Real or not

ShadowInTheMoon · 2014 22

Buddy of mine picked these up on his recent cruise down to Cozumel and gave them to me. Any thoughts on if they are real or not.

lcpleel · 2014 22

not

danielzreyes · 2014 22

The 2nd from the left looks real.

jgibv · 2014 22

glass top lid = definitely not

rsherman24 · 2014 22

Nope. Glass top box is a giveaway, but the labels are bad as well

ehehat · 2014 22

Yeah, hope they didn't cost too much. Fakey fake

Echambers · 2014 22

They are real...cigars. Are they real Cubans? Nope.

Now PLEASE CHECK YOUR PM.

wwhwang · 2014 22

Definitely fake. No such thing as a glass-top box of real ISOM Cohibas.

Bigshizza · 2014 22

Fake-- sorry but try one out anyway! Or send one to the cigar mortician (DZR)

AshMe · 2014 22

So then these were fake too?....

danielzreyes · 2014 22

AshMe:
So then these were fake too?....

Yes, except the 2nd from the left. Those are usually real

CharlieHeis · 2014 22

If you are on Instagram, follow THE_CIGAR_ENFORCER. He has a lot of good info on spotting fakes.

rsherman24 · 2014 23

AshMe:
So then these were fake too?....

How were they?

AshMe · 2014 23

rsherman24:
AshMe:
So then these were fake too?....

How were they?

No I didn't smoke them. I someone gave me the empty box claiming he had enjoyed some cohibas. So now I can ask him how much he enjoyed his fakes

jadelt · 2014 23

ShadowInTheMoon:
Buddy of mine picked these up on his recent cruise down to Cozumel and gave them to me. Any thoughts on if they are real or not.

I bought the same box on a cruise to Mexico. I figured they were fake when the original $150 offer was chewed down and reduced to $15 for the 5 sticks. Bought them, smoked them, enjoyed them, but heck I was on a cruise so my sandals would have tasted good looking out over the gulf.

bandyt09 · 2014 23

If you guys saw some of the stuff that went into these "cigars" you would NEVER want to smoke one. I have seen regular hair, pubic hair, rat (could have been any kind of rodent actually) ***, banana leaves, paper, sticks, what could have possibly been a tampon string. Sometimes there was actual tobacco in there but the grade was probably below what they make cigarettes out of.

If they came from a glass top box, for health concerns I would never smoke one.

My 2 cents of experience, for what's it's worth.

ShadowInTheMoon · 2014 24

bandyt09:
If you guys saw some of the stuff that went into these "cigars" you would NEVER want to smoke one. I have seen regular hair, pubic hair, rat (could have been any kind of rodent actually) ***, banana leaves, paper, sticks, what could have possibly been a tampon string. Sometimes there was actual tobacco in there but the grade was probably below what they make cigarettes out of.

If they came from a glass top box, for health concerns I would never smoke one.

My 2 cents of experience, for what's it's worth.

I definitely wont smoke them but at least it was the thought that counts from my buddy. Thanks for the help guys

webmost · 2014 24

Your buddy's for real. That's what counts. Like the time a client joyously gave me a box of 20 year old White Owls he'd picked up just for me at an estate sale. You gotta love a guy for that. Give the man a cigar.

BTW -- the wood looks like Luan -- the cypress often called Phillipine Mohogany.

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