Count me among the inconsistant.
I lean toward robusto's because the length is usually right for my smoking time. Sometimes, if it's a good stick and burning well, the band comes off and it's down to the nub. And its the burn that often dictates when I let it go. And no matter how good it tastes, there are only so many times I can relight a smoke before I'm annoyed :lol:
I lean toward robusto's because the length is usually right for my smoking time. Sometimes, if it's a good stick and burning well, the band comes off and it's down to the nub. And its the burn that often dictates when I let it go. And no matter how good it tastes, there are only so many times I can relight a smoke before I'm annoyed :lol:
I usually burn most of my cigars down to the nub, though I seem to like them best when there are 1-3" or so left. They're not quite as good for that last little bit, but still worth smoking until they get too hot to handle most of the time. I don't bother with toothpicks, etc. though.
brennivin said:
since i know im gunna nub just about every cigar i smoke, i unband it before i start
I'll admit I am a "halfer" guy a bunch of the times, I notice an off taste (almost like menthol, weird...) when I start getting close to the band.
I rarely smoke now a days, which is what normally happens because of school but today I am looking to change that, just finished finals, I'll be trying to smoke down to the nub today.
John
I rarely smoke now a days, which is what normally happens because of school but today I am looking to change that, just finished finals, I'll be trying to smoke down to the nub today.
John
kuzi16 said:
After one cigar that came unwrapped because of a liberal amount of vegetable glue I quit unbanding my cigars. It still irks me when a great cigar comes to an end because the glue never heated enough for the band to come off cleanly. Pet peeve #2: Bands on the foot of cigars, it's pretty to look at but why potentially screw up the beginning of the cigar due to a poorly applied band.
End of rant, LOL. 8)
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Me too Cloudy. Seems every time I tried to take the band off before lighting I tore the wrapper. Now I smoke it until the band gets warm and comes off easily. Nothing ticks me off more than when a cigar wants to come unwrapped while I'm smoking it, especially if it's my own fault for messing up the wrapper.
Haven't smoked in a while, about a month or two. This past Saturday, I went to my shop, sat down and smoked down a big churchill of there house blend (Gloucester St. Cigar Co, in Boston, AWESOME house cigar) down to the nub, and a Cusano 18 to the last inch. All while watching the Red Sox kick some butt.
My mind has changed about smokin to the nub,
John
My mind has changed about smokin to the nub,
John
i never slide the band off. i always peel it from itself first. im very careful. i cant think of the last time i had a problem
Peel as carefully as you want. If you have a cigar band with enough glue on it it's going to damage the wrapper anyways. Thats what I was getting at, enough glue that it seeps onto the actual wrapper thereby attaching itself. Personally I like the laser etched logo that the OMB1's have. No wrapper issues and it looks way cooler than some poorly designed band.