Forum: All Cigar Discussion
05-29-2016, 01:10 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 9,390
Re: Liga Privadas selling for almost $20
Cigars are a treat given their price tag, I'm careful about what I buy and only buy from auctions sites, and then only if I can save at least $20.00 less than buying them at discount. Although my...
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Forum: All Cigar Discussion
05-29-2016, 12:46 PM
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Replies: 7,549
Views: 1,547,600
Re: What cigar did you smoke today VI?
Avo Heritage Lancero
Favorably compares to the Island cigars I've smoked, medium flavor and body, spicy, little pepper, finely complex, not a flavor bomb, elegant restraint.
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Forum: All Cigar Discussion
05-29-2016, 12:33 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 10,288
Cuban Developments and non-Cuban Cigars
There are a great deal of choices available to today’s cigar smoker, but anyone who is even moderately interested in cigars must make the decision whether or not to pursue the storied Cubans.
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Forum: Accessory Discussion / Reviews
01-16-2015, 06:02 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 4,633
Humidity: Seasonal Change of rH
Hi All,
When the humidity went down in late fall, with colder temperatures, the rH in my boxes fell below 60, my minimum rH. I use bead cylinders and began spritzing them everyday for five days,...
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Forum: Accessory Discussion / Reviews
03-10-2014, 08:13 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 13,372
Re: Humidity Problem
A new humidor I bought has the opposite problem than what I've described above. Instead of not holding humidity, its seal is so tight that I have to push the lid down to close the lid. It stops with...
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Forum: All Cigar Discussion
03-05-2014, 08:09 PM
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Replies: 61
Views: 18,632
Re: Rollin' my own......
Throw $150.00 at it and you could buy pounds of tobacco and the necessary tools. Hmm. . .easy to spend the same on a box. Be willing to work and study a bit and you could probably roll a box for...
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Forum: All Cigar Discussion
03-04-2014, 05:54 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 4,216
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Forum: All Cigar Discussion
03-04-2014, 04:58 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 4,216
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Forum: All Cigar Discussion
03-04-2014, 03:10 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 4,216
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Forum: Reviews
02-20-2014, 09:09 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 26,207
Re: Hydrating Tobacco
I like the towel over the bowl filled with the tobacco idea. Slow, gentle but produces the goods. I used to spread the tobacco out on a cookie sheet and spritz it, but estimating and controlling the...
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Forum: Discussion
02-20-2014, 09:05 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,867
Re: D.G.T. - the winter smoke
There are many ideas about DGT, but if I decide I can't finish the bowl I have no qualms about putting the pipe down and picking it up later. I'll DGT anything, and anything I DGT generally gets...
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Forum: Discussion
02-20-2014, 09:02 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,149
Barling Pre-trans Stem Replacement
I bought this pipe knowing I might have to get a stem replacement; as it turns out the tenon is short, and it does.
I bought it from Marty Pulvers, and on my telling him that I meant to get a 2nd...
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Forum: Discussion
02-20-2014, 08:50 PM
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Replies: 3,905
Views: 1,574,313
Re: Whats in your bowl?
I felt that way about a tin I smoked ~November. But then I smoked Pease "Gaslight," which is so good I would have to classify it as belonging in the stratosphere with 3Nuns made by Imperial, which is...
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Forum: Accessory Discussion / Reviews
02-20-2014, 07:43 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 13,372
Re: Humidity Problem
I just checked the lid seal with a business card, just before finding bobarian's recommend, and even with its added thickness found suspect places maybe amounting to 8 or 9" in total. You're...
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Forum: Accessory Discussion / Reviews
02-20-2014, 06:47 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 13,372
Re: Humidity Problem
Retracing my steps with the Bourbon St humidor. It measures 18 X 11 X 7 inches or 1400 cubic inches, and I have two Heartfelt bead cylinders in it, each good to regulate rH for up to 2000 cubic...
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Forum: All Cigar Discussion
02-19-2014, 04:19 AM
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Replies: 53
Views: 10,202
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Forum: All Cigar Discussion
02-19-2014, 04:17 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 10,152
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Forum: All Cigar Discussion
02-18-2014, 04:54 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 7,633
Re: Whats your favorite La Gloria Cubana?
I feel the Reserva Figurado Las Flechas is an awesome cigar. It has everything, power, taste, complexity, balance and I would even say, grace, not that I can justify the last word, not that saying it...
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Forum: Island (The other ones) Reviews
02-18-2014, 04:16 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 10,986
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Forum: All Cigar Discussion
02-14-2014, 04:36 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 7,633
Re: Whats your favorite La Gloria Cubana?
Bought a box of LGC Reserva Figurados. I've only smoked one but the first was remarkable for the nuclear pepper blast at the start, certainly the strongest pepper I've ever tasted, which toned down...
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Forum: All Cigar Discussion
02-13-2014, 11:17 AM
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Replies: 135
Views: 406,195
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Forum: Accessory Discussion / Reviews
02-13-2014, 10:46 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 13,372
Re: Humidity Problem
Again, I have two humidors, the larger made by Bourbon St, solid and well-made. All I had to do to bring it online was seasoning. The second smaller humidor has been much harder to make ready,...
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Forum: Island (The other ones) Reviews
01-29-2014, 07:52 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,800
Camacho Blackout Review
I bought a churchill in Chicago over Thanksgiving. My brother mailed it to me; I didn't want to take the it on the plane. But the box he used had a barcode destination tag on it for Chicago which...
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Forum: Accessory Discussion / Reviews
01-28-2014, 12:05 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 13,372
Re: Humidity Problem
Are all beads created equal? I got mine from Heartfelt. I've gotten good results with them. I used them exclusively when I smoked cigars exclusively (I also smoke the pipe). Sometimes I could go for...
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Forum: Accessory Discussion / Reviews
01-28-2014, 10:59 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 13,372
Re: Humidity Problem
Yes, time to light up to be sure. Last week I got
20 Don Pepin Original, Toro
On the way:
Partagas Lusitania (10)
Boxes:
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