Making own Cigars

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peter4jc said:

Yakster said:

Thanks for the info, it's a tempting hobby.

Soon as I smoke down my inventory I'm going to start rolling.

Certainly not how it worked for me. Other way round. Sure, at this point, I smoke a store bought gar maybe once a month. But for years I kept on buying them, stashing them, giving them away, as well as smoking them. I spose it takes a long time before you feel confident that you can reach into the home roll stash and pull out a well aged gar that's just what you're craving. The rolling is easy; the blending is baffling hard; the aging is, of course, time consuming.

Just the aging alone -- there's around 450 in my aging chest now. You don't accumulate that many tasties overnight. At first, you enjoy the artful rolling meditation, the aroma of leaves, the contact high, much more than the product. Just ruminating what to do next is fun. Buying leaves, learning what each brings to the table, how to handle them. Merely accepting that you'll never roll so artfully as Fumador takes time. All the while you stalk a blend that you will like enough to stash. Then you have to batch them & label & box them. Then wait. What tastes promising right off the table is much better six weeks in but matures six months along. So. 

Right now I'm heading to the garage with a Nicaraguan Puro rolled last August. In a Nicaraguan sort of mood.

Don't wait to run low on gars to get started rolling gars. That would be like saying I'm gonna wait until I run low on beers before I uncork this bourbon.

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This is the third cigar reviewed (my cigar) as part of our Home Roll cigar series.

https://blindmanspuff.com/blind-cigar-review-home-roll-dbl-press-no-1157/

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This is the forth cigar reviewed (Jim D.) as part of our Home Roll cigar series.

https://blindmanspuff.com/blind-cigar-review-home-roll-hr104-jim-d/

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T-13 core with a dash of Piloto Cubano; Honduran binder, Rosado wrapper. These will get a nice reddish hue as they dry.

Damn good smoke, too, fi say so myself.

First_Warrior

Piloto viso and seco. Habano ligero and wrapper. Down and dirty pigtail  48x5 

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Burning one

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47 X 5 & 6. filler from the center. Dominican Ligero , Criollo 98 Viso , Piloto Cubano Viso , Cibao Valley Dominican Seco. binder , Cibao Valley Dominican Seco, Mata Fina Binder Brazil . wrapper , Criollo 98 Wrapper

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49 Torps, 47 & 52 X yada yada. filler from the center, Cibao Valley Vuelta Abajo Ligero, Honduras Habano Filler 2012 crop year , San Vicente Medio Tiempo,  Cibao Valley Corojo Viso, binders , Cibao Valley Vuelta Abajo Seco, Cibao Valley Dominican Seco. wrappers, Corojo Oscuro Wrapper , Criollo 98 Wrapper.

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52 X 5.16 - long fillers : , San Vicente Ligero. Medium fillers : Piloto Cubano Viso , Cibao Valley Corojo Viso , T-13 Dominican Criollo 98/ Piloto Cubano Viso. Binders : Cibao Valley Dominican Seco , san andreas. wrappers, Corojo Oscuro Wrapper.

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Marc rolls beauties

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Mata Fina wrapper, Dominican seco, Piloto Cubano viso and Criollo 98 ligero, 5x50.  

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This is the fifth cigar reviewed (nic) as part of our Home Roll cigar series.

https://blindmanspuff.com/blind-cigar-review-home-roll-hr103-nic/

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This all was very fun! Think now how much more fun and, higher rated it could be to do it again with our added experiences.
Thank you Matt (@A Huge Nerd) as well as all the contributors at Blind Man's Puff for doing this for us.
A special thanks to @FmGrowit (Donald J. Carey wholeleaftobacco.com) for your support.

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Editorial: Home Roll Cigar Series | Award Winners

https://blindmanspuff.com/editorial-home-roll-cigar-series-award-winners/

First_Warrior

This is how I roll . I use a template for the length. I make piles of the seco on top, then the viso and then the ligero.When my piles are done I bunch by rolling each pile into a tube.Then bind them with a binder leaf. Then the ends are cut off and the bunch goes into the mould. I'll show the wrapper application tomorrow.

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BlueB3

Those are candella (sp?) wrappers, right? What's the flavor profile on them, and are they any more difficult to work with?

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BlueB3 said:

Those are candella (sp?) wrappers, right? What's the flavor profile on them, and are they any more difficult to work with?

Yes, Candela they are. what does (sp?) mean? They are not like any Candela stick I've had in the past. It does have a milder grassy note though. I'm finding a lot of it is in the lip influence. Today I smoked 2 and, the one was from the pic above and, it was to soon to burn but, the other had some time on it and, had a distinctive metallic note on the nose. it had some Paraguay Flojo in it which has a salt component to it which played a role I'm sure.

It is delicate and, has a good amount of stretch to it. Its a dream to work with but, stains easily like shade wrapper does.

peter4jc

All I know is, if they legalize pot before I retire, I know who I'm inviting to my retirement party.  I imagine @El_Fumador can roll some massive spliffs, mon.

BlueB3

"sp" is short for "spelling".  Wow, those look amazing, and truly unique.  So few cigars use it as a wrapper though.

Gray4lines

I haven't looked at this thread in a while. You guys are good! Those are beautiful looking.

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