Maybe a small, baby beast...a Brown Monsterito.Oh, hell yeah ... that's a beast!
[No relationship to green monsters, green dragons or old dinosaurs.]
Bob
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[No relationship to green monsters, green dragons or old dinosaurs.]
Bob
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HAHAHA!
You've inspired me to roll a Monstrosity while I'm off this week ... a large bag of scraps beckons me.
If you roll a fat one, make sure it is snug, and that the head tapers enough to be comfortable.
Bob
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Editorial Comment on Big Cigars
If I am smoking a cigar on my porch, and I am alone, I often smoke a big cigar. By that, I mean a fat, long, tapered honker. Since I smoke a cigar immediately after rolling it (no glue to dry), a small cigar means that I run out of cigar sooner, and will have to roll another one.
If any other living human will see me smoking my cigar, I become self-conscious about the size of the cigar. People (even non-smokers) have expectations about how big is too big for a civilized cigar.
Social issues aside, a fatter cigar cross-section results in cooler smoke, a larger volume of smoke per puff, and generally an easier draw. I find that more relaxing. That having been said, a thinner cigar will tame overly potent tobacco. (Imagine a 58 ring Toscano.) If the blend is really strong...really strong, then a short, narrow cigar is usually more enjoyable for me.
[I recall ten years ago, walking into a Walmart store with an unlit, 4-1/2" x 50 maduro cigar in my mouth. I had purchased it shortly before that, didn't have a shirt pocket, and didn't want to leave it in a hot car while I shopped. The number of fellow shoppers who showed the whites of their eyes, upon noticing my cigar, numbered in the dozens. Some felt compelled to comment to me directly. "Damn, that's a big cigar!" "I hope you don't plan to light that thing in here." Wives elbowed their husbands to turn and look. Mothers drew their children close. My little robusto had shocked their sensibilities. I suppose most had never seen any non-drug store cigar. But everyone (us included) has a notion of how big is too big.]
The 18" x 60 Cuba Aliados General that my brother gave me in 1997 was too big. It began to fall apart after smoking only about a foot of it.
As you can see, they were sold in boxes of 1.
Bob
If I am smoking a cigar on my porch, and I am alone, I often smoke a big cigar. By that, I mean a fat, long, tapered honker. Since I smoke a cigar immediately after rolling it (no glue to dry), a small cigar means that I run out of cigar sooner, and will have to roll another one.
If any other living human will see me smoking my cigar, I become self-conscious about the size of the cigar. People (even non-smokers) have expectations about how big is too big for a civilized cigar.
Social issues aside, a fatter cigar cross-section results in cooler smoke, a larger volume of smoke per puff, and generally an easier draw. I find that more relaxing. That having been said, a thinner cigar will tame overly potent tobacco. (Imagine a 58 ring Toscano.) If the blend is really strong...really strong, then a short, narrow cigar is usually more enjoyable for me.
[I recall ten years ago, walking into a Walmart store with an unlit, 4-1/2" x 50 maduro cigar in my mouth. I had purchased it shortly before that, didn't have a shirt pocket, and didn't want to leave it in a hot car while I shopped. The number of fellow shoppers who showed the whites of their eyes, upon noticing my cigar, numbered in the dozens. Some felt compelled to comment to me directly. "Damn, that's a big cigar!" "I hope you don't plan to light that thing in here." Wives elbowed their husbands to turn and look. Mothers drew their children close. My little robusto had shocked their sensibilities. I suppose most had never seen any non-drug store cigar. But everyone (us included) has a notion of how big is too big.]
The 18" x 60 Cuba Aliados General that my brother gave me in 1997 was too big. It began to fall apart after smoking only about a foot of it.
As you can see, they were sold in boxes of 1.
Bob
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Bob ... smoke what size cigars you like and let society adjust to you!
Good commentary though on the smoking characteristics.
I used to only smoke RG's under 50 until rolling my own and discovering the beauty of the biggins'.
Steve ... sounds like a great mix and tasty looking to boot!
-Darin
Good commentary though on the smoking characteristics.
I used to only smoke RG's under 50 until rolling my own and discovering the beauty of the biggins'.
Steve ... sounds like a great mix and tasty looking to boot!
-Darin
I'm not particularly good at making cigars that meet one's expectations from factory products. I made up some cigars to send to my brother using a different approach: very different and interesting. All four cigars use the same filler blend (Cibao Criollo 98 ligero, Cibao Piloto Cubano seco, Dominican T-13 viso) and the same Besuki wrapper as a double binder. The only difference is the varying wrapper.
One goal was to reveal the nature of the binder, so it is intentionally exposed at the foot.
After struggling with a triple cap on one cigar, I gave up after 5 failures. So I placed a little round (cap) of contrasting leaf where a cigar band might be. All four were finished with a twisted head. Against my better judgement, I used glue and a mold.
And the four cigars are giftwrapped in wrapper.
The bizarre bundle was placed into a poly-nylon pouch for shipping.
Bob
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Looking good Bob! I’d be happy to get those in the mail, so I’m sure your brother will appreciate them.
Thanks. To paraphrase a famous quote from the KJV, A cigar roller is not without honour, but...among his own kin, and in his own house.Looking good Bob! I’d be happy to get those in the mail, so I’m sure your brother will appreciate them.
"There goes penny-pinching Bob, foisting his hand-stitched tobacco, instead of sending real cigars."
Bob
GreenDragon
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Is that like when I take my bag of scraps, roll them into cigars and take them to work? I label them as "Special Reserve House Blend", and they are always the first to go.
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I believe what ultimately matters is that I enjoy what I smoke, but it would sure be nice to get to the point that I could make beauties like Marc does. Maybe in a couple, or dozen more years.
Marc's cigars are beyond cigar rolling. They represent Renaissance era tobacco leaf sculpture. Works of art. They are the sticks you have the urge to immediately light up, but want to save them to admire later, and to show to others. My own cigars present less of a conundrum.
Bob
Bob
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I really like your gift wrap idea, by the way. I'm stealing that.
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Excellent-looking cigars--and sounds like an excellent filler blend--and very nice wrapper idea. I've been using tuck cuttings as packing peanuts in all my send-outs the last few years, but this wrapper would be next level. It's like a Leaf by Oscar four-pack.
I'm not particularly good at making cigars that meet one's expectations from factory products. I made up some cigars to send to my brother using a different approach: very different and interesting. All four cigars use the same filler blend (Cibao Criollo 98 ligero, Cibao Piloto Cubano seco, Dominican T-13 viso) and the same Besuki wrapper as a double binder. The only difference is the varying wrapper.
One goal was to reveal the nature of the binder, so it is intentionally exposed at the foot.
After struggling with a triple cap on one cigar, I gave up after 5 failures. So I placed a little round (cap) of contrasting leaf where a cigar band might be. All four were finished with a twisted head. Against my better judgement, I used glue and a mold.
And the four cigars are giftwrapped in wrapper.
The bizarre bundle was placed into a poly-nylon pouch for shipping.
Bob
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