Pics of your sticks!!

[deluxestogie]

Me too. Tradition be damned.

Why bore you with another of my cigars.

Bob

 

[waikikigun]

Here we have CT Shade, candela, Ec Maduro, and Corojo oscuro wrappers in the "wide Churchill" vitola, 5 1/8 x 55. The Corojo oscuro is plainly colorado claro.

 

[ciennepi]

Wery nice and useful to see the same vitola in four different wrappers. Do you know what strain is the EC Maduro?

 

[waikikigun]

Wery nice and useful to see the same vitola in four different wrappers. Do you know what strain is the EC Maduro?

In an earlier thread I asked Don that question and he said that he was told by the supplier that it was Habano.

 

[Scotty]

Just rolled number 4 today, it don’t look half bad. Seems I only get time to do one a day. Don’t have a lot of free time. I was going to post a picture, but it says my file is too large for the server. It’s ok they ain’t much to look at anyways. I took the picture with my iPhone 6s. Same as the first one I posted.

 

[waikikigun]

"Wide Churchill" in Ec Maduro.

 

[col555]

"Wide Churchill" in Ec Maduro.

Looks Delish

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

"Wide Churchill" in Ec Maduro.

Dang. This post resulted in me ordering the Ecuador Maduro wrapper.

 

[RandyL]

"Wide Churchill" in Ec Maduro.

That looks alot darker than the Ecuador maduro I have. Mine is more of a reddish brown that looks sort of like the corojo wrapper.

 

[waikikigun]

That looks alot darker than the Ecuador maduro I have. Mine is more of a reddish brown that looks sort of like the corojo wrapper.

If you scroll up to the photo above where I have four in my hand, the far-right one is corojo "oscuro" and the one next to that is this same maduro. You could average between this photo and the one above to get a sense of the "true" color of this batch. But to my eyes, both are "what this wrapper looks like." The top is in contrasty bright morning light, and the lit one is late afternoon shade. I try to color balance them accurately.

 

[waikikigun]

That looks alot darker than the Ecuador maduro I have. Mine is more of a reddish brown that looks sort of like the corojo wrapper.

Dang. This post resulted in me ordering the Ecuador Maduro wrapper.

I bought a pound of that stuff once and hated it so much I had to throw 1/2 lb into the trash. Melted rather than burnt and tasted like hell. Jump forward three years and on a lark I asked WLT to please toss a sample of the current batch in with my most recent order. Based on smoking the cigar you see in that photo I immediately ordered 2 lbs.

 

[RandyL]

I bought a pound of that stuff once and hated it so much I had to throw 1/2 lb into the trash. Melted rather than burnt and tasted like hell. Jump forward three years and on a lark I asked WLT to please toss a sample of the current batch in with my most recent order. Based on smoking the cigar you see in that photo I immediately ordered 2 lbs.

Half of the pound I got was fine and the other half is some weird looking leaf. It's thick and has a funny feel to it that's hard to explain. When it gets wet it almost disintegrates.

 

[col555]

A few new ones wrapped today, the 6 on the right are PA wrapper(@BigBonner ), the 7th is a Habano(@BigBonner ) wrapper and the one on the left is a Conni wrapper(FX Smith) all cv Ligero and Viso filler(WLT), PA binder 46RG x 5-6"

 

[Thedbs999]

How do you like Big B's Pa Wrapper? Any idea what strain? Looks nice.

Dan

 

[deluxestogie]

A surprise parcel arrived in the mail today. It was a bounty of cigars from ArizonaDave.

I'm currently smoking that dark, fat one (arrow). It's solid as a chair rung, and draws perfectly. What a delightful thing to receive.

Bob

 

[waikikigun]

7 x 40 lancero, wrapped in WLT Ec Maduro.

 

[deluxestogie]

It's really tough to make a 40 ring cigar 7 inches long, yet still a perfect parallel. Impressive.

Bob

 

[Charly]

7 x 40 lancero, wrapped in WLT Ec Maduro.

Beautiful cigar !
I love long cigars

 

[waikikigun]

Beautiful cigar !
I love long cigars

Thank you, Charly. I like them a lot too.

 

[waikikigun]

It's really tough to make a 40 ring cigar 7 inches long, yet still a perfect parallel. Impressive.

Bob

Thanks. I agree that it's not the easiest vitola to nail.