Thread: What cigar did you smoke today?

Originally Posted by Blackpool

I make a point never to be jealous of anyone, a pointless thing to be. A dreamer, yes, but never envious..... except when it comes to U.S. tobacco!

Conversely, I suppose you have large quantities of Samuel Gawith pipe tobacco available, I assure you there are many of we colonials who are green with envy over this fact. Unfortunately, the company seems to have slowed its imports to the States down to a trickle. A few years back it was widely available most anywhere but now it's as rare as chicken's teeth and when you can find it, it generally disappears fairly quickly. A same really, 1792 Flake and Squadron Leader were both top quality smokes.

A relatively fresh PSD4. It was very enjoyable.

occidental reserve church hill.....

i suggest this cigar to anyone looking for a inexpensive *(~3.50) cigar with a mild/med flavor........... it is comparable *(better IMHO) than a romeo y julieta numero dos....

Originally Posted by 1OldGI

Conversely, I suppose you have large quantities of Samuel Gawith pipe tobacco available, I assure you there are many of we colonials who are green with envy over this fact. Unfortunately, the company seems to have slowed its imports to the States down to a trickle. A few years back it was widely available most anywhere but now it's as rare as chicken's teeth and when you can find it, it generally disappears fairly quickly. A same really, 1792 Flake and Squadron Leader were both top quality smokes.

Tobacconists' shops are a thing of the past here. In London, Dunhill is still there of course, and Smith's Snuff Shop in Charing Cross Road, plus the cigar merchants in Mount Street, the name of which escapes me, but the chains like Finlay's, and most independent shops have gone.
I still have a Meershaum in the cupboard, and a Dublin bowl briar, and when I smoked them regularly, seemed to favour tobaccos that I had difficulty keeping alight! Three Nuns and Lincoln, I really had trouble with those two, so would usually mix them with St Bruno, which smouldered very healthily, Gold Block or Mick McQuaid. We went through a transition in England where in many restaurants you could still light up a cigarette but not a cigar or pipe. Weird or what? Then of course they managed to get it banned more or less altogether. With the eager cooperation of the airlines. Ban cigarettes, shut off the air vents, recirculate the air complete with everyone's germs, diseases illnesses, so you disembark with a Lucky Dip of each, meant a fuel saving of approx 5%. They couldn't do it quick enough. The latest is that delivery men can't smoke in their own vans and pickups since they are a "place of work." Ever read Orwell's 1984? I feel an electromagnetic tug to the South Sea Islands, hula dancers Samuel Smith's Imperial Stout, Pabst, Maker's Mark, Gilbey's, and cartons upon cartons of Pall Mall King Size unfiltered, "Where Particular People Congregate."
Especially me.

Hacienda Rio Gigante- Gigante indeed this one weighs in at a full 64 gauge (1" diameter). It's handmade from the Dominican Republic. Right on budget as well at about $1.50 a stick (bundle of a dozen $17.95). Equipment shortfall- My standard cutter was too small to fit this Goliath. No worries, I simply pirated a SE blade from one of my Gem 1912s and popped the cap right off.

I somehow know you're not going to like this. I never use a cutter, I like to use a wooden match as a lance, somewhere between 1/2" to 6/8" with a little swirl. Keeps everything nice and tidy and, in my case, much less soggy!

Originally Posted by Blackpool

I somehow know you're not going to like this. I never use a cutter, I like to use a wooden match as a lance, somewhere between 1/2" to 6/8" with a little swirl. Keeps everything nice and tidy and, in my case, much less soggy!

I actually tried a variation of this method for my morning smoke. My lance was a poker off of a pipe tool. I simply pierce the middle of the cap and kind of wollered it around creating sort of a conical hole that extended a couple inches down the cigar. It worked like a champ and was quite a bit neater than the traditional method. Oh yeah, the morning stogie was a Hacienda Rio Gigante.

That's it, you have it exactly. What I like is, if things get a bit spitty I can free it up with a bit of your "wollering" without doing any further damage at all. With a cutter, I'm afraid I would be re-guillotining the poor chap. No cigar for me today, I shall have to wait until I next go over to Brussels, Amsterdam or Lisbon where the prices are a bit more sensible. Such is Life.

My cigar of choice, when i dont know what to smoke is the LFD (La flor Dominica) Reserva Especial NO.200 Its a great everyday smoke. If you havetn tried it and are looking for a cigar of the mild side go for it! Its reasonably priced as well ~$7.50 -9.00

~Mike

"Jose' Marti" good smoke, cheaper than most.