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Post by jeffd on Jun 8, 2018 9:56:31 GMT -5
I did an experiment. My morta has a long cylindrical bowl, like a chimney flue. I found a cigar with the same diameter, and cut a piece that exactly fit the pipe. What I learned is that this is not the way to smoke a cigar. The draw is all off, I couldn't sip, and if I pulled hard it burned my tongue. The cigar burned ok, no more relights than usual for me for pipes or cigars, but it burned fast. It seemed a very quick bowl. What I think I did wrong is that I tamped. Likely the cigar architecture is constructed just right to not need a tamp and I screwed it up messing with it. The taste was off, but that was because I chose the cigar based on size and it was not one of my favorites as to taste. But the experiment had to be done.  Really, these days there isn't a cigar that I like smoking more than a pipefull of my beloved Billy Budd Blonde, or War Horse. |
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Post by papipeguy on Jun 8, 2018 10:06:37 GMT -5
I remember the "old men" doing this when I was a kid. Yep, no need to tamp but it seems like a waste of a good cigar. Well, lesson learned, right?
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Post by jeffd on Jun 8, 2018 10:20:19 GMT -5
I remember the "old men" doing this when I was a kid. Yep, no need to tamp but it seems like a waste of a good cigar. Well, lesson learned, right? Yea, lesson learned. But I had to try. If you saw the "bowl" of my morta you would immediately think the same thing. Cigar smoking and pipe smoking are different, and with good reasons. |
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Post by Legend Lover on Jun 8, 2018 10:40:30 GMT -5
Nice experiment. Interesting that you burned your tongue... Have you burned your tongue with that type of cigar before?
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Post by puffy on Jun 8, 2018 11:10:22 GMT -5
Grandpa would stick an El Producto in his pipe,cut it off even with the top of the bowl and smoke away.
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Post by jeffd on Jun 8, 2018 12:32:06 GMT -5
Nice experiment. Interesting that you burned your tongue... Have you burned your tongue with that type of cigar before? I haven't ever, if memory serves, ever burned my tongue on a cigar. This goes to my theory that its the delivery system, the focus of the stem, the rifling of the smoke to a particular small section of the tongue, that causes burn. At least to my experience. |
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Post by Legend Lover on Jun 8, 2018 15:03:06 GMT -5
That's what I was thinking.
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Post by jeffd on Jun 8, 2018 15:23:20 GMT -5
The lesson is that cigars don't smoke like pipes.
If I get a chance i will tear up a cigar and pack it into a pipe and see how that goes.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2018 16:02:27 GMT -5
I imagine those aromatic pipe cigars could be pipe smoked, cut or rubbed out.
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Post by trailboss on Jun 8, 2018 16:30:55 GMT -5
Darin had mentioned Dominican Glory by McClellands some time back, so I bought a large tin, I am just going to let it age, I suspect it will be my first and last... suppose to be a pretty good cigar leaf.
I have an antique meerschaum Cheroot holder, one of these days I will have to give it a shot.
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Post by mgtarheel on Jun 8, 2018 16:38:37 GMT -5
Chop up an Acid cigar from Drew Estate and see how that works. It will be an unusual aro.
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Post by Stanhill on Jun 8, 2018 16:41:12 GMT -5
This just might be doable. I have to try.
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Post by Legend Lover on Jun 8, 2018 16:53:49 GMT -5
This just might be doable. I have to try.
Make sure you use a filter. |
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Post by Darin on Jun 8, 2018 18:34:38 GMT -5
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Post by Wolfman on Jun 8, 2018 22:10:47 GMT -5
Darin had mentioned Dominican Glory by McClellands some time back, so I bought a large tin, I am just going to let it age, I suspect it will be my first and last... suppose to be a pretty good cigar leaf. I have an antique meerschaum Cheroot holder, one of these days I will have to give it a shot. I’ve got a tin of DG Maduro I’m hoping to let age. If memory serves me correct, it’s a Red VA Flake with a very subtle amount of maduro leaf. I haven’t tried DG, but it’s a McClelland Virginia w/ cigar leaf, so it’s got to be nice. |
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Post by gav on Jun 9, 2018 0:14:09 GMT -5
I have a friend who smokes his old cigar butts in a pipe. Yuck.
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Post by Stanhill on Jun 9, 2018 3:33:35 GMT -5
This just might be doable. I have to try.
Make sure you use a filter. Us hardcore cigarpipe smokers don't use filters.  |
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Post by haebar on Jun 9, 2018 7:39:11 GMT -5
There is a lady in our pipe club who cuts cigars into sections about 1 to 1.5 inches in length and smokes them in her pipes. She is notorious for burning out her pipes and she says she hasn't had a burnout since she started doing this.
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Post by oldcajun123 on Jun 9, 2018 7:56:45 GMT -5
  It's ok but I wouldn't do it on a reg basis.
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Post by skeeter on Jun 9, 2018 10:09:05 GMT -5
Grandpa would stick an El Producto in his pipe,cut it off even with the top of the bowl and smoke away. This. I knew a gent who did something very similar. He would take a cigar, cram in it his pipe, bust it off as close to the rim as he could get, and light up. He'd then take what was left of the stogie and stick it in his pocket for the next time. Rinse and repeat when he was ready for the next smoke and until the cigar was gone. His reasoning was he liked to smoke that cigar a little at a time and this way was much better than dealing with a wet, slobbery, butt. Pretty smart actually because anyone who's ever DG'ed a stogie knows it's not nearly as good as DGing pipe tobacco.
I used to smoke a lot of cigars when I worked. Not so much anymore. Every now and then I'll get the craving for a stogie and Pure Semois satisfies that itch.
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Post by trailboss on Jun 9, 2018 12:20:58 GMT -5
Yeah Skeeter, that sounds like a good approach for that guy in regards to delayed gratification.
One thing that limits me smoking cigars, is that when I need a break from a cigar midsmoke, there is no coming back to it later.
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Post by Darin on Jun 9, 2018 12:49:12 GMT -5
One thing that limits me smoking cigars, is that when I need a break from a cigar midsmoke, there is no coming back to it later. Shorter lengths and smaller ring gauges are handy for this reason.  |
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Post by Wolfman on Jun 9, 2018 13:10:06 GMT -5
It's ok but I wouldn't do it on a reg basis. That looks like a Hemingway. They’re one of my favorites. |
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Post by oldcajun123 on Jun 9, 2018 13:34:51 GMT -5
Sam you got a good eye.
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Post by Legend Lover on Jun 9, 2018 15:45:25 GMT -5
It's ok but I wouldn't do it on a reg basis. At least that way won't damage the pipe at all if you stop when the ember gets to the rim of the pipe. |
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Post by nedwrecks on Jun 10, 2018 2:48:40 GMT -5
Nice experiment. Interesting that you burned your tongue... Have you burned your tongue with that type of cigar before? I haven't ever, if memory serves, ever burned my tongue on a cigar. This goes to my theory that its the delivery system, the focus of the stem, the rifling of the smoke to a particular small section of the tongue, that causes burn. At least to my experience. As a related experiment, can you get tongue bite with the exact same cigar with only a small hole poked at the draw end? If it is the draw hole size, you should get burnt not using a regular cigar cutter. |
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Post by nedwrecks on Jun 10, 2018 2:56:38 GMT -5
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Post by desolbones on Jun 10, 2018 17:04:20 GMT -5
I've smoked a few cigar butts through a cob, when it gets short stick the lit butt in the bowl and carry on like it was a cigar/cheroot holder. Just a bit longer draw length. Only worth the effort on those one out of a hundred phenomenal cigars. Did notice once the burn gets below the rim the wrapper/binder doesn't burn as well unless you move it towards the center..just my thoughts on it ymmv.
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Post by skeeter on Jun 14, 2018 14:43:58 GMT -5
One thing that limits me smoking cigars, is that when I need a break from a cigar midsmoke, there is no coming back to it later. Shorter lengths and smaller ring gauges are handy for this reason. During my years at the PO I smoked lots of Rothschilds, Punch and Hoyo. Short in length but larger ring gauges worked for me. I liked the larger ring size and the shorter lengths meant I could keep a stogie in my jaw and keep both hands free to work the mail and not burn it in the interim.
Back then almost nobody cared if you smoked, and some of the patrons on my route would tell me they liked it because they knew when I was off for the day when their mail didn't smell like a cigar. The only complaint I ever got was from one old bat who always complained of the stink. But in all honesty, she always complained about something anyway. She quit when one day I told her she smelled just like she looked - my grandmama. Come to think of it, she quit waiting at the mailbox everyday after that as well.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2018 15:14:54 GMT -5
I’ve taken 2 or 3 end pieces from good cigars and let them rest in a tray for a few days. Slice them up with my razor sharp Justin Wilson ( RIP ) Ulu Knife and rub them out well. Mix well gently together and you’ll get one great smoke......binder and all. For you cigar and pipe smokers I recommend you give it a try, you have nothing to lose.
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Sam you got a good eye.
