Lighting technique...

gott.des.feuer

j0z3r

kuzi16

i cut with a punch. this increases my chances of burning myself because of how i have to hold the cigar on the cut. If i do matches thats the way i go but i almost never go that path.

madurofan

Please explain to me how cutting the head could possibly affect the light? I don't buy this at all. I light exactly how you guys just explained with a single flame torch but I cut the head first. I blow through my cigar after lighting and regularly while smoking it because that makes sense, you are pushing air and smoke out of the cigar. Cutting the head after lighting doesn't make any sense. Cigars are capped to keep air from flowing through them and drying them out. THe only possible thing I can see in cutting post light is that no air would be pulled throught the stick but even if that happened what would it affect? The air would not blow from foot to head it would blow head to foot bc the fire would pull air towards it. Therefore, it would have the same affect as blowing through the stick. This theory makes no sense to me.

gott.des.feuer

Idunno... all I know is that I tried it and it seemed to work pretty well. I plan on testing it some more after I get over this sinus nonsense, so we'll see if it was just luck or not.

madurofan

Try the exact same technique with and without cutting the head and let me know what you think. I'll test it as well but my opinion could be skewed bc I'm not buying it.

j0z3r

kuzi16

madurofan

j0z3r

madurofan

madurofan

I'm just in a crappy mood. I'd been looking forward to a cigar all day and finally plucked a Alec Bradley Maxx out of the humi and it was by far the worst cigar I've smoked in a very long time.

carmike22

I have not tired this method even after seeing this video I want to try it. Maybe I will try this next time I smoke one cause i'm kidda excited to see what happens.

gott.des.feuer

madurofan:

I'm just in a crappy mood. I'd been looking forward to a cigar all day and finally plucked a Alec Bradley Maxx out of the humi and it was by far the worst cigar I've smoked in a very long time.

Sorry to hear that. I've found that the MAXX has a huge problem with the draw... at least the ones I got a while ago (the Curve size)... the MAXX Ltd. I got in one of the CotMC packages was a better, but it's also twice as much, which shouldn't be the case just to get a cigar with decent draw. The sad part is that the MAXX actually has some really nice flavor, ya just gotta a'splode-a-lung to get it.

gott.des.feuer

madurofan:

I'm just in a crappy mood. I'd been looking forward to a cigar all day and finally plucked a Alec Bradley Maxx out of the humi and it was by far the worst cigar I've smoked in a very long time.

Sorry to hear that. I've found that the MAXX has a huge problem with the draw... at least the ones I got a while ago (the Curve size)... the MAXX Ltd. I got in one of the CotMC packages was much better, but it's also twice as much, which shouldn't be the case just to get a cigar with decent draw. The sad part is that the MAXX actually has some really nice flavor, ya just gotta asplode-a-lung to get it.

madurofan

Mine drew ok it just had absolutely no flavor. A hint of earthy cedar but that was it.

j0z3r

I felt the same way about the cigar I had yesterday, a Camacho Havana... now I don't know if it was just too fresh or what it was, but the cigar was just harsh and nothing else. Excellent draw and burn, but I'd trade both for good flavor.

gott.des.feuer

droach75

 

 

I just smoked a The Curve (Torpedo) for the 1st time at the weekend whilst watching the NFL play-offs.    I have to say it smoked like a dream, it lasted more than 2 quarters of football. (about 90 mins). My new guy at Cigar.Com recommended The Curve.  For me its a top cigar, big, with a great draw and flavours. I did remove most of the cap.  It Sits in the mouth really well. I really want a box now.