Weird question: What brand of cigar did pirates smoke?

usmc03grunt · February 2014

I'm a huge fan of the pirate era. Especially the "Golden Age of Piracy" so I really want to know the answer so I can find one! I'm also new to the cigar world!

New Boots · February 2014

Amos Umwhat · February 2014

Well, they had access to all the islands in the Caribbean, but I would guess they mostly smoked whatever the former Captain of their current vessel smoked. Likely more pipes than cigars, I'd think, but cigars have been around a long time. Interesting question.

edelrionyc · February 2014

I'm sure we won't be able to find the exact cigar blend or line that pirates smokes. We can most likely figure out what islands they might have visited and smoke tobacco from that island. I don't think a cigar blend or line of tobacco is the exact same as those days.

New Boots · February 2014

OR! We could all pool our money, buy a boat...and BECOME pirates!

webmost · February 2014

webmost · February 2014

New Boots · February 2014

Lee.mcglynn · February 2014

CgaRRRRRRRRs

Bob Luken · February 2014

Wow. That makes me wonder,...... I would have thought that pipes were more common/popular at that time but then again, when did cigars, as a finished product, become widely available as a commodity?

Martel · February 2014

Man, all the cool comments are taken. Guinness piracy? Good start. Cigarrrrrrrrs! Dang it!

Bob Luken · February 2014

Lee.mcglynn:
CgaRRRRRRRRs

LMAO. Yes!

Gray4lines · February 2014

Amos Umwhat:
Well, they had access to all the islands in the Caribbean, but I would guess they mostly smoked whatever the former Captain of their current vessel smoked. Likely more pipes than cigars, I'd think, but cigars have been around a long time. Interesting question.

Definitely more pipes. That's how rope tobacco came around I think. Tobacco is spun into a rope and it holds moisture very well. Can be cut off in chunks and smoked or chewed.