What caused this weird burn? (Pics)

Originally Posted by sikk50

It's called canoe'ing, basicly the best idea would be to check humidity issues. However I'm sure there can be other factors involved sometimes

But there was a hole in it. Went about 1.5mm down into the cigar. I don't think beetles are the issue.

[markem]

Were you smoking outside? Temp and room/area humidity along with speed of smoking matter.

Originally Posted by markem

Were you smoking outside? Temp and room/area humidity along with speed of smoking matter.

Outside, 60deg night with no wind.

[markem]

Originally Posted by Slavac

Outside, 60deg night with no wind.

Ah ha! Smoke a little slower, smaller puffs and rotate the cigar about 90 degrees between puffs

[CigarNut]

Thanks for bringing this up -- I had the same thing happen to me today when I smoked a cigar outside. It is was 60 degrees and much more humid (90%) outside here (in Oregon), so based on what Markm said, I am guessing that the difference in humidity and temperature were the cause.

[neoflex]

This also tends to happen when smoking in the car but like markem mentioned rotating tends to fix it in this scenario. In your case it just seems like it may have been a poor roll. It happens, it's a product made completely by hand. May have been the last stick the roller had left on a Friday afternoon. Sometimes my sticks that sit on top in a shelf in my cabinet will sometimes do this as I rarely rotate my sticks in the cab. I think the tops may be more moist than the bottoms resting on the sticks below it. I could also just be nuts! HA!
Did you try touching it up at all or did you just try and see if it ould correct itself on it's own?

Originally Posted by neoflex

This also tends to happen when smoking in the car but like markem mentioned rotating tends to fix it in this scenario. In your case it just seems like it may have been a poor roll. It happens, it's a product made completely by hand. May have been the last stick the roller had left on a Friday afternoon. Sometimes my sticks that sit on top in a shelf in my cabinet will sometimes do this as I rarely rotate my sticks in the cab. I think the tops may be more moist than the bottoms resting on the sticks below it. I could also just be nuts! HA!
Did you try touching it up at all or did you just try and see if it ould correct itself on it's own?

It corrected itself shortly thereafter, but the part that miffs me is that there was almost a perfect hole in the cigar. Sort of weird huh :P

[massphatness]

Originally Posted by Slavac

It corrected itself shortly thereafter, but the part that miffs me is that there was almost a perfect hole in the cigar. Sort of weird huh :P

FWIW, I sometimes see this my cigars. From my experience, the "hole" does not cause the canoeing affect. I have no idea what it is, but I do know I see it too frequently to think there may be something wrong.

[markem]

Originally Posted by CigarNut

Thanks for bringing this up -- I had the same thing happen to me today when I smoked a cigar outside. It is was 60 degrees and much more humid (90%) outside here (in Oregon), so based on what Markm said, I am guessing that the difference in humidity and temperature were the cause.

Weird, the high humidity for my area (close to you) is 61% for today.

[CigarNut]

Originally Posted by markem

Weird, the high humidity for my area (close to you) is 61% for today.

Just going by what my Oregon Scientific Weather Station reported... Maybe I need to get it checked...

[markem]

Originally Posted by CigarNut

Just going by what my Oregon Scientific Weather Station reported... Maybe I need to get it checked...

I believe the number. This time of year the humidity varies greatly across even small distances here. We had sunshine and a light wind, so that could easily explain the difference. We have a whole mountain between you and me.