rolled my first two sticks tonight

[Smokin Harley]

ok , first review of my first rolling. Sabroso medio blend from WLT. Took me three stores to find the fruit pectin(Ball brand at Jewel Osco, I have enough to last me a while . First try at proper goma mixing turned out like jello jigglers,lol. Second mix went much better,let it sit and its a nice clear paste. Used two whole leaves each of the fillers in the kit,entubado. I did case up the Dom binder (sprayed some distilled water and rolled it up in a paper towel to soak some water up so it wasn't soaked.) Habano 2000 wrapper. I have to say its not exactly rolled fully correct as I know now I need to fill the head end much more as I ended up with a soft head, and the body was easily drawn. I rolled a 6 x 56 ,free hand , no mould was used of course. Taste - definitely to my liking (as good or better than a store bought stick, even burn(so that tells me I got the bunching pretty good.) I just need to work on the head end and I did not attempt a cap at this point. I was after a taste right now to test the blend. I did get almost an entire hour smoke out of it . If it wasn't 40 degrees out I would have gotten more time out of it . Got a little buzz. But overall I like the blend . I definitely don't need anything stronger . Sorry theres no pic of the stick ,I got too excited to try it. I put stick #2 in the humi and once I get time after the outage, I'll test that out to see how that mellows out. Overall,I'm very pleased with my first.

 

[charlie G.]

Congrats Harley on an enjoyable first cigar.
And don't feel bad about the soft head it will come in time. Maybe roll your cigars a little longer then you want the finished cigar to be and clip the head where it's fuller like you cut the foot. I roll torpedos and still have soft heads on mine now and then. After 3 months it's still a learning thing for me to work out the bugs.
It's all in the enjoying the taste of your own hand made cigars. Enjoy

 

[DGBAMA]

Congrats on your first. Ends are tricky to get full. I just roll a little longer than I want, and trim back until the end is firm.

If you want to smoke one without waiting, I roll it in a paper towel and microwave about 15sec (until warm), then let cool to room temp, about 30 mins. This normally dries the wrapper and binder "just enough".

 

[Freeotatv]

Agreed on cutting the tip to the firm section. The key is the fold the filler leaves and alsonhow you stack them to get a good firm body.

When rolling the binder if the filler doesnt seem uniform..its an easy time to realign the filler so the stack is a bit more uniform or just tear a few more fillers to fill in that ends a bit.

Congrats...the first one is a memorable moment

 

[Smokin Harley]

I was about halfway through the smoke when my wife popped her head outside to make sure I wasn't passed out or frozen,lol. She said it smelled good. Whether or not I get the head end down pat, I doubt I will be buying too many store bought sticks

 

[webmost]

I was about halfway through the smoke when my wife popped her head outside to make sure I wasn't passed out or frozen,lol. She said it smelled good. Whether or not I get the head end down pat, I doubt I will be buying too many store bought sticks

Superb rolling skill is not the answer.
Don's leaf is the answer.

... and that's the truth

 

[Gdaddy]

Superb rolling skill is not the answer.
Don's leaf is the answer.

... and that's the truth

That is the truth!

If the tobacco is good then even a poorly rolled cigar will still taste good but if the tobacco is bad the mechanics of rolling won't make a difference.

 

[BarG]

Every cigar you roll will be different, enjoy doing it.

 

[Smokin Harley]

Rolled a few more this morning before we went out for errand running. Attempted a cap...eh...one 5x50 turned out "ok" ..I need to watch the "rolling habanos" video again,maybe stop it at each step , re-watch,etc, over and over...that lady makes it look so easy.

 

[Raodwarior]

Yes she does, there is another series that really helped me too, when I get a chance to find it again I will post you a link. Just finishing up the cigars I am sending you they should be ready to ship by Monday

 

[Smokin Harley]

i can hardly wait

 

[webmost]

yes she does, there is another series that really helped me too, when i get a chance to find it again i will post you a link. Just finishing up the cigars i am sending you they should be ready to ship by monday

use the magic box!

 

[Raodwarior]

That's the plan

 

[Smokin Harley]

ok, pic may come out really huge. idk how to edit for size . the smallest is about a 44 , big stick is a 64 ring. far left 3 are regular entubado perfectos, next two are cuban sandwich style perfectos. All are basically the same blend/proportion from WLT "Sabroso Medio" kit .

 

[Smokin Harley]

You have to use a photo editor and reduce the size or send it to me and I'll do it for you...takes 20 seconds.

Don@wholeleaftobacco.com

sent it to you Don, thanks , check my last entry though , maybe I got it .

 

[FmGrowit]

I don't know how you're trying to download your pictures, but it isn't working.

 

[Smokin Harley]

ok, where it says far left ...read as "from the bottom" ...thanks Don!!

 

[Smokin Harley]

I see it , I reloaded the page and I can now view it.

 

[Smokin Harley]

I don't know how you're trying to download your pictures, but it isn't working.

Im not sure either, this chromebook isnt anything like a PC .

 

[Smokin Harley]

heres my problem downloading , its not easy and apparently doesnt work well. I take a pic with my phones camera, send that to my email because my data plan to try to send it here directly costs me and the whole touch screen deal sucks. I go from email to google file and then try to upload to the site which then says its too big of a file.