How do you label your cigars?

[MrOneEyedBoh]

I tried to search and couldnt find anything here and I did a google search for how to label cigars. I was hoping that I was going to get a few forum hits and then I can see examples of peoples labeling methods.

How do you guys label?

[NCRadioMan]

Paper and tape for me but blank cigar labels are available too.

[G G]

Mostly I just either write with a sharpie if it has cello, and use a piece of printer paper and cut my own bands if it don't, then secure it with a small piece of scotch tape. Lots of folks buy blank bands too.

[theonlybear4CORT]

this (http://www.heartfeltindustries.com/products.asp?cat=Blank+Cigar+Bands) might help you bro.

[T.G]

Krylon.

[Kreth]

I think he's asking what you put on the label. For me, I just put a date on the cello "tail" with a Sharpie. But, the wife just got a Brother label printer in a Secret Santa at work. I may give it a try and start making note of where I got the stick as well.
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[MrOneEyedBoh]

hahaha TG


Im sorry I guess I should have said I've seen the labels, but I dont think the cost justifies the use. Its a throw away item that can be made out of regular paper and se3cured with tape.

Can we use sharpie on the label? Will the bleed thru effect the cigar ( after the ink is dry ) and what about using a label machine to make some and affix them to strips of paper?

edit: yeah kreth thats what i meant.

[dunng]

I do it anyways... :tu

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q235/dunng/IMG00089.jpg

[jerseystepup]

a good botl (pnoon) hooked me up with some blank bands... i belive you can get them at cigarmony also for a good price... blank bands look better than ripped post it notes.. but yea i date them with pen then tuck them away

[jerseystepup]

I do it anyways... :tu

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q235/dunng/IMG00089.jpg

mmmmmmmmmmmm mag 50's (sorry for the jack) continue :)

[T.G]

Sharpies are fine, the solvent dries so quickly that it won't affect anything.

Here's an excel spreadsheet that I got from buddhadaddy a few years ago for making labels. The first sheet is a macro that will generate multiple identical labels, the second sheet is for singles.

[troutbreath]

With a lighter.

[elderboy02]

Sharpies are fine, the solvent dries so quickly that it won't affect anything.

Here's an excel spreadsheet that I got from buddhadaddy a few years ago for making labels. The first sheet is a macro that will generate multiple identical labels, the second sheet is for singles.

Thanks for the link!

[bookman]

I just try to use my remembery.

[Skywalker]

I just try to use my remembery.

:tpd: Me too!!!

[md4958]

I do it anyways... :tu

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q235/dunng/IMG00089.jpg

those cigars look familiar :hm

:r:r

[Namerifrats]

I've never labeled a cigar......

[acarr]

I never label them. If they come in a box they stay in there. So if there is a date code, I get it off the box.

[Tenor CS]

You know what I was thinking of trying to get ahold of?

Sometimes, in restaurants, you get your silverware wrapped in a napkin, held together by a paper ring. The adhesive is stronger than a post-it note, and they definitely seem big eough to wrap around a cigar.

Anybody with connections to the restaurant industry have a lead on where to get these, and if they are cost effective compared to the fancy cigar bands?

PS: Group buy?

[Tripp]

I don't have enough sticks to forget where they came from.

[MrOneEyedBoh]

You know what I was thinking of trying to get ahold of?

Sometimes, in restaurants, you get your silverware wrapped in a napkin, held together by a paper ring. The adhesive is stronger than a post-it note, and they definitely seem big eough to wrap around a cigar.

Anybody with connections to the restaurant industry have a lead on where to get these, and if they are cost effective compared to the fancy cigar bands?

PS: Group buy?

I do have connections and Im going to the warehouse today. Im sure I have to buy TONS of them, so maybe we can get a few people into buying them? I'll grab some if I see them.

[MrOneEyedBoh]

Also thanks for that template! Do you know what the dimensions are? Like If I want to label a petite corona, would these work?

[14holestogie]

Also thanks for that template! Do you know what the dimensions are? Like If I want to label a petite corona, would these work?

I use something similar in Excel and find these work for 30-56 RG equally well.

[MrOneEyedBoh]

Is it the same template? Or similar? I dont use excel ever and I dont know how to tell the size. Are there like rulers I can click to show on the screen ( similar to photoshop ) so I can see the size?

[14holestogie]

Is it the same template? Or similar? I dont use excel ever and I dont know how to tell the size. Are there like rulers I can click to show on the screen ( similar to photoshop ) so I can see the size?

My labels are about 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches, 26 to a page, works out to less than a penny a piece by my guess. 3 lines (manufacturer, brand and when/how received).

[Tenor CS]

I do have connections and Im going to the warehouse today. Im sure I have to buy TONS of them, so maybe we can get a few people into buying them? I'll grab some if I see them.

I found an online place that had them for about $14 for a pack of 2000 (for the napkin rings)

[T.G]

Also thanks for that template! Do you know what the dimensions are? Like If I want to label a petite corona, would these work?

1" x 3" at the cut lines, but text usually only takes up a 3/4" wide area in the center of the band.

Should be fine for a petite corona, maybe you have to trim the flaps a bit more. You'll figure that out pretty quick once you test fit the first label.


I use something similar in Excel and find these work for 30-56 RG equally well.

Probably about the same for these.


Is it the same template? Or similar? I dont use excel ever and I dont know how to tell the size. Are there like rulers I can click to show on the screen ( similar to photoshop ) so I can see the size?

Not the same template, but they are similiar. I think you can put up rulers, but I don't see the point in them for this as text is centered, so you can just trim the flaps if they are too long.


My labels are about 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches, 26 to a page, works out to less than a penny a piece by my guess. 3 lines (manufacturer, brand and when/how received).

These are 1" x 3", 20 per page, 4 lines per band.

[14holestogie]

Not the same template, but they are similiar. I think you can put up rulers, but I don't see the point in them for this as text is centered, so you can just trim the flaps if they are too long.



I start mine text on the left and start the roll on the right. No extra cutting required for smaller RG. :)

[marge796]

:tpd: Me too!!!


Me three

[s15driftking]

I do it anyways... :tu

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q235/dunng/IMG00089.jpg

Very impressed at your cleanliness and organizational skills. I do not think i have the patience to make labels though... But if i did, i'd use your method.

[T.G]

I start mine text on the left and start the roll on the right. No extra cutting required for smaller RG. :)

:tg

[14holestogie]

:tg

...just sayin.... :r

[MrOneEyedBoh]

Thx