[Review] Mizicke's Custom Special
Mizicke's Custom Special a.k.a. Fix What Your Dumbass Breaks!
[Ashton VSG Wizard from 2007]
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Background
This VSG was purchased at Holts in September 07 when I was in Philly for work. This marked the first time I was at a BIG cigar shop and what would lead to many traveling cigar purchases when I am on the road for work. I always search for a local shop before I even leave home, that way I am prepared. :smiley20: I also picked up my first couple Opus Xs on this same trip from Holts. I was simply in awe at Holt's and walked away with about 20 cigars. I came home with more cigars than I left with. This was the pre-cooler era as well. In fact this was shortly after I first got into cigars, as my humidor had just been seasoned. Hell, I think I about doubled my stash from the visits to Holts on this trip. And what makes this VSG special is that it is the very last cigar I have from that trip. And that is part of the reason I didn't want to toss it when it was so damaged.
What the hell is a Mizicke's Custom Special?! And where I can I get one?
First off, you can't get these; this was a one of a kind. It's that "awesome" :smiley2:
A Mizicke's Custom Special, is the result of my dumbass dropping this fine cigar about 2 years ago. I was rearranging my desktop when I droppded this baby on the floor. :smiley19: The wrapper was cracked pretty badly and actually missing a big piece at the foot. I just couldn't bring myself to toss it, so I let sit in the humidor for another 2 years. So, in the mean time, my dumbass struck again. This time the casuality was a Cabaiguan Belicoso Fino, last summer. Again, I just couldn't toss it, though it was impossible to smoke, the damage was too severe. Well leave it to me to take a full 2 years or more to figure out this simple solution. Torcedor's glue. I've had a bottle for years, though I never thought about using a donor cigar to patch the VSG. Well, that idea finally popped in my head a few weeks ago. So I set out to take pices of the Cabaiguan's wrapper and glue them to the VSG.
The End Result
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This piece of Cabaiguan wrapper barely covers the missing VSG wrapper portion. So yes, I did that good of job when I dropped the VSG.
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This portion of the damage was a crack in the shape of a V; the one side was fairly wide but the other a little smaller.
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Here you can see all the major damage.:smiley12: There were also a lot of smaller cracks and some little pieces of missing wrapper as well. For them I used the Torcedor's glue to try and "seal" the areas by applying a few layers. I would wait until the glue dried and then apply another layer to it. This all worked out fairly well; I was able to turn an unsmokeable cigar into a smokeable cigar.
