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Old 12-05-2008, 09:35 PM   #21
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Default Re: Torpedo or Belicoso?

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Originally Posted by RevSmoke View Post
Here they are as I have always thought of them.

Pyramid - Tapers continually from head to foot, the foot may be very wide.

Torpedo - Tapers from head to main body of cigar, but is a gradual taper and then parallels.

Belicoso - Tapers from head to main body, but does so very quickly, not quite a rounded head, but very close, and then it parallels.

Perfecto - Tapers at both head and foot. The taper at the foot may be gradual or sharp.
I like those definitions. I always think of a Belicosa as being shorter than a Torpedo, and that is the only difference I notice.
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