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I have noticed something that is kind of odd. I store my cigars at 70%RH so I don't think it's a factor though I don't know enough to rule it out.
My lighting process is that I take a butane lighter, hold it under the foot so that the foot doesn't actually touch the flame and start rotating until I get a red ring of burn. This results in a super even burn pattern where the ring is a perfect cirle as it burns toward the head leaving a nice straight ash. The problem occurs when the ash is long enough that it falls off the cigar; then the burn starts to take on a weird pattern where about 75% of the cigar circumference is burning but one part of the wrapper is not burning at all. The cigar continues burning but the ash takes on a curve away from the unburned wrapper. Is there anything causing this? This doesn't happen with every cigar, it just seems kinda random, but when I do notice it I try to fix it buy using the lighter to partly burn away the leftover wrapper.
(If this is a really awful description I'll try and post a picture).
My lighting process is that I take a butane lighter, hold it under the foot so that the foot doesn't actually touch the flame and start rotating until I get a red ring of burn. This results in a super even burn pattern where the ring is a perfect cirle as it burns toward the head leaving a nice straight ash. The problem occurs when the ash is long enough that it falls off the cigar; then the burn starts to take on a weird pattern where about 75% of the cigar circumference is burning but one part of the wrapper is not burning at all. The cigar continues burning but the ash takes on a curve away from the unburned wrapper. Is there anything causing this? This doesn't happen with every cigar, it just seems kinda random, but when I do notice it I try to fix it buy using the lighter to partly burn away the leftover wrapper.
(If this is a really awful description I'll try and post a picture).
