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Old 12-29-2011, 10:45 AM   #457
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Default Re: Rolling your own

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Originally Posted by Sam Leccia View Post
on large broadleaf, with the leaf de-veined and turned sideways, the top of the leaf would be your wrapper and the bottom (towards the vein) could be used as a binder...if it is not too veiny you could potentially use it as a wrapper as well getting 4 wrappers out of 1 full leaf.

***just note that maduro does not typically make for a good binder as the binder is key to the burn of a cigar, and maduro is notorious for it's less then perfect burn qualities.
Ah, thanks for the tip! I was planning on trying each of the fillers as a binder as well, just to see any differences.
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