Comments on: Stogie Tip: Proper Cigar Etiquette

By: Henry

Henry — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 03:40:34 +0000

Yes, he's a cigar mocher. If you still want a cigar buddy give him the cheap ones.

By: miket156

miket156 — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:02:09 +0000

First, you should realize that you made one long sentence. Try punctuation and separate sentences, your question would be easier to understand.

Second, your "friend" is not a friend, he's a mooch. If he wants to smoke, tell him to bring his own cigars. Anyway, if you only buy "good' cigars, it takes longer than 30 minutes to smoke it. Find other people to smoke with.

Mike T.

By: ken farley

ken farley — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:00:52 +0000

I have been smoking cigars for about a year now and I have a question a freind that lives acroos th street asked if I had a cigar he wanted to smoke one by the way I dont smoke cheep ones so we light up and 30 min into our smoke he says he has to go home and is going to smoke this cigar at a later time he has done this many times and also does not ever bring over any cigars to share somthing is wrong here or is it just me thanks for your thoughts. Ken

By: Cigar Seeker

Cigar Seeker — Mon, 10 May 2010 11:23:35 +0000

The most important reason to leave the band on may be that it prevents the wrapper from unraveling. For years I always removed the band before smoking. I would estimate that the wrapper unraveled at least partially on me between 1 cigar out of 4 to 1 cigar out of 3. I've smoked 6 now leaving the band on, and none have unravled yet. Not a large sample, but from the lack of comments here about wrappers unraveling, I suspect it is rarely a problem. That may be because most experienced smokers leave the band on. From now on, I'll be doing that too, for sure.

By: Harold

Harold — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:04:02 +0000

I take my bands and stick them to a bit of paper where I make notes about the cigar. I have a little folder with my personal take on the cigars I smoke. Quite helpful to remember which ones were good and which to stay away from.

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Stogie Tip: The Salt Calibration Test — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:56:10 +0000

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trmadol — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 23:19:32 +0000

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Mon, 18 Dec 2006 23:59:30 +0000

[...] In last Wednesday’s post, I mentioned that on July 15 I was up in Baltimore at Grumpy’s bar having some cigars with a few buddies. One of those friends – Shaka Smith, a law student at George Mason University – wrote a review for StogieGuys.com at my request. Here’s a picture of us (inebriated) that evening. As an infrequent cigar smoker, he brings a unique perspective to site. Enjoy. There is nothing like the surprise of a good cigar on a nice night out on the patio of one of Baltimore’s raging bars, and that’s just what I got this past weekend. I am no cigar aficionado (though I have picked up the magazine once in a vain attempt to understand) but I have had a few over the years – at least enough to come to appreciate them. So please bear in mind this brief exposition may lack the technical and/or nuanced terms you may be used to. [...]

By: Patrick A

Patrick A — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:16:00 +0000

Yeah, I started saving my bands about a year ago.

I now have a bunch in an old cigar box next to my humidors. I’m not really quite sure why I’m doing this, but I have the feeling they may come in handy some day.

In any event, this subject may merit a future post. Thanks for writing, Sporran.

By: Sporran

Sporran — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 14:36:00 +0000

Does anyone make it a habit of saving said removed, but not smoked of course, bands for artistic purposes? I personally am saving my bands with the goal of someday papering a "gentleman's room" with them. Or at the very least a border.

I would have to agree however that it is best to use a knife and carefully remove the band. Removing the band by slippage is too risky to the welfare of the cigar.

Great blog guys…keep it up!