Is This Right?

Cigar-20109325

I'm new to cigars  and new to smoking.

The other day I walked into a smoke shop for the first time just to have a look around. I walked into the humidor, walked up to the shelves of cigars and noticed that all the cigars were wrapped in plastic wrap, like the plastic wrap that Twinkies come in. Is this right? This doesn't sound right to me..What do you think? Thanks for the 

Gray4lines

Yup! Cellophane. It breathes more than plastic and is common. Helps protect the cigar wrapper (leaf). 

Unlike Twinkies, they still need humidity control, even in cello.

Cigar-20109325

How am I supposed to buy them this way? If I can't smell them, or get a good feel?

TX98Z28

Cigar-20109325 said:

How am I supposed to buy them this way? If I can't smell them, or get a good feel?

You can smell the foot, just carefully open it, smell, put back in cello. Most B&Ms are fine with that especially if your buying. Now I wouldn’t fully take the cigar out and hold it...but that’s up to you.

peter4jc

Did you say how can I get a good feel? 

Cigar-20109325

I didn't know I could take it out of the cello. Hopefully the shop I'm buying them from approves of this. I might be taking a couple of handfuls out of the cellos. 

TX98Z28

Cigar-20109325 said:

I didn't know I could take it out of the cello. Hopefully the shop I'm buying them from approves of this. I might be taking a couple of handfuls out of the cellos. 

Taking a couple handfulls out😳
Ya I’d talk to the owner before doing that LOL

peter4jc

There's no good reason to take them out of the cello... Smell and feel is an old custom from before they kept them humidified and rolled them well... It will not give you any valid information on today's sticks. 

firehouseguy

Also remember there are plenty of turds that smell and feel decent. In humidors and metaphorically speaking not in real life though.

Cigar-20109325

Thanks all for your opions. I appreciate it. 

GaryThompson

Cigar-20109325 said:

Thanks all for your opions. I appreciate it. 

And don't be THAT guy....**Coughing, sneezing into hands, then handling naked cigars and drawing them back and forth across your dripping nose trying to inhale it and get a good smell**

Welcome to the forum  

dirtdude

firehouseguy said:

Also remember there are plenty of turds that smell and feel decent. In humidors and metaphorically speaking not in real life though.

I'm glad you clarified that Kevin...kind of

Patrickbrick

DZR is that you?  You trying to bring back the TROLL OF THE WEEK TREAD?  There is no **** way that this was serious, and if it was may god have mercy on your soul.

Rhamlin

Cigar-20109325 said:

I didn't know I could take it out of the cello. Hopefully the shop I'm buying them from approves of this. I might be taking a couple of handfuls out of the cellos. 

You can’t take them out. By you can slide them out enough to smell the foot. Just don’t actually touch them with your nose. And if you handle a naked cigar with your bare fingers then buy it unless you’ve just washed your hands first. 

Bob_Luken

Patrickbrick said:

DZR is that you?  You trying to bring back the TROLL OF THE WEEK TREAD?  There is no **** way that this was serious, and if it was may god have mercy on your soul.

Everybody who made an attempt to actually help this new guy should take a class from Patrick in skepticism. Patrick has a PHD in that ****!

Gray4lines

Bob_Luken said:

Patrickbrick said:

DZR is that you?  You trying to bring back the TROLL OF THE WEEK TREAD?  There is no **** way that this was serious, and if it was may god have mercy on your soul.

Everybody who made an attempt to actually help this new guy should take a class from Patrick in skepticism. Patrick has a PHD in that ****!

D*ckturd

deadman

Google
Plenty of cigar etiquette to be found. I believe in not removing it from the cello unless you have already paid for it. 
  also, don’t put the cigar in your mouth then ask to use someone’s cutter.