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Old 08-26-2013, 05:20 PM   #12
Ashcan Bill
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Default Re: Lighting technique

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Originally Posted by icehog3 View Post
This is how I have lit my cigars for the last several years.

I used to draw (puff) while lighting the cigar, but I found the other method to be much more efficient.
I'm just the opposite. For a long time I'd toast the foot, blow on it, and then gently puff. I'd spend a good five minutes playing around with the thing. Then one day I realized two things.
  • I've got a lot more life behind me than I do in front, and wasting time needlessly makes less and less sense as time goes on.
  • I could never honestly tell any darn difference in the way the cigar smoked or tasted anyway.

Now I just apply fire and puff away. The cigar doesn't seem to mind.
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