Cigar Shape

alfredo_buscatti · 08-17-2011, 06:35 PM

If it's a flat-ended cigar, I will often punch it, if the end is large enough. I've cracked the wrapper on cigars with a smaller ring gauge.

But I often find that a punch doesn't give me a sufficient draw; by sufficient I mean anything other than a difficult draw, which if I can't correct becomes a reject. If the punch doesn't work then I turn around and cut it. But when I do so, on all cigars, whether I've tried the punch or not, I use a "nick" cut, which only takes off the cap with no tobacco. I do this as, although an extreme example, anything I can do to maintain the cap's integrity, I'll do. A ruined cap is more or less a ruined cigar.

I've become conscious of eyeing the cap to see how far it extends before I do anything.

08-17-2011, 06:35 PM	#23
alfredo_buscatti Adjusting to the Life Join Date: Jan 2011 First Name: Mike Location: Piedmont, NC Posts: 277 Trading: (9)	Re: Cigar Shape If it's a flat-ended cigar, I will often punch it, if the end is large enough. I've cracked the wrapper on cigars with a smaller ring gauge. But I often find that a punch doesn't give me a sufficient draw; by sufficient I mean anything other than a difficult draw, which if I can't correct becomes a reject. If the punch doesn't work then I turn around and cut it. But when I do so, on all cigars, whether I've tried the punch or not, I use a "nick" cut, which only takes off the cap with no tobacco. I do this as, although an extreme example, anything I can do to maintain the cap's integrity, I'll do. A ruined cap is more or less a ruined cigar. I've become conscious of eyeing the cap to see how far it extends before I do anything.