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Old 04-11-2010, 08:23 AM   #41
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I leave it on until it interferes with smoking.
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Old 04-11-2010, 12:52 PM   #42
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I think it's just a matter of what each persons particular "thing" is. For myself, I don't keep the band on for any significant reason nor do I keep it on to impress anybody with what I am smoking. The only person I want to impress is myself and a cigar band does not present anything inherent in my view. I usually leave it on until it starts to get in the way of my smoking and then I take it off. Sometimes its useful in case some part of the wrapper starts to unravel and I use it as a band aid to cover the part that is coming apart.
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I leave it on so I know what end to put put in my mouth if I set it down, LOL. Actually, some I take off, some I dont. Have not decided my preference yet.
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I just smoke mine
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Old 04-11-2010, 06:22 PM   #45
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There are a lot of legends about bands. Gustave Bock has been credited with the popularization of paper bands to identify the cigar makers in the mid 1800s. From all I've read, bands were added simply for branding.

The legend about cigar staining the white gloves of "Fancy Dans" or "Jim Dandies" comes from the late 1700s when cigars were finished with a chicory-shaded gum and rolled in a fine tobacco powder (pulverized dried leaf). This finishing process was necessary because the wrapper leaf [back then] was crude and uneven in color and finish. The powder finish provided a desirable even color but quite possibly stained the fingers or, in the case of "Jim Dandies" . . . their white gloves.

Brit's and some European cultures encourage the removal of bands as proper etiquette. However, I've been told that they remove the band and place the band on the table in front of them, thus showing what brand they are smoking! Doesn't that kind of contradict the idea of removing it for snob factor?

Thanks for the history Stinky, I knew the history part about Gustave Bock and the paper bands for branding, although I would not have been able to remember (and probably still won't) his name in conversation, but the part about the chicory powder dye was new to me.

I'll refrain from commenting on the Brits because I'd rather not get slapped with a fish.
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but the part about the chicory powder dye was new to me.
Ditto. I had to look it up to see what the plant looked like.

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I like mine naked, but every now and then I find myself getting excited about leaving them dressed.



























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