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Stopped by Dion's shop today. I haven't been since Feb and was in town. First, he moved to a bigger shop a couple miles south of the old location. It's about 3x the size and the humi is 2X the size of his old one. I was surprised to see that the maduro line was extended from just the hl. Yes...

Size: 4 x 44 Format: Petit Corona Origin: Nicaragua Wrapper: Nicaragua Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua Hand Made Price: $5-6 The Bombone is the smallest vitola in Dion Giolito’s Illusione line, but looks can be deceiving! I decided to partake in this little treasure while laboring away...

Size: 6 x 54 Format: Corona Gorda or Toro Origin: Nicaragua Wrapper: Nicaragua Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua Hand Made Price: $7-8 The naming conventions used by Dion Giolito for Illusione normally revolve around significant times in his life or Jesus Christ...the latter of which I...

I'm staying in Worthington and working during the day in Easton. If there's anything close to those areas it would be best. Handy

Cruzado Marelas Size: 5 5/8 x 46 Vitola: Perfecto Blend: Nicaragua Puro - 2 Parts Criollo '98 / 1 Part Corojo '06 This stick was gifted to me by NorCal_Aaron, so I thought it should be my next review. Prelight: A distinct barnyard smell, prelight draw was good with sweet tobacco flavor, ok...

Went there yesterday while I was stuck in the hotel with nothing to do. Good establishment with a great variety of smokes at good prices for a B&M. The lounge isn't as classy as some, but the guys there were great and Bob (the owner) knows his stuff. Nice custom walk-in humi with almost...

Illusione ~hk~ 40 x 7 1/2" Filler: Nicaragua (Corojo ’99, Criollo ’98?) Binder: Nicaragua Wrapper: Nicaragua (Café Colorado) Smoking Time: ~ 2 hrs Price: MSRP $8.70 I've recently been turned on to the Illusione line when I smoked a 2 a coupe weeks ago, and an 88 a couple days ago. Both had...

A complete noob question for ya... I noticed there's a Famous Smoke Shop B&M in Milwaukee. Are they anyway related to the online Famous...is there a Famous franchise like the Tinder Box? I live in Appleton and drive to Milwaukee about 2X a month for work. Before I make a major detour over...

When I started smoking cigars a couple of years ago I would lightly "bite" the head as I drew smoke, so the head of the cigar was farther in my mouth. I thought this looked cooler, kinda the gangster or Ditka way of smoking cigars. This is how I thought it should be done. Well I may have been...

Filler: Nicaraguan Binder: Nicaraguan Wrapper: Nicaraguan (Rosado Oscuro Corojo?) $8-9 MSRP (A little pricey for an everyday :( ) 52 x 5 1/4 Belicoso Medium to Full bodied. I picked this stick up at the Market Tobacco Patch in downtown Seattle when I was there recently. Illusione was...

If anyone is visiting Seattle stop by this little gem. It's right downtown in the Pike Place Markets...which I visited today. Their prices are good considering the 75% WA Tax. You have to pay MSPR for a single stick but you get a 20% discount on any box except for the Padron 80yrs. Funny...

I spent July 4th away from my family for work, which isn't unusual, but I was able to hit my first boutique cigar shop...Bobalu in Austin, TX. I didn't have any intention of going there that afternoon, especially when it was 105 degrees outside. This WI boy was very much content on being in my...

I'm not anyway associated with them...just wanted to say that they have very good prices for a B&M. I was visiting the Columbus area during a training event and decided to stroll down there. They also have some sticks that are hard to find. If anyone is visiting the downtown Columbus area...

Here's updated plans for my cabinet humi: I have the doors done and now I'm in the process of building the frame. This cabinet will be in-wall with custom microprocessor controlled active humidification, and circulation fans. It's designed to fit between two 16" OC wall stud cavities (30 1/2"...

I did some research and there's a guy on eBay that sells a circuit board that is programed through web GUI. It can be set up to measure temp and RH%. The chip can be set up to trigger on/off at a certain temp, RH%, time, etc. and it sends a 5V 25ma signal to a solid state solenoid, which can...

One thing I saw in common with custom humis was that the humidification system was out in the open. Some of the parts for obvious reasons but others not. Not only does this detract from the space also the form. Most of these humis are works of art, but when you just throw in a Avallo system it...