DR Monte #2 Knock-Offs
 

So, a driver of mine just came back from a trip to the DR. Hands me, among other boxes. a box of Monte #2's labeled as if they came from west of Guantanamo. Anyone had any of these? They worth keeping or are they dog-rockets at best?

Inquiring n00b minds want to know... :D

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Smoke one and find out.

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Been to the DR a dozen times and can't imagine a place with MORE fake Cuban cigars, especially Cohibas.

Only real Cubans I ever saw were on Boca Chica beach, near Santo Domingo at Darren's restaurant.

last I heard, he split up with is Dominican wife whose father is a Colonel in the DR and he hasn't been seen since. Fish food would be my guess.

Nice thing about the fakes are they are at least Dominican tobacco and when mixed with a few rum drinks, aren't that bad if there's nothing else to smoke.

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+1 , any pics?

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I'll post some asap. Too damb busy at work right now.

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fire one up

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Fire that Cohibo up and imagine it is a Cohiba and it might be real good:cb

OMFG Y'all Are Not Gonna Believe These Pics!!
 

Behold the tragedy. Told ya I didn't trust this guy...

http://catfish12c.homestead.com/files/Monte_1.jpg


http://catfish12c.homestead.com/files/Monte_2.jpg

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those are fakes, the bands are a dead give away.

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Those aren't cigars. They're flutes. :D

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:r

Stop being a *****, they look legit. :r

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:tpd: I think you should smoke one just to be sure!:r

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I'm still pretty ignorant on this subject. What exactly is it about the bands that gives them away as being fakes?

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If they are that chewed up, they MUST be good. :dr

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They are printed off center and look like they were torn into shape.

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So basically they're just shabbily made. Anything about the color or imprint? They also appear to be carelessly applied.

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I would be scared to even put them in my humi.

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Just a touch of pectin and I bet they are good to go!:dr

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I've actually never tried a cuban before (I need a security clearance for work and figure that having customs seize my stogies would be a double hit) but That is what I see wrong with the bands they may be printed incorrectly too but I don't know enough to judge that.

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Wow, those look pretty awful.... not only are the bands horribly made and applied, the foots of the cigars are cut unevenly too.

PLUS they're eaten to shreds.... total disaster. :hn

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Bug Food!!!!!!

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wow, that is a grade a tragedy. The bands look very poorly MFG's. Who in their right mind would try and pass those off as authentic when they tried to sell them?

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They're very very poorly made and applied, and they're far too large for those cigars. The ends of the bands shouldn't overlap onto the white design. The fleur de lis don't look right to me either, nor does the positioning of the dots between "Montecristo" and "Habana" or the positioning of the word "Habana" itself. They wouldn't be banded that carelessly, either, nor would the feet of the cigars be cut crookedly.

I'd like to see pictures of the box, too. There are a lot more ways to tell fakes by the boxes than by the cigars or bands.

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If someone gave me a box of cigars that looked like that, I don't think real or fake would be the first thing that came to mind.:r:r

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About the only thing I see those being good for is kindling. May be cool to cut a few open see the working of the beetles.

Too bad.

That has to be one of the worst jobs of faking bands I have ever seen.