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ok Im totally new to the cigar thing i just put my first small(10 cigar) order in and i have a couple of questions

1)with this humidor http://www.cigarsinternational.com/prodDisp.asp?item=M-STH20&stext=Warminster
do i need some kind of crystals or moisture controlers

2)with these cigars first are they okish for a cheapass newbie like myself
http://www.cigarsinternational.com/prodDisp.asp?item=CB-1CA4032-V
And what would be the best way to cut them with...

http://www.cigarsinternational.com/prodDisp.asp?item=M-DB12-G?
 
I am also fairly new to cigar smoking. I bought a box of Onyx Reserves and really like them. Has anyone else tried these? If so, how would you rate them? Are they considered a mild cigar? Thanks.
 
builderman0924 said:
ok Im totally new to the cigar thing i just put my first small(10 cigar) order in and i have a couple of questions

1)with this humidor http://www.cigarsinternational.com/prodDisp.asp?item=M-STH20&stext=Warminster
do i need some kind of crystals or moisture controlers

2)with these cigars first are they okish for a cheapass newbie like myself
http://www.cigarsinternational.com/prodDisp.asp?item=CB-1CA4032-V
And what would be the best way to cut them with...

http://www.cigarsinternational.com/prodDisp.asp?item=M-DB12-G?
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1. That black disk gets soaked with distilled water or one of those 50/50 solutions of propolene glycol and distilled water you can buy from CI or any cigar store.

2. They're OKish. It's a good starter cigar. I'm not too proud to smoke one as a flavored-cigar breakfast on the way to work.

3. You just need a CHEAP guillotine cutter to get you started. Probably $3 or less. Most cigar stores have a jar of them on the counter with their logo and phone number on each of them and sell them for even less.

Your last link doesn't work.



FoldersForever said:
I am also fairly new to cigar smoking. I bought a box of Onyx Reserves and really like them. Has anyone else tried these? If so, how would you rate them? Are they considered a mild cigar? Thanks.
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I liked them until I bought a box of them. By the time I made it through the box I was good and sick of them. :D
 
last link was just a cheapo gullitine cutter but where is the best place to cut? right where the curve stops?
 
builderman0924 said:
last link was just a cheapo gullitine cutter but where is the best place to cut? right where the curve stops?
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As little as possible. Seriously.
You can cut midway on that curve but if your aim is good try to snip off just the flat end.

I like punch cutters, personally.

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I like a "V" cut made with a sharp knife as posted sometime before, I'm good with my teeth: I wet the butt of the cigar and pinch just a little bit with my front teeth, then move my jaw sideways several times to cut.

I don't like any commercial cigar cutters other than the punch, I've used leather punches from the harware store, metal pen barrels and even spent bullet cartridge cases, they do OK if they are thin or if you sharpen them a little (or maybe I'm just cheap).

Luis

Edited to add picture: These are some of my cutters, the guillotine type in the bottom belonged to my grandfather who died in 1967.


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Screw the cutter, use your pocket knife
I love the Xikar, Palio and Zino cutters, though I only use em for Belis
 
BAH!!! I got's the tobacco beetle in my humidor.

I figured out because I left on of my el cheapo Lunas in my glove box during work on a partcularly cold night (like 5 degrees) and when I went rummageing around for my phone later I noticed it was riddled with holes and covered with little black dots.

Gave the entire humidor the freezer treatment (it was only a 20 ct.). and it appears that the rest of the cigars are safe. only the lunas were infested. (HOORAY). which is good because the rest of the cigars in that humidor were not cheap.
 
fulloflead said:
I have a new forum addiction:

http://www.clubstogie.com/

Join us. I go by the same user name.
It's the same kind of crowd as Bladeforums. There are a few people who REALLY know what they're talking about, and a whole bunch of people who are just winging it. I'm kind of in the middle.;)

I hope it's OK to advertise another forum here. Club Stogie only has 5% of the members and traffic that of Bladeforums, so it's not like you have to worry about competition.:D

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Nimick said:
BAH!!! I got's the tobacco beetle in my humidor.

I figured out because I left on of my el cheapo Lunas in my glove box during work on a partcularly cold night (like 5 degrees) and when I went rummageing around for my phone later I noticed it was riddled with holes and covered with little black dots.

Gave the entire humidor the freezer treatment (it was only a 20 ct.). and it appears that the rest of the cigars are safe. only the lunas were infested. (HOORAY). which is good because the rest of the cigars in that humidor were not cheap.
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AARGH! I have nightmares (YES! REAL NIGHTMARES) about openeing my larger cabinet humidor and finding beetle-sign. DO NOT put the rest of those cigars in with your main collection. Remember, that a home freezer will retard the hatching of beetles, but there is a large amount of evidence that the temps are not cold enough to actually kill the eggs. Those cigars should be treated as suspect, and not allowed back in gen-pop. Clean the humi out VERY well before using it again.


As for cutters, use what you like, some find that it is hard to cut little enough off with a guilotine (I use a palio or a davidoff depending on whethere I am in a form [davidoff] or function [palio] mood), while others find excessive tar builds up with either a punch or a v-notch. It also may change based on the cigar.


Stay away from havana honeys. If you want a good, cheap starter cigar, let me know, I can recommend many. Don't start your collection with flavored sweet cigars that will contaminate your humidor (and other cigars).
 
smokelaw1 said:
AARGH! I have nightmares (YES! REAL NIGHTMARES) about openeing my larger cabinet humidor and finding beetle-sign. DO NOT put the rest of those cigars in with your main collection. Remember, that a home freezer will retard the hatching of beetles, but there is a large amount of evidence that the temps are not cold enough to actually kill the eggs. Those cigars should be treated as suspect, and not allowed back in gen-pop. Clean the humi out VERY well before using it again.
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I'm still afraid to take them out of my freezer. Luckly none of the cigars in that humi ever came into contact with gen-pop, for there was no space.
 
smokelaw1 said:
AARGH! I have nightmares (YES! REAL NIGHTMARES) about openeing my larger cabinet humidor and finding beetle-sign. DO NOT put the rest of those cigars in with your main collection. Remember, that a home freezer will retard the hatching of beetles, but there is a large amount of evidence that the temps are not cold enough to actually kill the eggs. Those cigars should be treated as suspect, and not allowed back in gen-pop. Clean the humi out VERY well before using it again.


As for cutters, use what you like, some find that it is hard to cut little enough off with a guilotine (I use a palio or a davidoff depending on whethere I am in a form [davidoff] or function [palio] mood), while others find excessive tar builds up with either a punch or a v-notch. It also may change based on the cigar.


Stay away from havana honeys. If you want a good, cheap starter cigar, let me know, I can recommend many. Don't start your collection with flavored sweet cigars that will contaminate your humidor (and other cigars).
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i was thinking about that so i went and bought these http://www.cigarsinternational.com/prodDisp.asp?item=CB-VSA5050-30-T to actually keep in the humidor since the havana honeys come in a tin i think it shouldnt be to hard to control humidity and i dont want to ruin a humi or any nicer cigars i get that go in there as well. what do you think of those ones?
 
builderman0924 said:
i was thinking about that so i went and bought these http://www.cigarsinternational.com/prodDisp.asp?item=CB-VSA5050-30-T to actually keep in the humidor since the havana honeys come in a tin i think it shouldnt be to hard to control humidity and i dont want to ruin a humi or any nicer cigars i get that go in there as well. what do you think of those ones?
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Ah, yes, Victor Sinclair. Generally quite well made, using quality tobacco. They call them medium bodied, but are more on the light side of medium, IIRC. For 2 bucks a stick (before the freebies!), they are a pretty good deal. They are much more of a "real cigar" than the HHs.
As for keeping the humidity up in the Tin, it really depends what kind of tin we're talking about. You might want to get one of those humidity pouches that cigar shops have at times (4 or 5 bucks) to keep them fresh.
Welcome to the wonderful addictio....uh, hobby.
 
smokelaw1 said:
Ah, yes, Victor Sinclair. Generally quite well made, using quality tobacco. They call them medium bodied, but are more on the light side of medium, IIRC. For 2 bucks a stick (before the freebies!), they are a pretty good deal. They are much more of a "real cigar" than the HHs.
As for keeping the humidity up in the Tin, it really depends what kind of tin we're talking about. You might want to get one of those humidity pouches that cigar shops have at times (4 or 5 bucks) to keep them fresh.
Welcome to the wonderful addictio....uh, hobby.
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hehe thanks a bunch seems like a nice community to get into and im not horribly worried bout the HHs since they were cheap and might not last more than a few days around some girls i know;) but the sinclairs seemed nice and the freebis also looked pretty good so ya know gotta try it lol
 
my HH's came in today its been rainy here so i took one out of its packaging and just let it sit for a bit(no idea on actual humidity) and when i cut the cap off and attempted to smoke my first cigar i could barely draw through it? any ideas why?
 
builderman0924 said:
my HH's came in today its been rainy here so i took one out of its packaging and just let it sit for a bit(no idea on actual humidity) and when i cut the cap off and attempted to smoke my first cigar i could barely draw through it? any ideas why?
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From my experience, if you have a hard draw, 80% of the time is because it's over humidified. The tobacco swells and fills up the space that you'd normally be drawing air through.

Dry 'em out slow. Get your humidor set up, don't go too crazy with the humidification (got a guage? Keep it at 65%), put them in and let them rest for a week or two. I bet they get better after they sit in proper humidification for a while.

Until then, you could try letting one sitting out on your kitchen counter for a day and see if it gets better, but cigars dry from the outside in so it's likely that it'll get dry on the outside and still be too wet in the middle.

I don't know what else to tell you.

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