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Post by cwpiperman on Jun 3, 2019 9:57:18 GMT -5
Hey Folks, CW here.
After almost 1 year (June 6th is my 1 yr pipe smoking anniversary), I've decided to see what the cigar world has to offer, to add to, and in no way replace, my pipe smoking enjoyment. Thankfully, we have a wonderful B&M a stone's throw from here, and they were able to hook me up with some very nice "introductory" cigars to try. They're a great shop, and since Internet/Mail-Order is unavailable in this state, I've been happy and thankful to support them. Here are their choices for me:
Padron 2000 Natural
Arturo Fuente Chateau Fuente Natural
NUB Cameroon
Oliva Serie G
Along with those, I grabbed 8oz bags of Esoterica Margate, And So to Bed, and Ramsgate....ever the opportunist!
So far, I've tried the NUB Cameroon, and, for my first cigar, I really enjoyed it...although I found that for me, it had a fairly powerful nic-hit, similar to Peterson Irish Flake. Perhaps it's because the smoking experience lasted so long...almost 2 hours. This is a 460, so the 60 ring gauge meant there was a lot to smoke. Really enjoyed the flavors, reminded me of a VaPer in some respects, but also had a bit of a darker flavor as well. Pretty peppery at the beginning, and as a pipe smoker unused to having tobacco touching my lips, I did notice some mild tingling/burning at first. However, this wasn't a problem and dissipated rapidly.
I found, overall, I really enjoyed the smoke. I'm glad it's summer....the ventilation system that allows me to smoke my pipe in my studio would not be able to handle the must more robust aroma of a cigar. My B&M is also a cigar bar, so I might have to avail myself of that convenience in the winter months!
Time for a small humidor. Any other recommendations besides the above from you long-timers?
CW
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2019 10:40:38 GMT -5
They set you up nicely with some excellent cigars. One day when your visiting your B&M pick up a Padron #3000 & 4000. Both reasonably priced and two of my favorite lower priced Padron cigars. Also, I’ve yet to smoke ANY Arturo Fuentes cigar I didn’t enjoy👍👍👍👍
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Post by cwpiperman on Jun 3, 2019 11:02:51 GMT -5
Thanks! I will do that!. I'm quite enjoying the pipe/cigar variety.!
CW
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Post by stone on Jun 3, 2019 11:16:08 GMT -5
Hey Folks, CW here. After almost 1 year (June 6th is my 1 yr pipe smoking anniversary), I've decided to see what the cigar world has to offer, to add to, and in no way replace, my pipe smoking enjoyment. Thankfully, we have a wonderful B&M a stone's throw from here, and they were able to hook me up with some very nice "introductory" cigars to try. They're a great shop, and since Internet/Mail-Order is unavailable in this state, I've been happy and thankful to support them. Here are their choices for me: Padron 2000 Natural Arturo Fuente Chateau Fuente Natural NUB Cameroon Oliva Serie G Along with those, I grabbed 8oz bags of Esoterica Margate, And So to Bed, and Ramsgate....ever the opportunist! So far, I've tried the NUB Cameroon, and, for my first cigar, I really enjoyed it...although I found that for me, it had a fairly powerful nic-hit, similar to Peterson Irish Flake. Perhaps it's because the smoking experience lasted so long...almost 2 hours. This is a 460, so the 60 ring gauge meant there was a lot to smoke. Really enjoyed the flavors, reminded me of a VaPer in some respects, but also had a bit of a darker flavor as well. Pretty peppery at the beginning, and as a pipe smoker unused to having tobacco touching my lips, I did notice some mild tingling/burning at first. However, this wasn't a problem and dissipated rapidly. I found, overall, I really enjoyed the smoke. I'm glad it's summer....the ventilation system that allows me to smoke my pipe in my studio would not be able to handle the must more robust aroma of a cigar. My B&M is also a cigar bar, so I might have to avail myself of that convenience in the winter months! Time for a small humidor. Any other recommendations besides the above from you long-timers? CW Do yourself a favor, even if you only plan to keep a limited number of cigars. Buy a "marine" cooler and use beads to keep the cigars perfect. Virtually any cedar humidor under $500 will not work, they leak terribly and you will be frustrated at having dry cigars. And unlike pipe tobacco, once a cigar is dry you can just throw it out, the flavor cannot be restored.
When I started cigars I found the Padron thousand series and the Fuente Gran Reserva lines to be the best bang for the buck. The Padron thousand series with a few years of age are excellent!
Smoking cigars indoors can really give you the nic-hit. I smoke pipes indoors and cigars outdoors. If you do want to smoke cigars indoors, try to set up a fan in a window blowing out and another window opened enough to control the temp and air flow.
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Post by cwpiperman on Jun 3, 2019 11:47:50 GMT -5
Thanks stone. I did smoke the first one outdoors, and I will continue to do so. My window fan is already mounted for indoor pipe smoking. I'm building a humidor out of what I happen to have, but I did do some research: It's a Pelikan 1500 case I had lying around unused....Bought some cedar cigar trays, plucked out the pick n' pluck foam to match the size of the trays, and nested 2 in the foam. Aired out the foam well so as to allow any possible smell to dissipate...got a Boveda Cedar holder for 2 60gm Boveda 69%ers, mounted that in a cutout of the top foam of the Pelikan. Mounted a SensorPush sensor I had left from a Ukulele case inside the Pelican, after calibration. I DID season the cedar trays, and carefully seasoned the cedar Boveda holder, all with Reverse Osmosis water (Culligan). Waiting for the humidity to stabilize before I drop em' in. Thanks for the advice! CW |
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Post by exchef on Jun 3, 2019 12:22:32 GMT -5
cwpipermanThe Pelican is a great choice, I have been using a 1620 for almost 15 years now. Do yourself a favor though, ditch the foam all together, it takes up needless space. Use the recovered space for boxes, the Padron 3/4k boxes will stack up nicely and give you plenty of additional storage for single sticks should you start buying that way. I keep an open box with www.amazon.com/Cigar-Humidor-Humidity-Beads-Artsorb/dp/B000H6813K to help regulate RH along with a foam humidifier. Rock solid, I rarely add distilled more than 2x a year. One nice thing about using extra boxes is that you can mark them with different info, let’s say you go to the shop and you find yourself a couple Padron 3k naturals that you want to try at different stages of aging. You put one in a box marked “smoke in 6months” with a date on it, another “smoke in 1 year” with a date on it, and so on. Just some thoughts. Best of luck with your Pelidor, may you be happy entering into the cigar world. Oh, and feel free to DM me questions, I’ve been a cigar smoker for 15+ years now. ExChef
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Post by stone on Jun 3, 2019 12:26:51 GMT -5
Thanks stone . I did smoke the first one outdoors, and I will continue to do so. My window fan is already mounted for indoor pipe smoking. I'm building a humidor out of what I happen to have, but I did do some research: It's a Pelikan 1500 case I had lying around unused....Bought some cedar cigar trays, plucked out the pick n' pluck foam to match the size of the trays, and nested 2 in the foam. Aired out the foam well so as to allow any possible smell to dissipate...got a Boveda Cedar holder for 2 60gm Boveda 69%ers, mounted that in a cutout of the top foam of the Pelikan. Mounted a SensorPush sensor I had left from a Ukulele case inside the Pelican, after calibration. I DID season the cedar trays, and carefully seasoned the cedar Boveda holder, all with Reverse Osmosis water (Culligan). Waiting for the humidity to stabilize before I drop em' in. Thanks for the advice! CW Sounds like you are on your way! A couple more simple things that might save you headache down the road. Distilled water with the prescribed amount of Colloidal Silver will make sure you don't experience mold or stink. Fuente's cigar boxes are the best smelling cedar I've ever come across if you can somehow work that in. The hydra-packs that come in Fuente boxes are worth keeping as well.
Good luck.
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Post by cwpiperman on Jun 3, 2019 12:27:43 GMT -5
Thanks, exchef, for all the advice! I'll definitely look you up! CW |
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Post by cwpiperman on Jun 3, 2019 12:29:32 GMT -5
Thanks stone . I did smoke the first one outdoors, and I will continue to do so. My window fan is already mounted for indoor pipe smoking. I'm building a humidor out of what I happen to have, but I did do some research: It's a Pelikan 1500 case I had lying around unused....Bought some cedar cigar trays, plucked out the pick n' pluck foam to match the size of the trays, and nested 2 in the foam. Aired out the foam well so as to allow any possible smell to dissipate...got a Boveda Cedar holder for 2 60gm Boveda 69%ers, mounted that in a cutout of the top foam of the Pelikan. Mounted a SensorPush sensor I had left from a Ukulele case inside the Pelican, after calibration. I DID season the cedar trays, and carefully seasoned the cedar Boveda holder, all with Reverse Osmosis water (Culligan). Waiting for the humidity to stabilize before I drop em' in. Thanks for the advice! CW Sounds like you are on your way! A couple more simple things that might save you headache down the road. Distilled water with the prescribed amount of Colloidal Silver will make sure you don't experience mold or stink. Fuente's cigar boxes are the best smelling cedar I've ever come across if you can somehow work that in. The hydra-packs that come in Fuente boxes are worth keeping as well. Good luck.
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Post by stone on Jun 3, 2019 12:33:45 GMT -5
These three marine coolers used to be so full another stick wouldn't fit, probably close to 2000 cigars  But alas, I have broken myself of the collecting habit and now I buy what I most often smoke and there is lots of room in them.
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Post by cwpiperman on Jun 3, 2019 12:38:09 GMT -5
These three marine coolers used to be so full another stick wouldn't fit, probably close to 2000 cigars But alas, I have broken myself of the collecting habit and now I buy what I most often smoke and there is lots of room in them. VERY impressive. Got me thinkin'....... CW |
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Post by exchef on Jun 3, 2019 12:40:51 GMT -5
These three marine coolers used to be so full another stick wouldn't fit, probably close to 2000 cigars But alas, I have broken myself of the collecting habit and now I buy what I most often smoke and there is lots of room in them.
Latched closures? None of the marine coolers I came across when I was looking to set up a humidor had a decent latch to keep 'em closed. Plus running a family dive shop, I got the Pelican for short money. ExChef |
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Post by stone on Jun 3, 2019 13:03:43 GMT -5
These three marine coolers used to be so full another stick wouldn't fit, probably close to 2000 cigars But alas, I have broken myself of the collecting habit and now I buy what I most often smoke and there is lots of room in them.
Latched closures? None of the marine coolers I came across when I was looking to set up a humidor had a decent latch to keep 'em closed. Plus running a family dive shop, I got the Pelican for short money. ExChef Yeah, there are dual latches on what is the top now but would be the front of a cooler for fishing. I bought these at Walmart for $50 each. They had zero odor and have worked well for 10-12 years. I bought the beads cheap and conditioned them myself using a Cigar Oasis. Like you, I have to add a dish of distilled water and colloidal silver about 2X per year and leave it in there for a week to recharge the beads.
I think I have a picture of them open somewhere?
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Post by stone on Jun 3, 2019 13:09:05 GMT -5
A previous configuration.
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Post by Scott W on Jun 3, 2019 17:20:20 GMT -5
I’ll respectfully disagree with Stone here. I have 4 cedar humidors, all under $500 each that have held between 500-600 regular production as well as rare Cuban and non Cuban sticks just perfectly for the past 13 years. Never a single problem with any of them.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2019 19:12:48 GMT -5
 Any container works like a pelican case, ammo box, thirty dollar humidor or a 2000 dollar French Elie Bleu. Same goes for humidity shot glass with a sponge, beads, packs, distilled water, tap water with a little baking soda, fancy liquids. Best of all in the swamp no humidor just a old cigar box with five year old sticks perfect. When I lived in the south west deserts you were lucky to get the sticks home from the store. My cigar Padron most of the time and most of the time a simple londres.
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Post by whistlebritches on Jun 3, 2019 19:53:22 GMT -5
I need a crash course in "How the hell do you add Photo's Here"
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Post by Legend Lover on Jun 4, 2019 2:55:38 GMT -5
I need a crash course in "How the hell do you add Photo's Here" go to the help section. There is a thread all about that very issue. |
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Post by stone on Jun 4, 2019 5:39:19 GMT -5
I’ll respectfully disagree with Stone here. I have 4 cedar humidors, all under $500 each that have held between 500-600 regular production as well as rare Cuban and non Cuban sticks just perfectly for the past 13 years. Never a single problem with any of them. I am glad to hear that someone had better luck than I did with wooden humidors. I owned a dozen or so which were between $100 and $400 and every one of them was a constant battle. After being fortunate enough to visit the homes of a few collectors who had $50,000 + in cigars in their homes, every one of these people emphatically stated that unless you spend large amounts of money you are risking your precious collection with wooden humdiors. I finally concluded that it just wasn't worth the risk and the hassle, gave away the wooden humidors, and moved everything into the coolidors.
And never, never, never, use tap water in your humidors. Tap water is full of bacteria which WILL create mold. Think about this, when cigars are shipped from the country of origin, they often sit in the hold of a ship where the temp and RH can be 90 +. They are ripe for mold and if you stuff that box of cigars in an environment which further introduces the potential for mold, you are asking for trouble. I lost over $1000 in valuable cigars by using some fridge-filtered water in a pinch; and that was after hours of cleaning the ones that could be cleaned, buying a new cooler, and placing the cigars in this cooler for a few months to make sure I had eradicated the mold before I could put them back in their normal home. From that point on, I use distilled water with two ounces per gallon of 20 parts per million Colloidal Silver and have not had a problem.....the humidors smell better as well. Distilled water is $1 per gallon and a gallon lasts me two to three years and Colloidal Silver costs a few pennies per ounce. Why take the risk?
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Post by Scott W on Jun 4, 2019 6:23:01 GMT -5
I completely agree about the distilled water
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Post by oldcajun123 on Jun 4, 2019 7:43:54 GMT -5
 It’s so cool, learning from you folks, you will never know how much I appreciate the knowledge.
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Post by stone on Jun 4, 2019 7:46:49 GMT -5
It’s so cool, learning from you folks, you will never know how much I appreciate the knowledge. Back at ya |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2019 8:33:09 GMT -5
It is one oz of colloidal silver per gallon of distilled water. Baking soda kills mold and mildew you can use it with tap water it full of chlorine if its city water. By the way 72% humidity is a breeding ground for mold just come on down south and see our pretty green houses. But chances are if you get mold it came straight from the cigars. The reason they use cedar wood in humidors is it has oils that prevent warping and splitting kind of a big thing in a humid environment has nothing to do with preventing mold. Also Spanish Cedar is a Toxic wood and breathing the dust can be toxic. But really look at really old humidors no cedar to be found somewhere along the way someone said cedar smells nice and goes well with tobacco odors.
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Post by whistlebritches on Jun 7, 2019 19:54:21 GMT -5
I hate the f***ing way you have to post pics here.Never could get mine up......just a damn link
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2019 23:55:39 GMT -5
Hit reply in the upper right hand corner. Look for the landscape icon, open and paste your pictures URL. Its the 26 easy steps to get them from the camera to a URL that keeps me from posting em.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2019 1:01:58 GMT -5
I need a crash course in "How the hell do you add Photo's Here" Easy........... I use an app on my iPad called Imgur....for file sharing. Save your photos on Imgur in your profile. Easy to upload photos from your photo library on your mobile device or computer. Keep your pictures hidden as opposed to public when uploading to Imgur. Tap the photo you saved within your profile on Imgur and tap copy link. Now tap the picture tab above ( it’s located bottom row, directly under the italic tab. Clear http:// out completely using your backspace key. Put the cursor in the Image URL box and paste the link. Click insert once you make sure the cursor is below the text within your thread. I find Imgur is best for file sharing. Photobucket now charges an exorbitant fee!!! You can also use your browser on your mobile device, PC or Mac. |
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Post by whistlebritches on Jun 9, 2019 15:57:31 GMT -5
I need a crash course in "How the hell do you add Photo's Here" Easy........... I use an app on my iPad called Imgur....for file sharing. Save your photos on Imgur in your profile. Easy to upload photos from your photo library on your mobile device or computer. Keep your pictures hidden as opposed to public when uploading to Imgur. Tap the photo you saved within your profile on Imgur and tap copy link. Now tap the picture tab above ( it’s located bottom row, directly under the italic tab. Clear http:// out completely using your backspace key. Put the cursor in the Image URL box and paste the link. Click insert once you make sure the cursor is below the text within your thread. I find Imgur is best for file sharing. Photobucket now charges an exorbitant fee!!! You can also use your browser on your mobile device, PC or Mac. This is why I hate it!!!! |
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Post by Darin on Jun 9, 2019 16:03:12 GMT -5
It's a lot easier when you can just directly post pic's but that requires more storage space which costs money.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2019 17:37:19 GMT -5
Easy........... I use an app on my iPad called Imgur....for file sharing. Save your photos on Imgur in your profile. Easy to upload photos from your photo library on your mobile device or computer. Keep your pictures hidden as opposed to public when uploading to Imgur. Tap the photo you saved within your profile on Imgur and tap copy link. Now tap the picture tab above ( it’s located bottom row, directly under the italic tab. Clear http:// out completely using your backspace key. Put the cursor in the Image URL box and paste the link. Click insert once you make sure the cursor is below the text within your thread. I find Imgur is best for file sharing. Photobucket now charges an exorbitant fee!!! You can also use your browser on your mobile device, PC or Mac. This is why I hate it!!!! It’s very easy once you post your first picture. Do you need additional help?? |
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But alas, I have broken myself of the collecting habit and now I buy what I most often smoke and there is lots of room in them.
It’s so cool, learning from you folks, you will never know how much I appreciate the knowledge.
