Favorite Cigars that You'd Never Smoke?

schnell987 · 12-19-2008, 11:30 PM

After reading another post about who you would leave your cigars to, I got to thinking that there are certain special cigars in my collection that I probably will never smoke. I know I've got a few, gifted by generous BOTLs...cigars that I know I could never replace. They'll always stay on a special shelf in my coolerdor.

Do you have special cigars that you never plan to smoke - rare custom blends, gifts that have a special meaning, or limited edition smokes?

acarr · 12-20-2008, 12:01 AM

No, they don't do anything for me collecting dust forever.

shilala · 12-20-2008, 12:15 AM

Nope, none of them are sacred.
I'll either get around to smoking them or I'll get someone else to smoke them.

I do have one handful of super old smokes that I'm saving till this spring when we go camping. Some are 100 years old, I got them from Joe (Lenguamor) especially to share with a buddy of mine that I only see at the campground a couple times a year.
I have one other cigar that's a keepsake. I might just smoke it, but odds are that I'll just hang on to it.
All the rest are fair game. My humi is Death Row, more or less.

bobarian · 12-20-2008, 12:48 AM

I used to, but an FOG much wiser than I told me even the best cigars are for smoking. Nothing is sacred. I may have some I save for special occasions or for PPP's. Life is too short to have regrets and not smoking what might be a spectacular cigar is something I would regret.

goalie204 · 12-21-2008, 06:24 AM

They are all goin down

Yazzie · 12-21-2008, 06:52 AM

Everything is fair game on any given day

Mr. Ed · 12-21-2008, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Yazzie

Everything is fair game on any given day

I try to stay away from 'special occasion' classification of my cigars. When I want to smoke something I just grab it.

You never know when you'll get hit by a bus going in the eastbound lane, or slip on that bar of soap in the shower.

TomHagen · 12-20-2008, 10:17 PM

smoke 'em if you got 'em...

Bubba - NJ · 12-20-2008, 10:32 PM

I have some LGC serie R Limitadas that I just can't bring myself to smoke . I know I'll never come across them again but eventually they will burn .

gettysburgfreak · 12-20-2008, 11:01 PM

Probably a 98 Boli PC or 98 Punch Punch, they are the oldest smokes I have

Don Fernando · 12-21-2008, 02:22 AM

No, I will smoke them all although some (like the CC Davidoff with approx 30 years of rest) will wait for a special occassion.

12-21-2008, 05:06 AM

I really don't see any reason to save any particular stick from eventually being smoked.

12-21-2008, 05:11 AM

There will always be a special occasion to smoke a special cigar... when they are only lying in the humidor you will never know how they would taste.... in many cases a big loss!

Heiko

jonharky · 12-21-2008, 07:04 AM

I have a "other" cigar in my humi right waiting for a special occasion b/c I rarely come across them but when that time comes I'm going to burn it down

macpappy · 12-21-2008, 08:18 AM

The phrase, "Smoke 'em if you got 'em" comes to mind.

While I understand buying a number of special sticks and allowing them to rest I really can't see buying "special" cigars and not smoking them. If they are special already then they should be good to smoke now, not 20 years down the road when you may be dead and someone else is standing over your grave enjoying it.

68TriShield · 12-21-2008, 09:05 AM

NO!

M1903A1 · 12-21-2008, 11:23 AM

A CC Por Larranaga Panetela that I found in my father's things. It had dried out before I found it (in a plastic bag with a dried paper towel in it), so there's no point in trying.

It's in a glass tube in one of my humidors, as a display piece.

chippewastud79 · 12-21-2008, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by M1903A1

A CC Por Larranaga Panetela that I found in my father's things. It had dried out before I found it (in a plastic bag with a dried paper towel in it), so there's no point in trying.

It's in a glass tube in one of my humidors, as a display piece.

Thats a great piece for a collection. Not sure I would smoke that either, for the memory or the condition, probably makes for a better discussion piece than a smoke anyway.

12-21-2008, 11:56 AM

I was gifted several Don Candido 501's from 1963 from a friend that I'm saving for my eventual wedding whenever that may be. One each for me and the missus and the other 2 are for my two best cigar mates. I can't bring myself to smoke them for the sake of just trying one.

bilkay · 12-21-2008, 12:04 PM

Cigars are rolled to be smoked. Period.

12-19-2008, 11:30 PM	#1
schnell987 Grateful to the 11 Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Kevin Location: Atlanta Posts: 154 Trading: (2)	Favorite Cigars that You'd Never Smoke? After reading another post about who you would leave your cigars to, I got to thinking that there are certain special cigars in my collection that I probably will never smoke. I know I've got a few, gifted by generous BOTLs...cigars that I know I could never replace. They'll always stay on a special shelf in my coolerdor. Do you have special cigars that you never plan to smoke - rare custom blends, gifts that have a special meaning, or limited edition smokes? __________________

12-20-2008, 12:01 AM	#2
acarr Have My Own Room Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 1,307 Trading: (34)	Re: Favorite Cigars that You'd Never Smoke? No, they don't do anything for me collecting dust forever.

12-20-2008, 12:15 AM	#3
shilala Dear Lord, Thank You. Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Scott Posts: 13,721 Trading: (252)	Re: Favorite Cigars that You'd Never Smoke? Nope, none of them are sacred. I'll either get around to smoking them or I'll get someone else to smoke them. I do have one handful of super old smokes that I'm saving till this spring when we go camping. Some are 100 years old, I got them from Joe (Lenguamor) especially to share with a buddy of mine that I only see at the campground a couple times a year. I have one other cigar that's a keepsake. I might just smoke it, but odds are that I'll just hang on to it. All the rest are fair game. My humi is Death Row, more or less. __________________

12-20-2008, 12:48 AM	#4
bobarian Cranky Habanophile Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Wine Country Posts: 8,869 Trading: (51)	Re: Favorite Cigars that You'd Never Smoke? I used to, but an FOG much wiser than I told me even the best cigars are for smoking. Nothing is sacred. I may have some I save for special occasions or for PPP's. Life is too short to have regrets and not smoking what might be a spectacular cigar is something I would regret.

12-21-2008, 06:24 AM	#5
goalie204 Have My Own Room Join Date: Dec 2008 First Name: Myles Location: Winnipeg Posts: 1,659 Trading: (12)	Re: Favorite Cigars that You'd Never Smoke? They are all goin down

12-21-2008, 06:52 AM	#6
Yazzie Have My Own Room Join Date: Nov 2008 First Name: Mark Location: Longhorn Country Posts: 1,674 Trading: (10)	Re: Favorite Cigars that You'd Never Smoke? Everything is fair game on any given day

12-20-2008, 10:17 PM	#8
TomHagen Rabbinic Consigliere Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Tattejuaje Location: NY Posts: 601 Trading: (12)	Re: Favorite Cigars that You'd Never Smoke? smoke 'em if you got 'em... __________________ Cigar Asylum Minyan///Corona Gorda Comparison Thread Do Acts of Goodness and Kindness!!

12-20-2008, 10:32 PM	#9
Bubba - NJ Deep Cherry Finish Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Rolf Location: Tatooine Posts: 780 Trading: (4)	Re: Favorite Cigars that You'd Never Smoke? I have some LGC serie R Limitadas that I just can't bring myself to smoke . I know I'll never come across them again but eventually they will burn .

12-20-2008, 11:01 PM	#10
gettysburgfreak Patriot Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: The Mitten Posts: 1,442 Trading: (2)	Re: Favorite Cigars that You'd Never Smoke? Probably a 98 Boli PC or 98 Punch Punch, they are the oldest smokes I have __________________ Author ofeath, Disease, and Life at War: The Civil War Letters of Surgeon James D. Benton, 111th and 98th New York Infantry Regiments, 1862-1865.

12-21-2008, 02:22 AM	#11
Don Fernando Postwhore Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Ferdinand Location: Singapore Posts: 10,068 Trading: (29)	Re: Favorite Cigars that You'd Never Smoke? No, I will smoke them all although some (like the CC Davidoff with approx 30 years of rest) will wait for a special occassion. __________________ check out my reviews on my blog.

12-21-2008, 05:06 AM	#12
ashmaster Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Favorite Cigars that You'd Never Smoke? I really don't see any reason to save any particular stick from eventually being smoked.

12-21-2008, 05:11 AM	#13
eldondo Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Favorite Cigars that You'd Never Smoke? There will always be a special occasion to smoke a special cigar... when they are only lying in the humidor you will never know how they would taste.... in many cases a big loss! Heiko

12-21-2008, 07:04 AM	#14
jonharky Feeling at Home Join Date: Dec 2008 First Name: Jon Location: The Yak, MI Posts: 892 Trading: (1)	Re: Favorite Cigars that You'd Never Smoke? I have a "other" cigar in my humi right waiting for a special occasion b/c I rarely come across them but when that time comes I'm going to burn it down

12-21-2008, 08:18 AM	#15
macpappy Rider on the storm. Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Slidell, LA Posts: 851 Trading: (0)	Re: Favorite Cigars that You'd Never Smoke? The phrase, "Smoke 'em if you got 'em" comes to mind. While I understand buying a number of special sticks and allowing them to rest I really can't see buying "special" cigars and not smoking them. If they are special already then they should be good to smoke now, not 20 years down the road when you may be dead and someone else is standing over your grave enjoying it. __________________ WARNING: I am a Southern White Male. I have a brain and I know how to use it.

12-21-2008, 09:05 AM	#16
68TriShield Got Torque? Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Dave Location: Maryland Posts: 7,194 Trading: (40)	Re: Favorite Cigars that You'd Never Smoke? NO!

12-21-2008, 11:23 AM	#17
M1903A1 Have My Own Room Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 1060 W. Addison Posts: 1,573 Trading: (4)	Re: Favorite Cigars that You'd Never Smoke? A CC Por Larranaga Panetela that I found in my father's things. It had dried out before I found it (in a plastic bag with a dried paper towel in it), so there's no point in trying. It's in a glass tube in one of my humidors, as a display piece. __________________ "It's the cigars that bring us together, but it's the people that cause us to stay."

12-21-2008, 11:56 AM	#19
dentonparrots Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Favorite Cigars that You'd Never Smoke? I was gifted several Don Candido 501's from 1963 from a friend that I'm saving for my eventual wedding whenever that may be. One each for me and the missus and the other 2 are for my two best cigar mates. I can't bring myself to smoke them for the sake of just trying one.

12-21-2008, 12:04 PM	#20
bilkay Still Watching My Back Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 64 Trading: (3)	Re: Favorite Cigars that You'd Never Smoke? Cigars are rolled to be smoked. Period.