Cracked Wrapper

These Filthy Hands

I received a G.A.R. as part of my christmas pass and took it up to the B&M to smoke it last night. When I cut the cap off of it, the wrapper cracked the whole way down the length of the cigar and floated off into the wind. Sadly, I pitched it. The prelight draw even felt to dry. Do you think that this might be an isolated case with one cigar, or do you think that all the sticks I recieved in the pass could be like that. If so, how long should I let them sit before smoking them?

kuzi16

i let mine sit 6 weeks

bass8844

madurofan

phobicsquirrel

I would agree but also I've seen tears in wrappers in the middle even in tubes. It always makes me upset.

j0z3r

I read you loud and clear on that phobic. Nothing disappoints me more than getting ready to smoke a cigar I like and having the head crack when I cut it. It doesn't happen often, but when it does...it just takes all the wind out of my sails.

urbino

Yep. One of the most disappointing sounds on the planet.

These Filthy Hands

urbino:

Yep. One of the most disappointing sounds on the planet.

im pretty sure part of me died when that happened. I'll let the rest of them sit until summer

urbino

I feel your pain.

PuroFreak

I just had a moment of silence in honor of your fallen wrapper! Truly a sad occasion...

kuzi16

dutyje

madurofan

kuzi16

madurofan

I don't think I've had to recharge my beads in my desktop humi since I decharged them in August. It stays between 65 and 72 in there. My humi is inside of the wine fridge though.

gmill880

These Filthy Hands:

urbino:

Yep. One of the most disappointing sounds on the planet.

im pretty sure part of me died when that happened. I'll let the rest of them sit until summer

can't remember if i cried

when i heard about his widowed bride

just hung my head and cried

THE DAY THE WRAPPER DIED

the day the music died-damn tht was a good old song

urbino

'Twas.

kuzi16

good but over played

These Filthy Hands

My rh is fine. It's constant 63-67. I think I jumped too soon when I smoked it. I should have let it sit for a few more months.

kuzi16

did you give the cap a good lick? i mean get it fairly wet. i get fewer cracks when I do that.

madurofan

kuzi16:

did you give the cap a good lick? i mean get it fairly wet. i get fewer cracks when I do that.

Sound advice right there.

laker1963

gmill880

I have not done that with a punch but I do make a cross with my v cutter on some larger gauges. anyone else do that?

urbino

madurofan:

kuzi16:

did you give the cap a good lick? i mean get it fairly wet. i get fewer cracks when I do that.

Sound advice right there.

'Tis.

dutyje

laker1963

dutyje

laker1963:

Hey Dutyje is it a good thing that we think alike? ...at least on some issues

Great minds and ours, Laker... great minds and ours.

tankbonnies

You guys have me nervous...My RH is at 68..been that way since the summer and I haven't touched anything. Cigars are fine...BUT...you have me thinking...do my beads need to be recharged and I just don't know it? I have the hearfelt beads.

urbino

If the hygro still says 68, you're probably fine. Unless it needs re-calibrating. But even then, it wouldn't read the same all the time if things were getting drier.

tankbonnies

Thanks urb..I guess I'll keep an eye on it and go from there. All my stix have been good, so I think I'm fine.

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