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MrOneEyedBoh 01-09-2010 07:24 PM

How do you label your cigars?
 
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 01-09-2010 07:25 PM

Re: How do you label your cigars?
 
Paper and tape for me but blank cigar labels are available too.

G G 01-09-2010 07:26 PM

Re: How do you label your cigars?
 
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 01-09-2010 07:27 PM

Re: How do you label your cigars?
 
this might help you bro.

T.G 01-09-2010 07:28 PM

Re: How do you label your cigars?
 
Krylon.

Kreth 01-09-2010 07:36 PM

Re: How do you label your cigars?
 
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 01-09-2010 07:37 PM

Re: How do you label your cigars?
 
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 01-09-2010 07:39 PM

Re: How do you label your cigars?
 
I do it anyways... :tu

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q...g/IMG00089.jpg

jerseystepup 01-09-2010 07:40 PM

Re: How do you label your cigars?
 
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 01-09-2010 07:40 PM

Re: How do you label your cigars?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by dunng (Post 714367)

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

T.G 01-09-2010 07:45 PM

Re: How do you label your cigars?
 
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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 01-09-2010 07:54 PM

Re: How do you label your cigars?
 
With a lighter.

elderboy02 01-09-2010 08:56 PM

Re: How do you label your cigars?
 
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Originally Posted by T.G (Post 714375)
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 01-09-2010 09:04 PM

Re: How do you label your cigars?
 
I just try to use my remembery.

Skywalker 01-09-2010 09:08 PM

Re: How do you label your cigars?
 
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Originally Posted by bookman (Post 714474)
I just try to use my remembery.

:tpd: Me too!!!

md4958 01-09-2010 09:08 PM

Re: How do you label your cigars?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by dunng (Post 714367)

those cigars look familiar :hm

:r:r

Namerifrats 01-09-2010 09:15 PM

Re: How do you label your cigars?
 
I've never labeled a cigar......

acarr 01-09-2010 09:18 PM

Re: How do you label your cigars?
 
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 01-09-2010 09:22 PM

Re: How do you label your cigars?
 
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 01-09-2010 09:34 PM

Re: How do you label your cigars?
 
I don't have enough sticks to forget where they came from.

MrOneEyedBoh 01-10-2010 05:10 AM

Re: How do you label your cigars?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Tenor CS (Post 714499)
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 01-10-2010 05:15 AM

Re: How do you label your cigars?
 
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 01-10-2010 05:18 AM

Re: How do you label your cigars?
 
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Originally Posted by MrOneEyedBoh (Post 714735)
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 01-10-2010 05:24 AM

Re: How do you label your cigars?
 
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 01-10-2010 06:17 AM

Re: How do you label your cigars?
 
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Originally Posted by MrOneEyedBoh (Post 714738)
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 01-10-2010 06:20 AM

Re: How do you label your cigars?
 
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Originally Posted by MrOneEyedBoh (Post 714732)
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 01-10-2010 08:05 AM

Re: How do you label your cigars?
 
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Originally Posted by MrOneEyedBoh (Post 714735)
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.


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Originally Posted by 14holestogie (Post 714736)
I use something similar in Excel and find these work for 30-56 RG equally well.

Probably about the same for these.


Quote:

Originally Posted by MrOneEyedBoh (Post 714738)
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.


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Originally Posted by 14holestogie (Post 714748)
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 01-10-2010 08:28 AM

Re: How do you label your cigars?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by T.G (Post 714830)
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 01-10-2010 08:51 AM

Re: How do you label your cigars?
 
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Originally Posted by Skywalker (Post 714485)
:tpd: Me too!!!


Me three

s15driftking 01-10-2010 08:54 AM

Re: How do you label your cigars?
 
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Originally Posted by dunng (Post 714367)

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 01-10-2010 08:58 AM

Re: How do you label your cigars?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by 14holestogie (Post 714858)
I start mine text on the left and start the roll on the right. No extra cutting required for smaller RG. :)

:tg

14holestogie 01-10-2010 09:00 AM

Re: How do you label your cigars?
 
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Originally Posted by T.G (Post 714897)
:tg

...just sayin.... :r

MrOneEyedBoh 01-10-2010 07:01 PM

Re: How do you label your cigars?
 
Thx


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