Toasting the foot: is it really necessary?

Ashcan Bill · 09-06-2014, 04:06 PM

I'll toast the foot on rare occasions just for grins, but usually I just apply fire and draw on it in a strong manly way to get her started. I've used wood matches, paper matches, soft flames, hard flames, cedar strips, and blazing branches from camp fires. I've reached the conclusion that the lighting method has zero influence on my ultimate enjoyment of the cigar. The only truth I've discovered through sad experience is that you never, ever attempt to light anything you find stuck in your mouth while riding in a top down convertible if you sport a moustache. This is an inviolatable truth.

As far as the method of lighting affecting the burn, if you don't get the complete foot lit than obviously you'll likely have a problem. But some cigars are just fated to burn in a way to irritate you. Doesn't matter how well you've cared for them, loved them or lit them - they're possessed.

09-06-2014, 04:06 PM	#12
Ashcan Bill Ol' Dude Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Bill Location: Henderson, NV Posts: 1,902 Trading: (6)	Re: Toasting the foot: is it really necessary? I'll toast the foot on rare occasions just for grins, but usually I just apply fire and draw on it in a strong manly way to get her started. I've used wood matches, paper matches, soft flames, hard flames, cedar strips, and blazing branches from camp fires. I've reached the conclusion that the lighting method has zero influence on my ultimate enjoyment of the cigar. The only truth I've discovered through sad experience is that you never, ever attempt to light anything you find stuck in your mouth while riding in a top down convertible if you sport a moustache. This is an inviolatable truth. As far as the method of lighting affecting the burn, if you don't get the complete foot lit than obviously you'll likely have a problem. But some cigars are just fated to burn in a way to irritate you. Doesn't matter how well you've cared for them, loved them or lit them - they're possessed.