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@oakley5833 said:
I still have my favorites but now there's quite a few brands that I ether didn't notice before or weren't around back when I was smoked last. I just want to know how some of the newer stuff measures up and what's out there. Thanks for any advice.

As to your original question: If you can tolerate the weirdos and azz-oles on this forum you will learn a lot about the cigars we think are worth buying and also if you're interested cigar storage and purchasing and even which industry insiders you ought to hate. Stick around and get involved. Once you participate in the forum discussions and get around 50 posts in, people will be willing to do a newbie trade with you and then also you should seek out additional trades and this wide variety of new sticks will allow you to sample some quality cigars that are new to you.

There are cigars that I stop with a couple inches left, either they don't taste right or I'm just done. There are some that I smoke until there's just a thin wisp of tobacco left clinging to the nubber, because that's how I felt about it at the time. Every last millimeter belongs to me, and I'll do as I please with it.

Some people get rigid about the "rules" of cigar smoking. Long ago I would never use a jet flame torch, soft flame only. As my eyesight changed, I found I was scorching the wrapper with the soft flame because my eyes couldn't focus on something so close.

I love the Fuente Hemingways, and other figurados as well. I usually prefer to clip the head, and then light the foot in its natural state, as it was rolled. Sometimes I'll clip both ends, often because I've found that this particular batch isn't lighting right, or sometimes because I know I'm in the wrong environment to nurse it through the early stages of the light. There are those who might say "You're doing it wrong", either way. Really? Who's fúcking this cow anyway? Sorry, little redneck humor there.

So, I agree with Rusty, it's your damn cigar and you're smoking it to make yourself happy.