Changing on box press.

jd50ae
jd50ae Posts: 7,900 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I also posted this in "what are you smoking this morning" but it covers 2 things and I figured what the heck.

I was looking for some cigars for a trade with an upstanding member and decided I would rotate the crops in my 5 Vegas humidor. I found a slew, a slew I tell you of the smaller box pressed 5 Vegas Cask Strength and I am smoking one now. I think I have done a 360 on box pressed, I can only remember one that gave me any problems and that is a better record then anything else I smoke, so there.

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  • jgibv
    jgibv Posts: 9,245 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I love a good box-pressed cigar. That 5V cask is a good smoke, JD. If you can resist temptation, save a couple and let them age for a year+. You won't be disappointed with the results :-)

    Best part about a box press though IMO is they won't "roll away" if you set them down...

    * I have a new address as of 3/24/18 *

  • flowbee
    flowbee Posts: 1,203 ✭✭✭
    Hey jd,

    Bro what does box pressed mean?
  • jgibv
    jgibv Posts: 9,245 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A boxed-press cigar "lacks the classic “cylinder” shape. Box pressed cigars have “squared” sides of varying degrees."

    There's a decent article, and neat video about it on CA :
    http://www.cigaraficionado.com/webfeatures/show/id/The-Art-of-Box-Pressing

    * I have a new address as of 3/24/18 *

  • Rain
    Rain Posts: 8,958 ✭✭✭
    Do you even box press, bro?
  • twistedstem
    twistedstem Posts: 3,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I wasn't a big fan at first ,felt weird in my mouth.but the more I tried I started to like them.
    no matter where you go, there you are.

  • Bob_Luken
    Bob_Luken Posts: 11,820 ✭✭✭✭✭
    twistedstem:
    I wasn't a big fan at first ,felt weird in my mouth.but the more I tried I started to like them.
    Uh, we talkin' cigars still? Right?
  • twistedstem
    twistedstem Posts: 3,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Bob Luken:
    twistedstem:
    I wasn't a big fan at first ,felt weird in my mouth.but the more I tried I started to like them.
    Uh, we talkin' cigars still? Right?
    What else could I possible......uuhhmmm ....OK I just reread it....yeah totally cigars...talking about cigars!!
    no matter where you go, there you are.

  • Gray4lines
    Gray4lines Posts: 4,691 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Rain:
    Do you even box press, bro?
    I can box press about 225 - 250.

    I love box pressed cigars. I just think they look cool and it's fun to smoke a square.
    LLA - Lancero Lovers of America
  • WaltBasil
    WaltBasil Posts: 1,757 ✭✭✭
    twistedstem:
    Bob Luken:
    twistedstem:
    I wasn't a big fan at first ,felt weird in my mouth.but the more I tried I started to like them.
    Uh, we talkin' cigars still? Right?
    What else could I possible......uuhhmmm ....OK I just reread it....yeah totally cigars...talking about cigars!!
    You know what else felt totally weird in my mouth? The first time I... oh wait.. we're back on cigars... nevermind.
  • bbass2
    bbass2 Posts: 1,059 ✭✭
    I like a slight box press like the Padron but can't stand the sharp edges on the Oliva G.
  • New_Boots
    New_Boots Posts: 2,651 ✭✭
    WaltBasil:
    twistedstem:
    Bob Luken:
    twistedstem:
    I wasn't a big fan at first ,felt weird in my mouth.but the more I tried I started to like them.
    Uh, we talkin' cigars still? Right?
    What else could I possible......uuhhmmm ....OK I just reread it....yeah totally cigars...talking about cigars!!
    You know what else felt totally weird in my mouth? The first time I... oh wait.. we're back on cigars... nevermind.
    Who's wife was it, that was asking if we were all 12? I believe, gentlemen, that this is why.

    PS: I'm dying over here!
  • 0patience
    0patience Posts: 10,665 ✭✭✭✭✭
    twistedstem:
    Bob Luken:
    twistedstem:
    I wasn't a big fan at first ,felt weird in my mouth.but the more I tried I started to like them.
    Uh, we talkin' cigars still? Right?
    What else could I possible......uuhhmmm ....OK I just reread it....yeah totally cigars...talking about cigars!!
    Ok then. If you say so. ROFL!!
    Well done Bob!!

    Ok, back on track.
    The 5 Vegas Cask Strength is one of the few box pressed I really enjoy.
    In Fumo Pax
    Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.

    Wylaff said:
    Atmospheric pressure and crap.
  • jsnake
    jsnake Posts: 5,979 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This thread has made me feel dirty. I love the box pressed Cask Strength. I feel weird now. Gonna take a shower. Ewwww
  • jd50ae
    jd50ae Posts: 7,900 ✭✭✭✭✭
    twistedstem:
    I wasn't a big fan at first ,felt weird in my mouth.but the more I tried I started to like them.


    Yea I think that had something to do with it but the more I smoked a box press the more I got use to it and finally I like them.

    And I have only smoked 1 that had a bad draw.
  • raisindot
    raisindot Posts: 1,294 ✭✭✭
    The 5 Vegas Cask Strength is the only 5V I've ever smoked that I liked and that only one I'd consider buying.

    As for other box-pressed, I really like the San Latano Oval. Technically it's not a box press since it isn't "square," but it's made with the same idea--to maximize the flow through the cigar like a box press.
  • Lee.mcglynn
    Lee.mcglynn Posts: 5,960 ✭✭✭✭
    I really like a nice box pressed smoke! I think mainly because most of my favorites are box pressed
    Money can't buy taste
  • dr_frankenstein56
    dr_frankenstein56 Posts: 1,612 ✭✭✭
    Try the AB Presnado if you like a good box press.

    Aj

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