swiss cheese cigar
Stryker808
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in Cigar 101
I recently recieved a great cigar as a gift from a BOTL, unfortunately, it was full of cigar beetle holes. Im counting 6 holes through the wrapper. However, this is a killer cigar and I ain't gonna let frickn Beetles stand in the way of me enjoying this one. Whats the best way to plug up the holes so I can smoke em. If I smoke it as is all the draw air comes from the wholes, not the foot etc. I was thinking small pieces of tape or bits of wax. The holes are not very big. Any ideas or am I being ridiculous.
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... really?
... REALLY?
I checked the other GOF that I got and it looks good to me. But like I said, I wouldn't know what to look for anyways.
Whats the worst that happens? It tastes a little odd for a puff and then you are back to GOF goodness.
As for pluggin the holes, you could try and stick a small piece of another wrapper over each hole and use some of that cigar binder. Otherwise you could just smoke it like a flute.
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