Real or Fake

Hello CCOM nation. I need our CC experts ( @miller65rod ) to loot at these pics to help me decide if this is authentic or counterfeit. This guy at my work, who seems to have some kind of man crush on me, gave me this Behike for no apparent reason other than he know I smoke cigars. From the pics I’ve seen on the CA website it looks legit, but I’m no expert. What do you think?

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miller65rod

The band looks legit.

The Triple cap is the only real blemish that stands out. Usually it much more smoother and well rounded, blending in with the wrapper instead of sticking out like a sore thumb.

The only concern with the band is the squares look to be touching the gold portion on the top and bottom. They should be spaced evenly and not touching. Pictures though can be misleading.

Hard to tell from the pics but I will say by the band likely legit. If not that is one great faked band.

Significant3

Thanks Rodney! I appreciate your insight. Now, I suppose I just need to smoke it and decide it it is a good cigar. If it’s good, even if it is fake, I’ll just believe it to be real and be happy. 🙃

miller65rod

Most fakes will not have the reflective portion in the Holograms which I can see.

But they are getting way better at faking these bands. Also it could be a real band put on a fake cigar.

Hard to tell.

Smoke it and see. Them puppies ain't cheap anymore.

Behike is one of the most faked in the world. Best answer for anyone buying these is to be sure it's from a trusted source. If the price is way below market then walk away. 2010 releases are going for well over $1500+ on auction sites.

In this case with it being a gift. Smoke it and see.

BKDog

Definitely 100% REAL...

MANCRUSH.

Bob_Luken

Yes, keep us posted on your "not so secret admirer".

Significant3

K, I’ll keep everyone posted on my admirer since that might be more interesting than the cigar. Maybe I should have titled the thread “Man-crush” instead. 🥰

webmost

Real fake

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Hays

As others have said, the band looks legitimate, but the construction seems way off - these are always impeccably made. Who knows in what condition it was kept before it made its way to you, though - could've gotten beaten up in transit.

peter4jc

Hey! I remember you! @Hays

0patience

Some of the wrappers of these may be a little loose, but I'd bet the mouth feel would be great, even if they were fake.

https://youtu.be/PUk9mAKCtvM

miller65rod

Thx Tony

I know have a black eye and a sore neck.

webmost

Nice to know the diff. I'll keep an eye out for them.

dirtdude

I'm still not convinced.

Significant3

I should have known I picked the wrong title for this thread.

Yakster

We need to examine more evidence.

Cigarking

Sorry to break the bad news friend, this one is a fake. You can tell by construction and even the band. I say that the band is also fake by the interference of the head with the checkered pattern, that creates a great way of confirming the authenticity of this cigar

0patience

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Heavysetrapier

The white of the squares should not be touching the outer gold bands.

0patience

And the band shouldn't be touching the tobacco.
The minous is outside the borso and the portion of the hydroscopic essence of zandor is all out of whack.

Yep, it's fake.

ShawnOL

0patience said:

Some of the wrappers of these may be a little loose, but I'd bet the mouth feel would be great, even if they were fake.

https://youtu.be/PUk9mAKCtvM

So hard to tell with the giant bands covering up way too much. Would have to see them sans bands.

Amos_Umwhat

This was given to me by my son, a friend of his brought it back from Cuba a couple years back and he's been hanging on to it. I smoked it, it was OK. Probably not kept under the most pristine conditions, to say the least.

I'm curious what our experts here have to say. I don't see any hologram, but am unsure of the age. To me there appears to be excessive space, Hab ana. And, the thing just didn't look well enough finished to me, a little rough, y'know? All in all, though, it was a pretty good smoke, burned well, tasted good. No odor of burning fingernails or toe jam or anything.

Just wonder what y'all think?

Heavysetrapier

I am by no means an expert, but I don't think it's real. The band should have holograms on the top and bottom, the yellow shouldn't go into the gold box where it says "Cohiba", the Taino head should have a hologram, it's hard to tell from these pictures but it looks like the white squares are cut off on the bottom on either side of the gold box (there should be 9 full white squares that are not cut off at the top or bottom. Is the word Cohiba embossed? Also, I think you're right about the Habana, Cuba.

deadman

Looks pretty good to me but @miller65rod is the expert.

Next time don’t use Chris’s camera. 😂

CalvinAndHobo

I'm of the opinion that it's just better to not know, unless you are buying the cigar yourself. As a random side note, I think it would be hilarious to take real Cohibas, put counterfeit bands on them, and give them away to friends. If I win the lottery and send everyone fake Cohibas, beware, because you will never know.

deadman

CalvinAndHobo said:

I'm of the opinion that it's just better to not know, unless you are buying the cigar yourself. As a random side note, I think it would be hilarious to take real Cohibas, put counterfeit bands on them, and give them away to friends. If I win the lottery and send everyone fake Cohibas, beware, because you will never know.

If I ever win the lottery we are all going to Cuba.

miller65rod

It's fake. The band is not even close even with the potato camera.

Amos_Umwhat

Thanks. Oh, and it's not the camera, it's all the rum the operator (me) had in him while attempting to use the camera. I guess fake Cohibas sell well in Cuba, too.

Edward_3

The first picture that Significant 3 posted is where you can see if it's real or fake. The head and the words Cohiba in the hologram, will be clearly visible. I had several of these, while they were real Cubans, they were fake Cohibas. The first picture hologram is the key! Some reason I can't post a photo, but I'll keep trying.

cbuck

A gift from my foreman. Real or fake? @miller65rod

cbuck