Odd/Rare Opus X cigars

[neoflex]

Some of them are just so pretty that I would almost feel guilty smoking them if given the opportunity.

[ZachF88]

I want one of those footballs! Or any of them! Anyone know if any are available for purchase?

[Brooks W]

Originally Posted by ZachF88

I want one of those footballs! Or any of them! Anyone know if any are available for purchase?

Not gonna happen...

And even if you could buy one (see above), the price would be astronomical (think in the thousands)...

~brooks

[Razorhog]

If those cigars are really worth thousands each, you'd think they would take care of them. They look horrible - all dusty and just strewn about. Maybe that keeps the workers from stealing them...

[chippewastud79]

Originally Posted by Razorhog

If those cigars are really worth thousands each, you'd think they would take care of them. They look horrible - all dusty and just strewn about. Maybe that keeps the workers from stealing them...

Only the footballs were ever 'available' (term used loosely) for the auction for charity. All the rest are trials and oddities that would never be available for purchase to anyone. My guess is they had to roll more than just the footballs that were included in the package that was sold and thus leaving those to sit.

[Razorhog]

Originally Posted by chippewastud79

Only the footballs were ever 'available' (term used loosely) for the auction for charity. All the rest are trials and oddities that would never be available for purchase to anyone. My guess is they had to roll more than just the footballs that were included in the package that was sold and thus leaving those to sit.

Makes sense. Would be really cool to have one of the footballs. I don't know about smoking a 160 RG cigar would go though... probably make you feel like you got hit by a linebacker!

[benedic08]

Wow these Cigars look soo goood..... It would be amazing even just to see these in person... Very Nice...

[shilala]

Doesn't the Fuente family fund a school of some sort in Dominican? I think I remember reading something at Tampa Sweethearts about charity events where they let go some special cigars to raise money?

Originally Posted by shilala

Doesn't the Fuente family fund a school of some sort in Dominican? I think I remember reading something at Tampa Sweethearts about charity events where they let go some special cigars to raise money?

Yes, they fund it through the Cigar Family Charity Fund.

[shilala]

Originally Posted by DougBushBC

Yes, they fund it through the Cigar Family Charity Fund.

Thanks Doug.
I feel better knowing I'm not crazy.
I used to get emails from Tampa Sweethearts, and they'd speak about the particular fundraisers. I'm pretty sure that they work some special cigars into little auctions at those events. I remember seeing a followup after an event that highlighted what they had raised, and a particular gentleman in the cigar industry had bid big money on a signed box of something.
I might be mashing a couple things together, but I don't read a lot of things cigar related anymore that don't come through here or my email.
That was awhile back, too. That compounds the problem.

[kelmac07]

Love to get my hands on ANY Opus X maduro!!

I was doing some googling on different sticks, and this came up on the images tab...glad I accidentally stumbled to these pics. Amazing works of craftsmanship.

Can't really put a price tag on that collection! Amazing really!

[sigsauer]

I'd like to smoke a opus x stickball bat someday!

VERY awesome!! Man, I would LOOVE some of those!!
Fuente is such a class company and fantastic maker of cigars..I met Carlito in Tampa Fl. and he is such a great guy. LOVES talking about cigars..even ones his company doesn't make...He also has a Padron stash...like we all should.

[AdamJoshua]

I'll have to double check next time I'm there, but I'm almost positive they were footballs not the regular eggs and they were in the DE / Liga shelves. Again, I'll check just for the heck of it next time I stop by there.

[T.G]

Thanks other Adam.


Btw, "note" was supposed to be "now". Silly Swype software...

[Chainsaw13]

A B&M by me has football cigars, not sure if they are DE though. They were trying to sell them for the SB. Next time I'm by there, I'll look to see who made them.

[ranchand28]

The day my friend gave the football to me, he insisted it was intended for four people to smoke. After spending so much time with him and other Fuentes cigarmakers, I respect that opinion, just not sure how one smokes a single large cigar among four people. To expand on this, I actually talked to some of my friends about how we might build something that would allow each of us our own individual smoke with a single cigar. I 100% plan on smoking this football in the next month, for one thing I feel most certain, no cigar built is made to sit in a humidor forever, and this one has been for about 9 years.

[T.G]

Originally Posted by ranchand28

The day my friend gave the football to me, he insisted it was intended for four people to smoke. After spending so much time with him and other Fuentes cigarmakers, I respect that opinion, just not sure how one smokes a single large cigar among four people. To expand on this, I actually talked to some of my friends about how we might build something that would allow each of us our own individual smoke with a single cigar. I 100% plan on smoking this football in the next month, for one thing I feel most certain, no cigar built is made to sit in a humidor forever, and this one has been for about 9 years.

It's called a puff-puff-pass. Don't overthink it.

As an aside, that football doesn't really appear to be that big and that one person could smoke it.