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oooo35980 · 06-20-2012, 08:30 PM

I always pitch mine when it becomes a chore to smoke rather than a pleasure, the point at which that happens varies from cigar to cigar. The band is just decoration, I remove it as soon as is possible without damaging it, for some cigars it's right at the beginning, some require warming up the glue. I don't even keep the bands anymore, so it's completely pointless for me to care about damaging the bands, but it's what I do. I don't need a good reason to remove the band, I just prefer the look of a cigar in my hand sans band.

At least the cello argument has some bearing on the aging of the cigar, I don't see how bands on or off affects anything...

06-20-2012, 08:30 PM	#22
oooo35980 Feeling at Home Join Date: Mar 2011 First Name: Isaiah Location: Huntsville, AL Posts: 569 Trading: (3)	Re: Where the band is on Cigars I always pitch mine when it becomes a chore to smoke rather than a pleasure, the point at which that happens varies from cigar to cigar. The band is just decoration, I remove it as soon as is possible without damaging it, for some cigars it's right at the beginning, some require warming up the glue. I don't even keep the bands anymore, so it's completely pointless for me to care about damaging the bands, but it's what I do. I don't need a good reason to remove the band, I just prefer the look of a cigar in my hand sans band. At least the cello argument has some bearing on the aging of the cigar, I don't see how bands on or off affects anything...