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hammondc
09-12-2010, 08:26 AM
Found this one in the bottom of the humidor. It is about a 60rg in the middle. About 6" long. Feels almost like a Ligero wrapper, but it did not seem to have the strength (or tooth) of Ligero. No idea what it is. I couldn't find a loose band anywhere either. Any ideas? It was a really good smoke.


http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a142/hammondc/IMG_20100911_124855.jpg
Don Fernando
09-12-2010, 08:36 AM
my first thought was a Reposado 96, but they are longer and look a tad different, so that's not it.
whodeeni
09-12-2010, 08:50 AM
That's not a reposado because it's closed on both ends...
Reposado's have a funny shape to them. Especially on the end.

Great looking stick though.. I'd like to smoke one.
hammondc
09-12-2010, 08:52 AM
Nope. It is not a reposado, because those come with no band. I have never bought (or been gifted) any with no band. My first thought was Gurkha Centurion, but the color is different and the end were a lot more tapered.
Pilon
09-12-2010, 08:57 AM
matasa?
hammondc
09-12-2010, 08:59 AM
I was thinking maybe Matasa because I had some of those, but the shape is off.
hotreds
09-12-2010, 09:07 AM
That's why I never smoke it if I don't know what it is. I'd rather miss the best smoke I ever had than go crazy trying to figure out what it was!
whodeeni
09-12-2010, 09:09 AM
Come to think about it it probably is a Centurion. I know
on CI's site, i've noticed some of them being "extremely"
dark in the pictures.... *jmo* though....
hammondc
09-12-2010, 09:12 AM
I think it may be a Centurion. I know I had a few of those about 5 years or so ago. Maybe age does a Gurkha good. That s the only cigar I can find that is close to the same shape.
whodeeni
09-12-2010, 09:14 AM
I think it may be a Centurion. I know I had a few of those about 5 years or so ago. Maybe age does a Gurkha good. That s the only cigar I can find that is close to the same shape.

Well chip... smoke it and let us know!:tu
hammondc
09-12-2010, 10:09 AM
Well chip... smoke it and let us know!:tu

Its gone. Smoked it yesterday. It was damn good.
neoflex
09-12-2010, 10:24 AM
Its gone. Smoked it yesterday. It was damn good.

I was going to say maybe a Gurkha until I saw you said it was damn good.:r I have a similar shaped and sized stick in my humi that is unbanded and I know that it's a Gurkha since I remember buying it. This was also before I realized I am not a fan of anything Gurkha. I have had it for a three or four years so maybe I will use this post as an excuse to finally smoke it and get rid of it.
whodeeni
09-12-2010, 10:47 AM
You know they have several perfecto shaped vitola's.. i actually have one that's darker and i have the label but i don't remember the name...
Chingas
09-12-2010, 10:50 AM
You know they have several perfecto shaped vitola's.. i actually have one that's darker and i have the label but i don't remember the name...

I think you may be thinking of the Gurkha Blue Steel
whodeeni
09-12-2010, 11:13 AM
I think you may be thinking of the Gurkha Blue Steel

That's it Chingas...:tu
Chingas
09-12-2010, 11:31 AM
That's it Chingas...:tu

I here all week!:r
hammondc
09-12-2010, 11:41 AM
I was going to say maybe a Gurkha until I saw you said it was damn good.:r


This is exactly what threw me off.
druturn
09-12-2010, 04:04 PM
I was going to say La Aurora Preferido, but the end fooled me. I would say a Gurkha Centurian as well, I just pulled one out of my humidor and it an exact match, I will try to take a pic of it with and without band soon and post it!
CigarGuy88
09-12-2010, 04:13 PM
I'm thinking it might be the unbanded perfecto from the LFD Los Perfectos gift pack. They definitely were super tasty I'm just not sure it was quite that size...
Lumpold
09-12-2010, 04:33 PM
I'm thinking it might be the unbanded perfecto from the LFD Los Perfectos gift pack. They definitely were super tasty I'm just not sure it was quite that size...

http://www.coronacigar.com/editorFiles/la_flor_sampler_md.jpg

Makes the perfectos look a but flatter on one end, but could just be the crappy picture!
Lumpold
09-12-2010, 04:38 PM
TBH I'm thinking it's a La Aurora Preferido... could be entirely wrong though... people with more NC experience might be able to debunk that...
dwoodward
09-12-2010, 04:45 PM
My first thought is the Gurkha Centurian. Great smokes btw.
TheDudeAbides
09-12-2010, 05:27 PM
I think you may be thinking of the Gurkha Blue Steel


http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q24/huffstatler/cap002.jpg
Tredegar
09-13-2010, 07:07 AM
Careful, it could be a fake.....
hammondc
09-13-2010, 07:09 AM
I think it was a Centurian. It is exactly he same shape as the Preferidos, but it is a lot bigger. I have a couple Preferidos that I compared it too.