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silvermousesilvermouse Posts: 21,045 ✭✭✭✭✭
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this was gifted to me last year, is it real or counterfeit?
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  • avengethisavengethis Posts: 5,689 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Need more photos. Close up of caps, band and foot
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  • kswildcatkswildcat Posts: 1,490 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Really need to submerge it in water for exactly an hour to tell. ... Oh wait that was to get the most flavor.. Carry on
  • WylaffWylaff Posts: 5,369 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's got "the font"....
    "Cooking isn't about struggling; It's about pleasure. It's like sǝx, with a wider variety of sauces."

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  • johnnyBjohnnyB Posts: 1,553 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Are you sure it's not a Cuban rounds. Lol
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  • miller65rodmiller65rod Posts: 3,630 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Dissect it.

    Band is fake for sure. Look at the spacing in H ab a n a. Looks like squares are touching gold border as well. As others mentioned the font. 

    Exacto knife it and see theirs any limbs, TP, etc. I know others sometimes smoke them but not sure I would. 

    Do you know the origin of purchase? If Jamaica it may have ganji in there lol.
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  • WylaffWylaff Posts: 5,369 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It looks to be a better quality wrapper than a lot of fakes. I highly doubt its got anything strange in there. It's probably a just a yard gar with a fauxhiba band.
    "Cooking isn't about struggling; It's about pleasure. It's like sǝx, with a wider variety of sauces."

    At any given time the urge to sing "In The Jungle" is just a whim away... A whim away... A whim away...
  • silvermousesilvermouse Posts: 21,045 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks, gentlemen. Looks like I got a genuine fake.
  • silvermousesilvermouse Posts: 21,045 ✭✭✭✭✭
    looking for my xacto knife....
  • peter4jcpeter4jc Posts: 16,650 ✭✭✭✭✭
    CigarFanatic said:
    When I read this title I thought it was gonna be about boobs....damn...
    Same here...  maybe next time.
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  • genareddoggenareddog Posts: 4,230 ✭✭✭✭✭
    peter4jc said:
    CigarFanatic said:
    When I read this title I thought it was gonna be about boobs....damn...
    Same here...  maybe next time.

    We can always continue this!

  • Usaf06Usaf06 Posts: 11,370 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • peter4jcpeter4jc Posts: 16,650 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Fake.
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  • Amos_UmwhatAmos_Umwhat Posts: 8,887 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Smoke it, see what you think.
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  • miller65rodmiller65rod Posts: 3,630 ✭✭✭✭✭
    genareddog said:
    peter4jc said:
    CigarFanatic said:
    When I read this title I thought it was gonna be about boobs....damn...
    Same here...  maybe next time.

    We can always continue this!

    Those may be fake but they look spectacular. 
    Free Cuba
    "I ain't got no Opus's"
    LLA     - Lancero Lovers of America
    2016 Gang War (South)
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  • Usaf06Usaf06 Posts: 11,370 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Unicorns are fake, all b o o bs are real. Some just enhanced
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    -- Winston Churchill

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  • NorDoorNorDoor Posts: 2 ✭
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  • NorDoorNorDoor Posts: 2 ✭
    Fake or real?

  • rsherman24rsherman24 Posts: 7,287 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Fake.  I believe the Indian head is supposed to be outlined in white.

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  • miller65rodmiller65rod Posts: 3,630 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The new 2014 band looks real but it is hard to tell in the pics with the lighting and reflections.. The squares and font looks aligned and correct. Gonna say they look real but better pics would help alot.

    No cello so maybe they are fake.  ;)


    Def alot of cracking and chipping on the wrap. Over handled maybe???
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    "I ain't got no Opus's"
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  • SleevePlzSleevePlz Posts: 6,249 ✭✭✭✭


    Look at this and then look at yours. Based on your pic, it looks fake, but it isn't a great pic, so I won't pretend to know definitively.
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  • genareddoggenareddog Posts: 4,230 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • variant2variant2 Posts: 882 ✭✭✭✭
    Definitely a fake. The "C" in Cuba is a giveaway and the wrapper's texture looks wrong.




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  • jlmartajlmarta Posts: 7,881 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A Google search for "Cuban Cigars: Real or Fake?" or any similar phrase will turn up many websites that will explain this topic. 

    There used to be one that was extremely detailed, showing photos of cigars, labels, packaging, etc.and pointing out the different things to look for to determine if they were real or fake. Unfortunately, I failed to bookmark the URL for that site. Maybe one of the old-timers will remember the one I'm referring to. IIRC, it also covered many brands, not just Cohiba. 

    A case in point: a friend gifted me with a fiver of Cohibas that he bought in Cabo San Lucas. That fact immediately turned on my radar but I didn't say anything to him right away. I didn't want to hurt his feelings. 

    They came in a wooden box with a sliding glass lid. (Clue #2). There were legitimate looking seals and stickers on the box adding to the illusion that they were real. One of the seals was even a hologram showing an outline of the island of Cuba but instead of saying 'Cuba' on it, it said 'Aqui' (clue #3). 

    On the back of the box, where it would say "Totalmente a Mano" on a legitimate box, meaning 'totally made by hand,  it said "Totalmente a nana", meaning 'totally made by grandma'. The clowns who made and sold these fakes were even yanking our chain making fun of the fact that most of us don't speak Spanish. 

    All of these points were covered in the website I wish I had bookmarked. Anyway, do some googling and satisfy yourself about some of the points you can check. 
  • kswildcatkswildcat Posts: 1,490 ✭✭✭✭✭
    genareddog said:
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  • bandyt09bandyt09 Posts: 4,335 ✭✭✭✭✭
    jlmarta said:
    A Google search for "Cuban Cigars: Real or Fake?" or any similar phrase will turn up many websites that will explain this topic. 

    There used to be one that was extremely detailed, showing photos of cigars, labels, packaging, etc.and pointing out the different things to look for to determine if they were real or fake. Unfortunately, I failed to bookmark the URL for that site. Maybe one of the old-timers will remember the one I'm referring to. IIRC, it also covered many brands, not just Cohiba. 

    A case in point: a friend gifted me with a fiver of Cohibas that he bought in Cabo San Lucas. That fact immediately turned on my radar but I didn't say anything to him right away. I didn't want to hurt his feelings. 

    They came in a wooden box with a sliding glass lid. (Clue #2). There were legitimate looking seals and stickers on the box adding to the illusion that they were real. One of the seals was even a hologram showing an outline of the island of Cuba but instead of saying 'Cuba' on it, it said 'Aqui' (clue #3). 

    On the back of the box, where it would say "Totalmente a Mano" on a legitimate box, meaning 'totally made by hand,  it said "Totalmente a nana", meaning 'totally made by grandma'. The clowns who made and sold these fakes were even yanking our chain making fun of the fact that most of us don't speak Spanish. 

    All of these points were covered in the website I wish I had bookmarked. Anyway, do some googling and satisfy yourself about some of the points you can check. 
    www.cubancigarwebsite.com
  • miller65rodmiller65rod Posts: 3,630 ✭✭✭✭✭
    NorDoor said:
    Fake or real?

    Better pic would help for sure but I looked again after some other comments and the C in Cuba upper stroke is not touching the writing (gap seen in pic) good eye @variant2. Also as @rsherman24pointed out no white around the border of the head silhouette. 

    I say it is good band fake for sure. Close. Most are way more off. 


    Free Cuba
    "I ain't got no Opus's"
    LLA     - Lancero Lovers of America
    2016 Gang War (South)
    May I assss u a ?

              
  • jlmartajlmarta Posts: 7,881 ✭✭✭✭✭
    bandyt09 said:
    jlmarta said:
    A Google search for "Cuban Cigars: Real or Fake?" or any similar phrase will turn up many websites that will explain this topic. 

    There used to be one that was extremely detailed, showing photos of cigars, labels, packaging, etc.and pointing out the different things to look for to determine if they were real or fake. Unfortunately, I failed to bookmark the URL for that site. Maybe one of the old-timers will remember the one I'm referring to. IIRC, it also covered many brands, not just Cohiba. 

    A case in point: a friend gifted me with a fiver of Cohibas that he bought in Cabo San Lucas. That fact immediately turned on my radar but I didn't say anything to him right away. I didn't want to hurt his feelings. 

    They came in a wooden box with a sliding glass lid. (Clue #2). There were legitimate looking seals and stickers on the box adding to the illusion that they were real. One of the seals was even a hologram showing an outline of the island of Cuba but instead of saying 'Cuba' on it, it said 'Aqui' (clue #3). 

    On the back of the box, where it would say "Totalmente a Mano" on a legitimate box, meaning 'totally made by hand,  it said "Totalmente a nana", meaning 'totally made by grandma'. The clowns who made and sold these fakes were even yanking our chain making fun of the fact that most of us don't speak Spanish. 

    All of these points were covered in the website I wish I had bookmarked. Anyway, do some googling and satisfy yourself about some of the points you can check. 
    www.cubancigarwebsite.com
    Yessiree, @bandyt09, I do believe that's the one. It'll tell ya just about anything you want to know about Cuban cigars. 

    Many thanks, Todd. I'll d amn sure bookmark it this time. Youze is a good kid....  B)
  • cbuckcbuck Posts: 8,735 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 2016
    Got these as a gift from a supplier. Any idea if they are legit?They came in a sampler box of 5. So dry they're not smokable right now. 
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