Is this mold in the cracks?
Oneilln
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Brand new to the forum and have been smoking cigars for about a year so still pretty new. I bought a brick of cigars for when friends would like to have a smoke with me but don’t know anything about cigars, just like to partake. One cigar looks completely different than the rest. The wrapper is much darker and there looks to be almost white cracks in it. If I wipe it I don’t see it coming off. Mold? Something weird? Ruined? 
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That's just Victor Sinclair quality for ya.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
Yeah , that brand of cigar is known for inconsistency and poor quality. It’s hard to tell from a picture if it’s mold or not. Ruined? It was that stuff on the wrapper that ruined that cigar…it was doomed from the start.
I figured for the price and quantity it was a lower tiered cigar but it was such a good deal it’s fine for friends and when I’m running low on stock.
I'd much rather offer something I smoke regularly to a friend, even if it's not off the top shelf. Unless I'm trying to ensure he doesn't take up the hobby.
Don't let the wife know what you spend on guns, ammo or cigars.
Generally, I would agree. But with my case I have a couple reasons why I get cheaper sticks for my friends. One being only one of them are actually interested in cigars and has some of his own. The rest couldn’t care less about what it is they’re smoking. Two is that all I buy are samplers right now so I can try a bunch of different stuff. The cigar I give to someone who doesn’t care could be one of my new favorites. But I still keep cigars stocked for friends.
There are a few different cigars at that price that are much better than the victor sinclair though. It’s not only a money thing. Look into the Ramon Bueso Genesis the Project, or anything made by AJ Fernandez for example.
+1 for AJ.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
True. Some people just aren't going to "get it". I have a good friend who smokes way too many cigarettes. We've been friends since way back when I smoked too many cigarettes.
I was trying to get him to understand that just one, maybe two cigars a day, good cigars at the right time and smoked in the right frame of mind, could free him from the 2 pack a day habit. So, I gave him a Padron 1964, helped him get it properly lit, and settled down to enjoy an after dinner cigar with him. Less than half way through it he lit up a cigarette, while still smoking the cigar.
In the following discourse he stated that he "just wasn't a cigar guy".
A couple years later, sharing cigars with friends, I just didn't give him one. I think his wife saw that as a slight, but we were far from home and I'm not wasting good cigars on someone who doesn't like them. He didn't seem to have a problem, I can only hope he filled his wife in as to why I gave them freely to another friend, but not him.
He still smokes too many cigarettes. You can lead a horse to water, but...
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
On my last business trip the two guys with me where interested but not seriously. I provided My Fathers and Tats. Neither smoke made it half way.
I was a cigar propagandist. I was enthusiastic. I wanted to encourage people to partake and to learn about cigars. I was a fool.
So I didn’t really get my question answered here. Should I throw it away because it might be harmful or is it just bad quality may just be a sucky smoke?
Yes it's mold. No don't throw it away. Brush it off and it's fine.
It's a $2 stick that if you had any questions about it should hit the trash. Junk them
If it's in the foot I would just chuck it, but some people clip the foot and save the cigar. Even if it's in the foot. Or even if you don't wipe it off, you can still smoke it. It's just a little mold. It's not going to kill you.
Out of abundance of caution and input from you guys, I’ll stay on the safe side and toss it. Thanks!
^^^ I like this guy.