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DaBear · 04-04-2014, 02:45 PM

NAS

I'm not gonna bother with giving a score for appearances on these as they're cheroots, they're supposed to be ugly little sticks. The one thing I do notice with the NAS is how dark a brown it is, at least comparatively to the regular Cheroot. The wrapper does seem a touch less veiny than I'm used to with the Cheroot, but the lumpiness of the filler and binder make up for that.

Initial draws bring a dry woody-nuttiness. This calms down fairly quickly into a subtle leather. There's a strange, almost chemical, spice in the background that has me hoping I'm imagining things. Nothing bad so far, but nothing particularly great either. A nice little smoke that I wouldn't mind smoking, but at least thus far, I'm not gonna be hunting down. The strength stays a solid medium plus through the first third. My only complaint with the first third is the burn, its not uneven, but it likes to go out if you don't keep plugging away at it.

First Third score: 3/5

As I enter the second third, the profile hasn't changed much, but the spice is taking more of a forefront. Its now a nice peppery spice as opposed to the almost chemical first third, the leather really hits on the finish. The strength has definitely begun to pick up a touch, slowly working its way to a medium-full and beyond.

Second third score: 3.5/5

Entering the final third, it stays pretty one dimensional and the strength continues to pick up. Its not my favorite flavor profile, but its not unpleasant. Probably the biggest profile difference is the dryness from the first third is no more. Burn continues to be a problem, but honestly, thats to be expected with a ligero puro. As I'm finishing up, we finally surpass full bodied and I'm starting to get a little buzz from this, which for me is the first in a long while. I get the feeling LFD almost went after strength for strengths sake with these.

Final third score: 3/5

Overall: 3/5

Really the only reason for giving this a bumped score in the middle third was the lack of a burn issue I had in that third, it was enough of a detractor to justify taking off points in the first and final thirds, but wasn't so bad in the middle. The profile wasn't awful, but wasn't great either. It was just a solid one dimensional profile with subtle tweaks here and there. I actually enjoyed the initial puffs a lot and wouldn't have minded that profile showing itself here and there.

Now onto the Cheroot/Icepick.

04-04-2014, 02:45 PM	#2
DaBear Have My Own Room Join Date: Sep 2010 First Name: Bear Location: Raleigh, NC(NC State) Posts: 2,010 Trading: (26)	Re: Mac and DaBear's LFD NAS vs. LFD Cheroot/Icepick Review NAS I'm not gonna bother with giving a score for appearances on these as they're cheroots, they're supposed to be ugly little sticks. The one thing I do notice with the NAS is how dark a brown it is, at least comparatively to the regular Cheroot. The wrapper does seem a touch less veiny than I'm used to with the Cheroot, but the lumpiness of the filler and binder make up for that. Initial draws bring a dry woody-nuttiness. This calms down fairly quickly into a subtle leather. There's a strange, almost chemical, spice in the background that has me hoping I'm imagining things. Nothing bad so far, but nothing particularly great either. A nice little smoke that I wouldn't mind smoking, but at least thus far, I'm not gonna be hunting down. The strength stays a solid medium plus through the first third. My only complaint with the first third is the burn, its not uneven, but it likes to go out if you don't keep plugging away at it. First Third score: 3/5 As I enter the second third, the profile hasn't changed much, but the spice is taking more of a forefront. Its now a nice peppery spice as opposed to the almost chemical first third, the leather really hits on the finish. The strength has definitely begun to pick up a touch, slowly working its way to a medium-full and beyond. Second third score: 3.5/5 Entering the final third, it stays pretty one dimensional and the strength continues to pick up. Its not my favorite flavor profile, but its not unpleasant. Probably the biggest profile difference is the dryness from the first third is no more. Burn continues to be a problem, but honestly, thats to be expected with a ligero puro. As I'm finishing up, we finally surpass full bodied and I'm starting to get a little buzz from this, which for me is the first in a long while. I get the feeling LFD almost went after strength for strengths sake with these. Final third score: 3/5 Overall: 3/5 Really the only reason for giving this a bumped score in the middle third was the lack of a burn issue I had in that third, it was enough of a detractor to justify taking off points in the first and final thirds, but wasn't so bad in the middle. The profile wasn't awful, but wasn't great either. It was just a solid one dimensional profile with subtle tweaks here and there. I actually enjoyed the initial puffs a lot and wouldn't have minded that profile showing itself here and there. Now onto the Cheroot/Icepick.