What was your first box purchase?

[The camaro show]

So I’ve been smoking for about 8 months now and am still deciding on my first box purchase both NC and CC still. I think some of my top contenders are Hoyo I’ve had the black and like them but I want to try the gold and silver to see how they compare but I really like them and they are a good price. Possibly brickhouse I’ve had a few and really liked them too. Cuban wise I’m pretty limited and have only had about 7-8 With so far my favorite being the PSD4. I want my first boxes to be kinda special. So I was curious what everyone else’s first boxes were!

[Gabe215]

NC- AVO Heritage
CC- Bolivar RC

[AdamJoshua]

NC - Nat Sherman Timeless No 2

then very soon after that

CC - Party Shorts

[hudd]

Padron 4000.

[Weelok]

Carlos Taranto Virtue robusto

[Tio Gato]

Feunte Cuban Corona Maduro. 24 bucks delivered. That was over 25 years ago.:)

[dijit]

Sosa #2 to celebrate my daughters birth. That was 23 years ago and they are still one of my favorites.

[Porch Dweller]

NC - either Rocky Patel 1992 or Genesis the Project, I can't recall perfectly.

CC - got a box of RASCC and Boli PCs in the same order.

[The camaro show]

All good picks guys!

[Wharf Rat]

Not absolutely sure. I’ll guess:

NC: Excalibur
CC: RASSC

[Hippi3Slay3r]

NC: Tatuaje Franks
CC: Boli Gold Medals or PLPC cant remember

[oldforge]

NC: El Rico Habano--one NC that ages beautifully for years and years--still like them.
CC: Bolivar PC

[4WheelVFR]

CC: I can't remember, but I bought a box of Monte #3's, PSD4's, Montecristo EL Robusto, and Cohiba Sublimes for my first boxes I think.
NC: La Escepcion EL 2009

[CigarNut]

NC: Gran Habano Imperiales Corojo
CC: Bolivar Belicosos Finos

The Gran Habano is a great golfing cigar -- sturdy wrapper and will last me for 9 holes. It's also a great cigar for road trips -- the wrapper can withstand my metal-pronged ashtray that I use in the car :)

The BBF is just an all-around great cigar.

[icehog3]

NC:
La Vieja Habana the Early Years Silencios
La Aroma de Cuba Robustos

CC:
Bolivar Royal Coronas

[gomeitsmybday]

Nice thread Chayse!

For me;

NC - Guardian of the Farm Apollo
CC - Bolivar PC

[E.J.]

If my memory serves me correctly.
NC - AB Tempus Terra Novas
CC - HUp Mag 48

[Weelok]

Oh, well my CC box came a few years later then the Carlos Torano and it was a box of Vega Robaina No 2’s. That was 2008?

Now on the NC box, I didn’t count my Thompson humidor with 25 Thompson cigars as technically that was my first non single cigar purchase but quickly followed by a CI sampler with a humidor and good thing as the Thompson’s I got were terrible.

[matt0278]

First NC box was either Diesel Unholy Cocktail or Ramon Bueso GTP. Can't remember which, but I caught a smokin deal within my first month on the devil site. Didnt have room at that time for that many, but the addiction was full-bore at that time.

Still haven't bought a box of CC. Pretty sparce around these parts, so when the opportunity presents itself I'll just grab a couple of sticks at a time. I try to devote funds to something I can lay my hands on again relatively easily...

[Ashcan Bill]

I smoked cigars a long time before I started buying boxes. I seldom bought more than five of anything and as long as my desktop humidor was somewhat full I was at peace. Then I stumbled onto this Club Stogie place and things just went to hell. :D

First box purchases:

NC - Padron Delicias Maduro

CC - RASS

[The camaro show]

Thanks guys!

[icehog3]

Then I stumbled onto this Club Stogie place and things just went to hell. :D



Damned Louie the Lowland Gorilla! :D

https://i.imgur.com/8oC3fBl.jpg

[cigarsofhawaii]

CC- PSD4 10 ct box

[Chainsaw13]

I honestly can’t remember which of either I bought. Most likely Bauza Jaguar’s for NC.

[Ashcan Bill]

Damned Louie the Lowland Gorilla! :D


You know, I still have a Blazer Torch from a group buy Da Klugs put together back then. One of the last Blazers before they put the blasted child lock thing on them. :tu

[markem]

I think that my first NC purchase was Don Pepin Blue Label. My first CC box purchase was Partagas Coronas.

[The camaro show]

Has anyone had the hoyo gold or silver and if so how does it compare to the black?

[icehog3]

You know, I still have a Blazer Torch from a group buy Da Klugs put together back then. One of the last Blazers before they put the blasted child lock thing on them. :tu

I don't know why they did that, Bill, they took a product that didn't need fixing and they broke it. :D

Chayse! Let's ride bikes! :)

[RevSmoke]

First box was Arturo Fuente Chateau Fuentes (Maduro), from Iwan Ries in Chicago (1980)
First Cuban Box was Montecristo #5 - a few years later, 1998.

[HighSierraSmokin]

La Flor Dominicana 1994 Conga

[The camaro show]

I don't know why they did that, Bill, they took a product that didn't need fixing and they broke it. :D

Chayse! Let's ride bikes! :)

Tom what kind of bike do you ride?

[stearns]

Monte #4's from a shop in London on a trip way back when, had no idea how much I was overpaying :D

[AdamJoshua]

Tom what kind of bike do you ride?

https://i.imgur.com/wzFKdg8.jpg


Monte #4's from a shop in London on a trip way back when, had no idea how much I was overpaying :D

Probably 1/4 what they rip you off for today :D

[icehog3]

Tom what kind of bike do you ride?

https://i.imgur.com/wzFKdg8.jpg



:D :lr That was my OLD bike. :r

https://i.imgur.com/qrP2Emp.jpg

'99 Harley Wide Glide. Stage 4 kit, extended forward controls, drag bars, custom wheels, Sundowner seat, LED lit mirrors and signals, Daymaker headlight, braided cables, air horn, etc...

[massphatness]

NC - Partagas No. 10

CC - SCdlH El Principe

But it's been years, so I'm not wholly sure that it's accurate

[borndead1]

Aspira torpedo in...2004? A Plasencia cigar made for Famous Smoke Shop. I tried a fiver first and they were AMAZING. Bought a box and they were meh.