Recent content by mfh1957

Cut it.  I have a small jar of cigar glue http://www.eacarey.c...?AdID=687--8200 though I get it at my local cigar shop.  I then cut about 1.5 to 2 inches off the foot of the cigar, repair any damage to both, let them dry and smoke them. I use to poke them but I got sick and tired of it.  I have...

RJ's are alright. I find them to be a bit on the light side for me. Same thing happened to me as Aussie, the more I smoked the more I started leaning toward full cigars, so now RJ's just don't thrill me any more.

Just got a bunch of Partagas Shorts, from 2011. Boy they are toasty, so I will be smoking them before they turn and need to be put in for aging.

Partagas Shorts or San Cristobal El Principe

Don Carlos for breakfast, Partagas short for lunch.

Never had the LE's, but I bet if you let them sit a few years they will be awesome. I had a couple boxes regular robustos. I didn't even crack into them for a couple years and only after I found them when cleaning my humidor. I smoked them right up. They were great, like smoking almonds and...

What I have always wanted to do is buy a very expensive bottle of anything, drink it, than fill it with cheaper stuff to give to those people I know that always talk about how great their tastes are. Kind of a test. So I bought me a bottle of Louis XIII Cognac at $1600 and have been slowly...

I have noticed slight differences between the tubos and boxed. The tubos variety usually has a more bitter/spice flavor? I don't know, I just notice a difference. So I prefer the box.

Not a big fan of flavored cigars. But that is not what is important, smoke what you like. I did however like the advice about no lighting one up in front of other cigar smokers, the flavor in them over power the non-flavored cigars.

I got the Shuriken yesterday. I bought a cabinet of 50, Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure No. 2 back in 2007 and have about 12 left, not a single one had a problem though flavors did change over time. I used one of these as a test on the Shuriken. The cigar pulled smoke ok and I was beginning to be...