off? and ya i need a torch lighter im using a bic
rusirius:(I can't honestly say how well this works as I've never had to do it)
j0z3r: rusirius:(I can't honestly say how well this works as I've never had to do it)It works about as well as you'd expect a last ditch effort to work...that is to say it does the job, but ought to be reserved for the last resort. I've had to do this a couple times, and each time the cigar was just not the same after cutting and relighting.
