What got you into cigars?

ShadowInTheMoon

Do you have a magical moment... That first time you tried a cigar? What was it and what did you think of it?What kept you coming back to cigars?

ShadowInTheMoon

As for me a friend gave me a CAO Moontrance (the infused stuff) and being the first one (infused) to me it didnt taste like i was smoking a piece of leather and i loved it. Soon after i bought a Fonseca sampler and when i tried it i was almost turned away. Every one tasted like i was chewing on a piece of cedar wood. I decided to try one more sampler and got a hold of a MOW sampler and wow were those different.

The3Stogies

CharlieHeis

Hays

cbuck

Started smoking cigarettes at 10 years old, taking them from my parents. Pall Mall and Winston. Smoked them for 42 years, with the occasional cigar on special occasions, always getting a headache after, because I tried to smoke them like a cigarette, inhaling occasionally. Wife quit cigarettes because of a health issue, so I did too. Smoked nothing for about 4 years. A friend, who became my cigar mentor, gave me a Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial to celebrate some occasion. Enjoyed it immensly! Smoked once or twice a week for about a year, enjoying every minute! Wife bought me a small 20 ct humidor for Christmas. In March of the following year, I got my first order from CCOM, joined the forums, and the rest is history! Started reading and learning from you guys, enjoying the history and hobby as much as the vice! Now my mentor says I am his teacher now! Thank you guys for everything!I now have storage for about 350-400 cigars, and it still isn't enough! Charlie

jd50ae

In a land far far away and in a time of chivalry and honor, I sought out a Master of his trade, Sir Tony, of the House of the Black Boar. I needed of him a weapon of particular design, made for my hands and limited skills. He took on the task with a gleam in his eye, and as time went by we became friends. One day, of no particular note, he offered me drink and introduced me to Romeo Y Juliet. They were not of this land but from an exotic island far away. I took to them like a child to its mother, they were of such pleasure to behold. Alas, they soon returned to their island and I have never seen them again, and I miss them to this day with fond memory and longing.

SM0K3Y

Two men...Dad and Grandpa

Rain

Bill Clinton and ol girl

jd50ae

Big''nBall''n

a buddy and I back in the day thought we were cool and smoke cigars, didn't much care for them back then but have found a new respect for the artistry and craftsmanship that is put into them, discovered the "culture" and mystique of cigars/pipes. and Whaoo led me to this site and I have met a lot of very great BOTLs here.

bert873

My best friends grandpa has a cigar shop in our hometown so my friend would always bring cigars on various get togethers and trips. I didn't really get into them until a little over a year ago. The wife and I took our honeymoon to Jamaica and while there I bought some "Cubans" as I knew nothing about them or how easily they are faked. When we got home from the trip I needed a humidor to properly store them and stumbled upon ccom and purchased myself a 50 count. While on ccom I discovered the forum section and joined up and quickly decided to get on the good traders list. Rain sponsored me and I soon had to buy a cooler after his package landed and it's gone straight downhill since (I know own a wineador as well). Basically within a year I went from no cigars to having a desktop, a coolidor and a wineador.

Bigshizza

Satan

ejgorman

A portion of this tale has already been told. I was first introduced to cigars by an indepently wealthy, Swiss national attending Logan College of Chiropractic at the same time as me. He had a humidor...a 300 count if I'm not mistaken that was stocked exclusively with Davidoff and Ashton. To show his appreciation for tutoring his wife, he took me to the local cigar lounge where he rented a locker. He set me up with an Ashton 8-9-8 and a few fingers of Johnny Walker Blue and I was hooked. I rented a locker for my remaining year and a half and smoked there about once a week until I met my would-be wife. Fast forward a few years. I'm golfing with my brother-in-law and he busts out some swishers. It gets me thinkin about the good ol' days. Google "cigars"...Ccom...here I am.

Rain

bert873:

My best friends grandpa has a cigar shop in our hometown so my friend would always bring cigars on various get togethers and trips. I didn't really get into them until a little over a year ago. The wife and I took our honeymoon to Jamaica and while there I bought some "Cubans" as I knew nothing about them or how easily they are faked. When we got home from the trip I needed a humidor to properly store them and stumbled upon ccom and purchased myself a 50 count. While on ccom I discovered the forum section and joined up and quickly decided to get on the good traders list. Rain sponsored me and I soon had to buy a cooler after his package landed and it's gone straight downhill since (I know own a wineador as well). Basically within a year I went from no cigars to having a desktop, a coolidor and a wineador.

Hahahaha

bert873

Rain:

bert873:

My best friends grandpa has a cigar shop in our hometown so my friend would always bring cigars on various get togethers and trips. I didn't really get into them until a little over a year ago. The wife and I took our honeymoon to Jamaica and while there I bought some "Cubans" as I knew nothing about them or how easily they are faked. When we got home from the trip I needed a humidor to properly store them and stumbled upon ccom and purchased myself a 50 count. While on ccom I discovered the forum section and joined up and quickly decided to get on the good traders list. Rain sponsored me and I soon had to buy a cooler after his package landed and it's gone straight downhill since (I know own a wineador as well). Basically within a year I went from no cigars to having a desktop, a coolidor and a wineador.

Hahahaha

You're the cause of my downfall, I blame it all on you.... I think I need to retaliate at some point

brianetz1

Darktower007

I was 16 yo and smoked a backwoods drinking... In the hills of Tennessee. From there I was the only one who smoked cigars of my friends for almost a decade.

aschwendt13

The first cigar i really enjoyed, my dad bought to give out when my daughter was born. The ones i bought and gave to my freinds wernt very good. Between then and my son being born i tryed more cigars and did a little research and gave out something a little better, and now im sucked in, and smoke regularly