ironpeddler

I'm a 45+ year cigar smoker living at the New Jersey Shore. Father of two 30+ year olds kids that mean the world to me! A die hard NY Yankees & NY Giants fan who tailgates at these games more than I should. I bleed NY Rangers red, white, and blue during the Winter months....and smoke cigars while following them all.
I have a few humidors (an Aristocrat, 3 coolerdors & 6 desktops) with a few sticks jammed inside them....from every country around the globe.
My son started smoking cigars while in college a few years back and that has renewed my interest to see what is new and exciting out there. When he announced he wanted to take some cigars back to school while home on Spring Break (03/08), I took him to my local cigar shop, bought him his own walnut humi, a box of Short Stories, and a bunch of singles. Then I called around and all my cigar buddies dropped him off baggies of assorted sticks to top it off...so off he went with 60-70 cigars to share with his friends....spreadin' the good word and creating the great times, one cigar at a time.
Now I've caught the bug......again....and again...and again!

I always look forward to interacting with the younger guys and FOGs alike.

Favorite Cigars:

ANY cigar shared with a friend or two....a quiet moment alone with a fine cigar is nice, but smoking and BSing with bunch of guys is the stuff I live for.

ISOM I Smoke Regularly:

Bolivar Belicosos Finos...my 'if marooned on an island' cigar
Montecristo No.2...been smoking these over 25yrs
Romeo y Julieta Churchills Tubos...pure heaven after dinner
Trinidad Coloniales & Robusto Extra
Vegas Robaina Unicos...my #2, #2
Partagas Series P No.2...fast becoming my #1, #2 Best Fresh
Romeo y Julieta Exhibicion No.4
San Cristobal La Punta & El Principe (lately)
Por Larranaga Petit Coronas (lately)
Diplomaticos No.2...my #3, #2
Montecristo Edmundo
H.Upmann Magnum 46
Ramon Allones Specially Selected - RASS!
Revisiting Cohibas...never was a fan, but I'm back at trying 7-8 different sticks now (6/08)
Cohiba Robustos - finally found one I almost like
PSD #4 - a few members here got to to try them again after a rocky start...I like them!

Non CC I smoke Regularly:
Fuente Hemingways..SS, SSM, Sig, Sig Maduro, BS, WoA in Natural & Maduro, Sungrown wrappers
Don Carlos...Robusto & Belicoso... 'Go To' DR smoke
Opus X & Anejo...all sizes. They were much better in the beginning
Padron Aniversarios 1964...default morning smoke
Ashton VSG...Enchantment, Tres Mystique, Churchill & Illusion
Tats...Brown band, Havana IV, Series P, Cohete, T110, Petite Caz Reserve, Black Lanceros
Illusione - all sizes (lately)
La Riqueza - #2 & #5
Don Pepin Garcia cigars...My Father especially
Padilla Hybrid...nice little smoke while driving or cutting the lawn
Davidoff...Regular line, ANIVERSARIO, & Grand Cru
Drew Estates Liga Privada, Undercrown, all the Pig cigars, Dirty Rat, L40...their 'real cigars'

Want to try:
Cabaiguan...BF & Corona Extra - gifted by JHawk (05/08)
Tat Black - gifted by Jonesy (06/08)
Johnny-O (WTF is it?) Now I know, gifted by khari (10/08)
God of Fire - gifted by Doc Wylie (09/08)
Pepin 'My Father" - gifted by khari (10/08)
NEW Pepin "My Father" - gifted by Isy (10/09)
Trinidad Fundadore - Got one in the 2009 Gas Pass
Por Larranaga Belicoso - NASTY
Devil's Weed - gifted by NASTY (3/09)
Taboada Custom Roll - any size - Tom (B.B.S.) Bushwhacked me! (6/10)
Havana Club 7 - bought myself a bottle (Thanx AVB)
Davidoff Maduro - gifted by Carl, my local B&M guy
Fuente Forbidden X - any size will do...lol
Ramon Allones Belicoso - NASTY carLOS Strikes Again (11/09)
Montecristo Sublim
Padron 40th Maduro - gifted by Seavita @ the '09 QSH (Thanks Vince, you shocked me bro!)
Padron 45th - Isy again! (03/10)
Cohiba Behike- All the way from Hawaii after Hurricane Sandy
Don Carlos Edicion de Aniversario-gifted by northernmorris (Mike you are the man)
Ambos Mundos - A gifting tie...bully1875 & Doc Wylie (5/09)
Padron 80th - uptown_isy (you got a hug for that one!)
Partagas Serie D No.5 Edicion Limitada 2008 - carLOS Again (11/09)
H. Upmann MAGNUM 48 Edicion Limitada 2009 - Got one in Jay's Seven Day Pass
Bolivar Petit Belicosos Edicion Limitada 2009- Got one in a Pass

Passes, PIFs & Wishes:
CigarPass It Forward Part II
CP Make-a-Wish PIF
Wine & Liquor PIF
Secret Santa 2008
Secret Santa 2009
Secret Santa 2010
Secret Santa 2011
Secret Santa 2012
Secret Santa 2013
Secret Santa 2014
Secret Santa 2015
Secret Santa 2016
Secret Santa 2017
Secret Santa 2018
Secret Santa 2019
Gettin Your Feet Wet Pass II (Thanx Jonesy)
(Completed)
Star in a Reasonably Priced Car Pass (Thanks Marco)
(Completed)
The GAS Pass 2009 (Thanks Jeff)
(Completed)
CP Chefs Pass (Thanks Andy)
(Completed)
The Empire Strikes Back, The Pass (Thanks Brian)
(Completed)
CP's Cigars 201-2 Pass (Thanks Greg)
(Completed)
CP's Jay's "Seven Days" Pass (Thanks Jay & Joe)
(Completed)
I'm Gettin Married Pass II (Thanks Charlie & Ian)
(Completed)
3 Pricks, Giddy Asshats & a Flake Pass, (Thanks CJ)
(Completed)
Panacea Cigar Pass (Thanks Rod)
(Completed)
Fruits of Castro's Soil Pass No. 1 (Thanks Paul)
(Completed)
Send Lawyers, Guns, and Money Pass (Thanks Ken)
(Completed)
The Jonesy Pretty Penny Pass #2 (Thanks #2)
(Completed)
Getting Your Feet Wet Pass #4 (Jonesy Host, I'm his #2)
(Completed)
Fruits of Castro's Soil Pass No. 2 (Thank you Paul)
(Completed)

Have felt the Love from:
Jonesy (my CP mentor!)
khari (x3-last time was out of control!)
in2xshp (Red Sox jacket and all) Now I want to slap him!
jnknzz...(Dereck was awesome with my son)
Doc Wylie (My Man)
MadMonk (Dan is one of the Best)
Ginseng (The Professore)
stepthirteen (WoW!...do him a favor and he blows up your house)
NASTY (sneaky bastid)...AGAIN!...and AGAIN!
BobbyRitz...(Class act)
northernmoris...(Big Mike)
amateuraficionado..(Henpecked Man!) lol
Gonz...(a wit like no other!)
bully1875
uptown_isy...(x20, Isy is my oldest son!)
Blind By Science...(killed my son & I way too many times!)
AVB...(Ray: The Undisputed Scotch Expert!)
CigarMan Andy..(my brother from another Mother)
Franco593 (Frank is the f*ckin man!)
MOBIG (another sneaky bastid)...banged me quite a few times
Bxcigrfan - Pete (Classy cigar buddy)
TallPaul (blew me away with a single stick!)
Joebunga...(Great guy!)
flamchop - (Mike is one of the BEST!)
SkyKing - (Steve is a true BOTL!)
rob300c - (Rob is a multi-faceted Dead guy!)
Tom36/2¢ - (Love the guy, Hipster waxed mustache & all)
CigSid - Bill is one of the BEST! Can't list all the cigars he's sent me! A heart of Gold.
Light this! - Kris is a brother from another Mother! Love that guy!

Traded with:
JHawk (Newbie BOMB was more like it)
vinnyvega
northernmoris
Doc Wylie
stepthirteen
B.B.S.
Tall Paul
NASTY
Jay Hemingway

Bought From:
Wilkey
MindRiot
Kingantz (who hasn't?)
Cparker
Gonz
smellysell
Rod
mabpi
puffstuff
uptown_isy
grateful1
Johnny-O!
Keystone_Raider
NorcalMark
AVB
NASTY
northernmoris
ulster
LilBastage
...and a host of others!

Did a Split with:
MadMonk - (Gentleman Dan)...numerous times! RIP my friend. :-(
Doc Wylie - we did a monthly buy for a while
Jonesy
stepthirteen
Keystone_Raider
northernmoris
Blinded By Science (too many to remember)
Joebunga
grateful1
tone-ny
flamchop
siriusstoogie
Franco593
AVB
Devil Doc
Gavin (Hoyo des Dieux Box Split)
Maduro Clint
Golfgar
I finally stopped counting!

Had a Wish Granted by:
Jonesy (broke my CP cherry)
The Green Monkey (my entire LFD stash)
drunkfish3 - Passed me his, Class BOTL!
NASTY - The nicest thug I ever me!
MOGIB - Gotta' love Jesus

Granted a Wish to:
Putz Mulligan
Seanholio
IBQTEE1
The Green Monkey
Gave away a few of them too...

Herfed with...
Not enough room here to list all the great members I've shared a cigar with!

I was a Churchill & Torpedo smoker for many, many years. Then as my time to smoke became more limited due to business and raising kids, I went more toward robustos and belicosos. As a hard headed Italian, I get stuck in tradition (rut) and just don't like change...but now I'm exploring coronas, petite coronas, and lanceros....and my psychiatrist is helping me through this.

Gary
aka - ironpeddler


Gary Roberti
293 Harrington Drive N
Toms River, NJ 08757

-Gary

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grateful1 said:

You're viewing him all wrong. That Gary fellow is more a 'dick' than an asshole.

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