Drew Estates Flying Pig rolling photos

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Originally Posted by muhren

Love the thread and pics! very informative.

I'm curious...Has DE ever posted a video of it being done?

M

I don't think they have. I'll shoot Johnny Brooke an email and ask though.

Originally Posted by muhren

Another question!

I read through the other thread and noticed you said all buncheros were male, all rollers female. Is there a rationale behind the gender bias?

M

Their hands.

Typically speaking, men have larger hands and much greater strength in their hands. Besides being able to hold the entire filler bunch of tobacco for a cigar while simultaneously folding the leaves, there's a lot of compressing of the tobacco that has to happen while rolling it into the capote (binder). They can also easier hold the bunch under compression mid-roll if they need to adjust the capote.

There's really no requirement for hand strength for applying the capa (wrapper) but a delicate touch, good manual dexterity and small fingers to right up to the edge of the cigar and smooth out the capa as it's applied is.