My grandfather smoked and chewed cigars for most of his life. Primarily Philliy Blunts.
Its from him I got the habit of clipping the burn portion off what was left of the nub and chewing it. He told me during the Depression tobacco was too valuable to throw away so they got in the habit of both smoking and chewing it.
waste not want not.
I was about 10 and had bagged my first deer a 6 point buck and he gave me a cigar to celebrate my indoctrination in to manhood I guess you could say.
It's been a down hill road ever since
