Show us the mold you use for that little corn dog. He's a cutie.
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What's the advantages to smoking short fat & round ended?
“It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions.” —Thomas Jefferson (1808)
I've been on a two-a-day perfecto rolling project since Jan 1, 2019. The object was to install a muscle memory. Here we are sliding into home at the end of the year. I have probably only missed ten days at most all year long. In fact, I will most likely continue to roll two gars a day into next year, simply because the pleasant habit of doing so has itself been installed.
For eleven months, I rolled plumpfectos; but as soon as I scored a mold for this long tapering perfecto shape which I call the Delicado, I fell in love with it.
Here's an example of the Delicado:
Burning the sucker right now. It has a single Condega seco leaf as its core surrounded by 3 Piloto viso leaves, bound in nice dark Nicaraguan wrapper, and wrapped in CT shade. The filler comes from Whole Leaf Tobacco, the binder from Leaf Only, and the CT shade from FX Smith's Sons. This is a damn tasty blend which will burn for about two hours.
“It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions.” —Thomas Jefferson (1808)
Is that Jalapa Rosado the same as used to be called Nic Rosado?
“It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions.” —Thomas Jefferson (1808)
I found that using quadruple layer Indo wrapper as binder really mellowed the flavor of it.
Gotta love the color
“It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions.” —Thomas Jefferson (1808)
“It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions.” —Thomas Jefferson (1808)
I've been rolling Steampunks lately... truncated coronas, with Piloto Cubano and Rene seco filler, Indonesian binder, and Jalapa Rosado wrapper. The mold makes ten a batch. Nine Steampunks comprise a "Cog":
The surplus tenth is known as a "smoke":
“It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions.” —Thomas Jefferson (1808)
Just completed a year of rolling two Plumpfectos each and every day, which are plumped up fectos like so:
... finishing up with a series of Delicados, longer and tapering fectos, like so:
This project when added to my previous surplus of home rolls left me just three hundred shy of a Kilogar (1,000 gars == Kg) in stash, when I toted them up round Christmas. I figure I can easily reach the fabled Kg if I continue knocking out another two Delicados most days, and just throw in ten coronas now and then. I began my tenners with a series of truncated Steampunks because, well, for elegance they're the opposite of Delicados. I like the rusty color of this wrapper; but for texture,it leaves a lot to be desired. Whack the ends off, you don't notice the rough veins.I'm sure I'll switch to capped coronas soon's I run out of that rosado wrapper.
I'm just rolling for fun, so any kinda nonsense, however feeble, is well within the ambit.
At our weekly breakfast date this morning, at Metro Diner, we got to chatting with the manager, who says he wants to try cigars. His Pop smoked 'em & he's trying to get off coffin nails. I'll lay some home rolls on him next Saturday.
You guys ought to roll. It's easily as much fun to roll one as it is to burn one. Wonderful fragrance. One of those pastimes you never master.
“It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions.” —Thomas Jefferson (1808)
So then here's a really dumb question. Why ever cap a cigar? Especially if you are just going to straight cut it anyways. In theory, leaving a cigar without a cap negates the need for a cutter, allows moisture levels to more quickly regulate with a more free airflow, would prevent you from **** one up like I did today, and the cap is just getting thrown out anyways.
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1. Wrappers are placed on the cigar from foot to head, the cap prevents that from unraveling the opposite direction.
2. Helps denote which end is the head. This is important since all leaves are placed in the cigar facing the same direction. The tobacco at the foot is mostly comprised of the tips or outermost end of the leaf. This area is where the tobacco has the richest flavor, which makes sense that the less desirable tobacco ends up in the head where one stops smoking the cigar. So the cap signifies where your mouth goes and which end you torch.
Obviously #2 was written by someone without a nubber
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Obviously #2 was written by someone without a nubber
Yeah, #2 is not obvious until you factor in sucking the flavory oily goodness from the end to the head as you smoke along. Time you get to the head, it's stronger than it started.
#1 is the real key... But it's not so much the cap as it is the flag which keeps the head together while you chomp and suck at it for an hour and a half. An un-flagged head, such as this rough & ready Steampunk, will tend to unravel. It's true. The whole head-glue job on the truncated parejo comes down to one pointy-ended bit of wrapper. Almost guaranteed to peel up a bit.
“It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions.” —Thomas Jefferson (1808)
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“It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions.” —Thomas Jefferson (1808)
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For eleven months, I rolled plumpfectos; but as soon as I scored a mold for this long tapering perfecto shape which I call the Delicado, I fell in love with it.
Here's an example of the Delicado:
Burning the sucker right now. It has a single Condega seco leaf as its core surrounded by 3 Piloto viso leaves, bound in nice dark Nicaraguan wrapper, and wrapped in CT shade. The filler comes from Whole Leaf Tobacco, the binder from Leaf Only, and the CT shade from FX Smith's Sons. This is a damn tasty blend which will burn for about two hours.
52 X 4.8 & 60 X 4
from the center, 1 Criollo 98 Viso, 1/2 Corojo 99 Viso , 1/2 Criollo 98 Seco fillers. 1/2 Corojo 99 Seco binders with, Criollo 98 Wrappers.
60 X 4
from the center, 1 Criollo 98 Viso, 1/2 Condega Viso 1/2 Corojo 99 Viso , 1/2 Criollo 98 Seco fillers. PA and 1/2 Corojo 99 Seco binders with, Criollo 98 and Jalapa Rosado Wrappers.
It's a gem.
4 X 60
from the center, 1 Criollo 98 Viso, 1 T-13 , 1/2 Corojo 99 Seco fillers. PA and 1/2 Corojo 99 Seco binders with, Jalapa Rosado Wrappers.
new box with tubos
From: http://www.botl.org/threads/why-are-cigars-capped.89434/
50/38 X 4 3/8
short and medium scrap fillers from the last 2 months or so with rosado binders then PA and candela binders with Criollo 98 wrappers.