How/Who put the cigars in cellophane?

Originally Posted by leasingthisspace

I have wondered about doing this myself. I think the cello is softer when the cigar is placed in there at first. I mean it is plant based right? Maybe when the cigar company gets them they are still soft like plastic and over time the cello dries out making it stiff. Maybe the humidity amount that is found in a humi (between 60-70%) is not high enough to keep the cello soft and easy to remove and play on cigars?
Have you ever had a cigar that had cello and was aged? The humidity levels are great for the cigars but the cello will slowly dry out and become crunchy?

This is all guessing though because I don't have any knowledge of old cigars and their cello. Maybe someone with that knowledge could speak up on the matter.

So after I posted this I went to stash a grabbed a cello off a cigar. It was stiff and crackly. Just like they always are. I grabbed a cup with some water in it and began soaking half of it in the water. I just went and grabbed it out and it was soft as a piece of latex minus the strechiness. It soaked for about 2 1/2 hours. So with that being said I am pretty sure that when the cigar are put in them they are softer and the cigar goes right in. So how would we make them soft after the fact to be able to reuse them? Maybe a ziplock with a little container of water in it. Or instead a ziplock a tupperware container with a small bowl of water so that the cello can draw in as much water as it wanted to without exactly touching the water. You know if you were trying to do that sort of thing.