Light a cigar backwards?

daboose · 02-03-2010, 12:23 PM

Please tell me I’m not the only one who’s done this? Is there a support group?

I took off the label of a perfecto, clipped the end while I was in the house. Got comfortable on the deck and stared at it and thought…humm, which end is the foot? Being too lazy to run back upstairs and compare it…I ended up lighting the head…

It’s not going to be a good day.

Knip23 · 02-03-2010, 12:26 PM

LOL sometimes it happens, most of time it involes Jack or Sailor Jerrys :P

Mr.Erskine · 02-03-2010, 12:28 PM

I have actually heard of people doing that on purpose just to give a cigar a different perspective.

csbrewfisher · 02-03-2010, 12:38 PM

This would be one reason to leave the label on.

That said, yes...I've done it. It was a figurado on a very dark hot-tub night.

Volt · 02-03-2010, 12:42 PM

Yep - done it myself. And yes the taste changes to me when smoked backwards.

srduggins · 02-03-2010, 12:42 PM

I accidently dropped a cigar after cutting the foot, picked it up and started toasting the foot. Luckily I noticed pretty early and stopped. After looking and thinking about it, I recut the foot and toasted the head. I was pretty new to smoking at the time and felt pretty stupid.

marge796 · 02-03-2010, 12:59 PM

I must try this with my next stick.

Chris.....

md4958 · 02-03-2010, 01:18 PM

Cigars are blended and rolled to be lit from the foot end. If you were to light a cigar backwards, you would be smoking the stronger half of the cigar first, leaving the rest bland by comparison.

marge796 · 02-03-2010, 01:26 PM

I understand this I'm just a little intrigued.

bscottskangum · 02-03-2010, 01:27 PM

So, what were to happen if I cut my cigar in half, then smoked both halves backwards?

Razorhog · 02-03-2010, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by bscottskangum

So, what were to happen if I cut my cigar in half, then smoked both halves backwards?

Gary · 02-03-2010, 01:30 PM

Ha ha I did this a few days ago with a small stick that had no band. I felt real bright, but it tasted just fine.

02-03-2010, 01:38 PM

Ive never done this, knock on wood

ucla695 · 02-03-2010, 01:41 PM

I haven't done it yet, but I can see how it can easily happen.

T.G · 02-03-2010, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by bscottskangum

So, what were to happen if I cut my cigar in half, then smoked both halves backwards?

Total protonic reversal.

Thrak · 02-03-2010, 02:11 PM

I did this on a 5Vegas Relic the band had fallen off of... it was.... odd.

bscottskangum · 02-03-2010, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by T.G

Total protonic reversal.

So I shouldn't try this?
I was going to do this somewhere in the vicinity of the Large Hadron Collider and see what happens.

ucla695 · 02-03-2010, 02:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bscottskangum

So, what were to happen if I cut my cigar in half, then smoked both halves backwards?

Depends on which half you smoke first.

02-03-2010, 02:44 PM

A good way to tell on a perfecto, even without the band, is that the head of the cigar's got a cap on it.

php007 · 02-03-2010, 03:21 PM

Haven't done this and don't plan on doing it.

02-03-2010, 12:23 PM	#1
daboose ...I shew you a mystery.. Join Date: Oct 2009 First Name: Den Location: North Carolina Posts: 45 Trading: (1)	Light a cigar backwards? Please tell me I’m not the only one who’s done this? Is there a support group? I took off the label of a perfecto, clipped the end while I was in the house. Got comfortable on the deck and stared at it and thought…humm, which end is the foot? Being too lazy to run back upstairs and compare it…I ended up lighting the head… It’s not going to be a good day.

02-03-2010, 12:26 PM	#2
Knip23 Keep It Simple Join Date: Dec 2009 First Name: Destrey Location: Ft. Polk/ Leesville Posts: 545 Trading: (10)	Re: Light a cigar backwards? LOL sometimes it happens, most of time it involes Jack or Sailor Jerrys :P

02-03-2010, 12:28 PM	#3
Mr.Erskine Looking up Join Date: Jan 2010 First Name: Benjamin Location: Dover, DE Posts: 297 Trading: (1)	Re: Light a cigar backwards? I have actually heard of people doing that on purpose just to give a cigar a different perspective. __________________ Cornbread... Ain't nothin' wrong with that.

02-03-2010, 12:38 PM	#4
csbrewfisher Welcome to my nightmare Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Jerry Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 676 Trading: (10)	Re: Light a cigar backwards? This would be one reason to leave the label on. That said, yes...I've done it. It was a figurado on a very dark hot-tub night. __________________ http://www.facebook.com/csbrewfisher

02-03-2010, 12:42 PM	#5
Volt I'm nuts for the place Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 2,799 Trading: (19)	Re: Light a cigar backwards? Yep - done it myself. And yes the taste changes to me when smoked backwards. __________________ Curing the infection... One bullet at a time.

02-03-2010, 12:42 PM	#6
srduggins Feeling at Home Join Date: Apr 2009 First Name: steve Location: So. Cal. No More Posts: 504 Trading: (37)	Re: Light a cigar backwards? I accidently dropped a cigar after cutting the foot, picked it up and started toasting the foot. Luckily I noticed pretty early and stopped. After looking and thinking about it, I recut the foot and toasted the head. I was pretty new to smoking at the time and felt pretty stupid.

02-03-2010, 12:59 PM	#7
marge796 It Just Doesn’t Matter!!! Join Date: Feb 2009 First Name: Chris Location: Topeka KS Posts: 1,624 Trading: (28)	Re: Light a cigar backwards? I must try this with my next stick. Chris..... __________________ “Don’t talk to me about naval tradition. It’s nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash.” -Sir Winston Churchill

02-03-2010, 01:18 PM	#8
md4958 Captain Cannoli Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Moe Location: Suffield, CT Posts: 5,712 Trading: (62)	Re: Light a cigar backwards? Cigars are blended and rolled to be lit from the foot end. If you were to light a cigar backwards, you would be smoking the stronger half of the cigar first, leaving the rest bland by comparison. __________________ "One fart can foul the air for everyone" - Esteemed philosopher "If avoiding the nasty $hit is being a snob, them I am guilty as charged."- Same esteemed philosopher.

02-03-2010, 01:26 PM	#9
marge796 It Just Doesn’t Matter!!! Join Date: Feb 2009 First Name: Chris Location: Topeka KS Posts: 1,624 Trading: (28)	Re: Light a cigar backwards? I understand this I'm just a little intrigued. __________________ “Don’t talk to me about naval tradition. It’s nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash.” -Sir Winston Churchill

02-03-2010, 01:27 PM	#10
bscottskangum Oh yeah, I'm awesome! Join Date: Jan 2010 First Name: Barry Location: Hampton, VA Posts: 681 Trading: (11)	Re: Light a cigar backwards? So, what were to happen if I cut my cigar in half, then smoked both halves backwards?

02-03-2010, 01:30 PM	#12
Gary waiting for my next smoke Join Date: Jan 2010 First Name: Gary Location: Capitola Posts: 207 Trading: (0)	Re: Light a cigar backwards? Ha ha I did this a few days ago with a small stick that had no band. I felt real bright, but it tasted just fine. __________________

02-03-2010, 01:38 PM	#13
ChicagoWhiteSox Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Light a cigar backwards? Ive never done this, knock on wood

02-03-2010, 01:41 PM	#14
ucla695 Neither here, nor there Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: The Pool Posts: 3,696 Trading: (5)	Re: Light a cigar backwards? I haven't done it yet, but I can see how it can easily happen.

02-03-2010, 02:11 PM	#16
Thrak .. the man from Nantucket Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Canton, GA Posts: 558 Trading: (2)	Re: Light a cigar backwards? I did this on a 5Vegas Relic the band had fallen off of... it was.... odd.

02-03-2010, 02:44 PM	#19
Noomis Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Light a cigar backwards? A good way to tell on a perfecto, even without the band, is that the head of the cigar's got a cap on it.

02-03-2010, 03:21 PM	#20
php007 Adjusting to the Life Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Paul Location: Placentia, CA Orange County Posts: 360 Trading: (35)	Re: Light a cigar backwards? Haven't done this and don't plan on doing it. __________________ Paul Patel http://s166.photobucket.com/home/php007/allalbums