What Cigar(s) Is Clint Eastwood Smoking in Western
 

I was flipping channels and came across "For a Few Dollars More" and naturally I've seen pretty much all those Westerns but although I'd seen this a million times I never thought to think about what cigars Clint Eastwood is smoking in them?

Yeah, they are iconic as far as the "look" goes and I have no clue if Clint Eastwood even smoked or smokes cigars or if it was just for the films.

So the question is, does anyone know what brand of cigars he's smoking in those films?

Cheers,
Rob

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I don't actually know, but I always thought they looked like Parodi's.

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yup.. Cheroot kind of thing.

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I don't know...but I wish I looked as bad ass smoking one as Clint. :)

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Hmmm, well gang, it looks like we have a mystery on our hands.

Cheers,
Rob

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Ok, according to WikiAnswers:

Is anyone familiar with these at all?

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You must have been watching AMC. I caught a couple of these today also.

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:tpd: :tu

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I was thinkin backwoods :hm

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Yup, you guessed correctly. I dunno about you but whenever I come across one of these on tv I just end up watching.

Still, if anyone has any info on those cigars that I posted above I'd love to know more.

Cheers,
Rob

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There was a scene(Josie Wales, I think) where he bought a bunch while resupplying. I remember him grabbing a handful and they looked like they were about 6" which would be the size of the Wheeling Virginian. But the ones he always pulled from his pocket were much shorter. :cool2:

Re: What Cigar(s) Is Clint Eastwood Smoking in Wes
 

Yeah, I do sort of remember that although I haven't seen the movie in a while.

I don't know how accurate the WikiAnswers post is but he claims that he brought them from the U.S. and cut them so they would fit in his pocket.

This is getting rather interesting.

Cheers,
Rob

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no1der. if you pm me your addy i will send you a 5er of marsh wheelings .



stinkie:ss

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They didn't start making backwoods until mid-to-late 70's, IIRC.

Actually I just checked wikipedia, they say 1973.

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I wonder how much Clint's rep would fall if we found out that he smoked cremosas.

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None,You gotta be a real Bad A$$ to smoke those.:ze:r:r:r

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in joise whale it was plug chewing tobacco and here is a site for small cigars named after him www.clintscigars.com i dont think its the kind he smoked in the movie but they look cool

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I too thought that he smoked De Nobili Toscani, which are also produced in the US:

http://www.famous-smoke.com/cigars/s...OSCANI-400.jpg

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This is from the Clint Eastwood forum:

http://www.clinteastwood.org/forums/...13733#msg13733

The sixth post asserts Toscani's by quoting a book:

"Cheroot" is another style of cigar. It's possible he smokes them in some Westerns. However, in the Leone films he was definitely smoking toscani.

See Christopher Frayling's Sergio Leone: Something to Do With Death (2000), p. 182-183."

I have no idea whether this is true, but it probably is, because the internet is a very reliable source of information. ;)

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Speaking of Marsh Wheelings, there was mention of them on the Old Toby Podcast this past weekend. They were saying that at the store, Just For Him in Springfield MO, that they sell a bunch of MW when the Civil War re-enactors come to town. It is a period smoke, that is the only one allowed. Interesting that I saw mention of them, here.