rookie with a draw question

[NCRadioMan]

Sounds like it was plugged. You get those every once in a while since it's a handmade product they all won't be perfect. Padron comes very close.

When I get a plugged cigar, I pitch it and grab another.

Always test the draw before lighting. If it's too tight, put it back in the humidor and get another cigar. Time can open it up.

[OLS]

Originally Posted by NCRadioMan

Always test the draw before lighting. If it's too tight, put it back in the humidor and get another cigar. Time can open it up.

Third Chapter of Greg, Verse 1 and 2. Truer words have never been spoken.
You'd be surprised at how many people cut a cigar, put it in their mouth and light it
and only find out air won't go through it after they have thoroughly charred the end.
A poor drawing cigar simply needs to go into a dry box, out on a countertop for a week or so or
left alone to age for a few years. 8 times in 10, the cigar becomes smokeable.
But once you char the tip, might as well throw it away or use a poker on it immediately.

[BloodSpite]

For my money having a poker is a necessity.

It's either that or chucking the cigar, and personally I have no desire to chuck $15 bucks or more in to the yard because the durn thing wont smoke.

[tsolomon]

I haven't had much luck with draw tools, but if it's plugged I will dry box for a couple of days to see if the draw improves. If that doesn't work I chuck it.

check out Plugged Cigar Tool on E Bay. Works every time.

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by cigarcore

check out Plugged Cigar Tool on E Bay. Works every time.

Never owned a cigar tool that worked "every time".

[Remo]

Originally Posted by icehog3

Never owned a cigar tool that worked "every time".

Maybe he meant "every time, so far"

[pnoon]

Originally Posted by cigarcore

check out Plugged Cigar Tool on E Bay. Works every time.

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