What is the difference between…

SmokySuit

…a perfecto, a figurado, and a salomon? Are these terms interchangeable in referring to a cigar with two tapered ends?

xmacro

I could be wrong, but I think a perfecto and figurado are the same thing - both ends tapered/same size, bulging middle. Salomon is typically 7" long, with a fat foot, like 56 or so and tapered/smaller end, like 50 or so - that much of a difference

docbp87

Figurado is anything that is not a parejo (straight sided, rounded cap), so a torpedo, salomon, diadema, belicoso, any of those are all figurados. A perfecto has two tapered ends. A salomon is a particular shape and size, 7.2x57, technically, two tapered ends, and the foot larger than the head:

(Cuban Partagas Salamones)

So a torpedo is a figurado, but not a perfecto or salomon, but a salomon is both a perfecto and a figurado. The old every square is a rectangle, but not all rectangles are squares.

madurofan

docbp87:

Figurado is anything that is not a parejo (straight sided, rounded cap), so a torpedo, salomon, diadema, belicoso, any of those are all figurados. A perfecto has two tapered ends. A salomon is a particular shape and size, 7.2x57, technically, two tapered ends, and the foot larger than the head:
So a torpedo is a figurado, but not a perfecto or salomon, but a salomon is both a perfecto and a figurado. The old every square is a rectangle, but not all rectangles are squares.

Ding, ding, ding. Give this man a stuffed animal.

kuzi16

i always thought of a salomon as the perfect cross of a pyramid and a perfecto. its a good shape.

beatnic

So that little nub on the end when you finished is a , heehee, smoked salomon?

YankeeMan

beatnic:

So that little nub on the end when you finished is a , heehee, smoked salomon?

You are a sick individual! Thank you!

SmokySuit

Thanks guys, very informative.