Originally Posted by 44stampede (Post 1532744)

Found out I may get in crap for this one... sorry :( I don't know how to delete.

Originally Posted by ysr_racer (Post 1534434)

Leave cellophane on the box or no?

When I get singles, if it came with cellophane, I leave it on. But what about a box in a cooler or rubbermaid?

Originally Posted by pnoon (Post 1534437)

I would remove the cello if for no other reason than to inspect the contents.
Cello breathes. So it's really not an issue in that regard.

Originally Posted by 44stampede (Post 1534474)

Cello breathes?

Originally Posted by 44stampede (Post 1530215)

Have one in the fridge for the experiment. :)

Originally Posted by jluck (Post 1534561)

You could just pass them on to fellow BOTL's that would find any means to smoke the "real deal". :D

Forrest (golfnut) sells very nice draw tools, well worth the cost to smoke them CC's

Originally Posted by 44stampede (Post 1534567)

The one one dipped in water and put in the fridge looked horrible. I didn't even light it up.

Originally Posted by T.G (Post 1534662)

Good for you, you probably saved yourself a world of disappointment.

But I have to ask...

Where in the world did you hear to do something silly like that in the first place?

Why would you even expect that dipping a bunch of very tightly bound wrinkled up dead leaves in water would cause them to magically shift positions for a miraculous draw?

At best it won't change anything because nothing has been done to resolve the source of the problem, which is either too much or poorly placed tobacco. Wetting and drying will do nothing to alleviate this.

Originally Posted by T.G (Post 1534662)

Good for you, you probably saved yourself a world of disappointment.

But I have to ask...

Where in the world did you hear to do something silly like that in the first place?

Why would you even expect that dipping a bunch of very tightly bound wrinkled up dead leaves in water would cause them to magically shift positions for a miraculous draw?

At best it won't change anything because nothing has been done to resolve the source of the problem, which is either too much or poorly placed tobacco. Wetting and drying will do nothing to alleviate this.

Originally Posted by mosesbotbol (Post 1527163)

I have not tried, but has been said it works from good source...

Soak cigar in cold water for a few seconds. Put immediately in fridge for about a week. The point is to prevent mold & ammonia; fridge takes out the water pretty well. Once completely dry, put in humidor and wait a few weeks until humid and normalized.

Figure, if the cigars are known to be tight, what is the risk? Would love to hear if anybody has tried this.

Originally Posted by 44stampede (Post 1534666)

Another BOTL suggested. Seemed to me as well that it wasn't even touching the problem. Maybe it was a joke and I fell for it. Who knows? I had nothing to lose as I was about to chuck them anyway so what the hey

Originally Posted by CigarNut (Post 1534788)

A few posts back in this same thread (http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/showpo...postcount=1728).

Originally Posted by coty (Post 1534605)

it looks like this http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/pictur...pictureid=6629

Originally Posted by coty (Post 1534606)

it looks like this but longer needle http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/pictur...pictureid=6629

Originally Posted by coty (Post 1528975)

Guitar string straight through the middle and a little in and out motion helps me. Don't use the ones with the brass on them I'm pretty sure they would tear smoething up. I think it's the lowest string on the guitar that I'm using(I don't play so I have no real Idea of which it is).