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ShadowInTheMoon
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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.
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The 2nd from the left looks real.
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glass top lid = definitely not
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Nope. Glass top box is a giveaway, but the labels are bad as well
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Yeah, hope they didn't cost too much. Fakey fake
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They are real...cigars. Are they real Cubans? Nope.
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Definitely fake. No such thing as a glass-top box of real ISOM Cohibas.
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Fake-- sorry but try one out anyway! Or send one to the cigar mortician (DZR)
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So then these were fake too?....
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Yes, except the 2nd from the left. Those are usually realAshMe:So then these were fake too?.... -
If you are on Instagram, follow THE_CIGAR_ENFORCER. He has a lot of good info on spotting fakes.
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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 fakesrsherman24:AshMe:So then these were fake too?....
How were they?
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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.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. -
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 guysbandyt09: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. -
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.
