can this smoke be saved?

[Fat Freddy]

At a yard sale last weekend I found a cigar at the bottom of a box of assorted garage junk. The cigar was in its cellophane.

The junk was left behind by a renter, and the owned said "Yuck, a cigar, you can have it."

This was in Carson City Nevada, which is kinda dry.

The cigar is an A. Fuente Gran Reserva maduro robusto. I carried it home in my travel humi and inspected it when I got home. It was wrapped in a cedar sleeve and seems in good shape from the head all the way down to the band, but the foot needs help. The sleeve and band had kept the wrapper intact, but not at the foot end. The wrapper and cap are cracked and flakey there, but none of the filler is damaged.

I have it in my humi now, unwrapped, and letting it acclimate slowly. Is there any remedy I can make to the unstable cap and wrapper? Is it worth it for this cigar?

Thanks for any help - I hate to see a cigar die.

[olisiponense]

Hola Freddy.

Could you send us any picture of the cigar?

How large is the wrapper and binder damage?

Regards.

Ricardo.

[mithril]

i would say pitch it. if the owner didn't know about it, its probably dried out and worthless.

[Diesel Grinch]

Pitch as was stated. It's not worth the work. Most of the oils and flavor are already gone.

DG

[Shelby07]

I think many of us have experienced something similar. I doubt if it can be saved, but if you have room, leave it in there just to get some experience with it. You'll know in a month or 2. Experience is, after all, the best teacher. You'll probably end up pitching it, but what's the difference if you pitch it today or in a few weeks

[Fat Freddy]

Thanks for the input - I think I'll pitch it. Took a look at it this morning after I posted and see the wrapper has started to pull loose. I think for a five-buck cigar the cost/effort/time to rejuvinate it would be a waste, and as stated probably a lot of the flavor is gone.

Ah, well - I'll give it a decent burial!

UPDATE - I searched and found that liquid pectin can be used for cigar glue - bad news is the store wants $6.95 for it. I'd have to fix a lot of cigars to make it worthwhile.

[NullSmurf]

Way too much trouble for what is likely a $5 Fuente at most. Had that been Denver, I wouldn't have even picked it up - done for in a matter of hours outside the humi. In SF, maybe not so. Foot damage? Burn the bastard! If it doesn't work out, get your money back